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Tuesday, 4 March 2014

'More beautiful than women, horses and all other animals': Welcome to the Arab beauty contest where million-dollar CAMELS with false eyelashes and lip filler compete for huge prizes

  • Visitors trek across desert for lavish event in Liwa, United Arab Emirates
  • Men happily declare they prefer camels to their wives - and all other women
  • Prize camels can change hands for as much as £1.8million at all-male event
  • Festival also features camel races and milking competitions

Thousands of men leer on, playboys skid around outside in expensive cars, and top models command fees reaching into the millions as part of the biggest beauty contest this side of Dubai.

But, unlike most pageants, it is not women on display but camels - a situation which suits the exclusively male attendees just fine.

Visitors to this sprawling event held annually in Liwa, United Arab Emirates, happily admit that they consider the winning camels - which change hands for almost £2million each - more beautiful than their wives, and indeed any other woman.

'Sexy, yeah?': One of the prize camels poses for the cameras in the United Arab Emirates
'Sexy, yeah?': One of the prize camels poses for the cameras in the United Arab Emirates

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