Miss Tibet, a Pageant Loaded With Controversy and Drama

n these days of tense relations between Beijing and the Tibetan government-in-exile, even the Miss Tibet pageant has become politicized, the Washington Post reports: And the winner was Sonam Choedon, a shy 18-year-old with shiny waist-length black hair and high cheekbones. At 16, she fled her homeland on the Tibetan plateau to Dharmsala, headquarters of the Tibetan Government in Exile.

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