Bikini Banditry Almost Foils Beauty Pageant
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Bandits almost thwarted a beauty contest when they stole the competitors’ bikinis hours before the show was to go on, police said Sunday.
The robbers picked the locks on a car containing 19 bathing suits Saturday evening, and organizers of the Miss Guyana Pageant were sent scurrying for replacement suits.
The thieves ignored radio and television ads offering rewards if the outfits were returned in time for the show. Eventually, new suits were purchased.
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