Miss Nun given a miss
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An Italian priest who had planned an online beauty pageant for nuns has suspended the project, saying he was misinterpreted and had no intention of putting sisters on a beauty catwalk, a Reuters report said.
“My superiors were not happy. The local bishop was not happy, but they did not understand me either,” Father Antonio Rungi told Reuters.
Rungi’s idea had appeared in newspapers around the world after he wrote of a contest for nuns on his blog, called by some “Sister Italy 2008”.
“It was interpreted as more of a physical thing. Now, no-one is saying that nuns can’t be beautiful, but I was thinking about something more complete,” he was quoted saying.
He said his concept for the contest, in which nuns would vote for themselves on his blog, would include attributes such as their spirituality, social awareness, charity and other qualities.
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