Camels disqualified from Saudi beauty pageant over Botox injections

More than 40 "enhanced" camels were barred from competing in the monthlong festival near Riyadh.
A Saudi boy poses for a photo with a camel at the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah, March 29, 2017.
A Saudi boy poses for a photo with a camel at the annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah, some 150 kilometers east of Riyadh, on March 29, 2017. The 28-day King Abdulaziz Camel Festival features a camel beauty contest known as Miss Camel. - FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images
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Dozens of camels in Saudi Arabia were banned from competing in an annual beauty pageant after festival organizations discovered their breeders had injected them with Botox, the state-run news agency reported. 

Breeders from around the world are competing in the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, hoping to win the grand prize of more than $66 million (250 million Saudi riyal). 

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