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We all know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder but it would appear that the key attributes in a cute camel are considered to be delicate ears and a big nose.
In a failed attempt to stand out in front of the competition, a dozen animals have been disqualified from a camel beauty pageant in Saudi Arabia for receiving Botox injections.
“They use Botox for the lips, the nose, the upper lips, the lower lips and even the jaw,” Ali Al Mazrouei, the son of a top Emirati breeder, told his local newspaper, The National. “It makes the head more inflated so when the camel comes it’s like, ‘Oh look at how big that head is. It has big lips, a big nose’.”
The beauty season is in full swing and 30,000 camels have gathered for the second annual King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, the largest pageant in the Gulf. It takes place in Al Dhana and runs throughout January.
