Miss Turkey Wins Miss World Title
From Times Wire Reports
With a gleaming smile and a graceful bow, Miss Turkey won the Miss World contest, bringing to a close an international pageant that incited deadly rioting in Nigeria and forced the program to move to London.
Azra Akin accepted the glittering tiara and $156,000 prize from last year’s winner, Nigeria’s Agbani Darego.
Akin said she had been “shocked” by the carnage in Nigeria but did not believe the pageant was responsible. “I wish people in the world would be more respectful to each other,” she said.
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