Over the weekend in Ukraine’s breakaway republic of Donetsk, self-proclaimed authorities celebrated International Women’s Day by holding a beauty pageant. The contestants were all female soldiers fighting with pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine. Presenting portraits of themselves, and modeling in both dresses and military fatigues, the women were later awarded flowers and gifts.This article was originally published at http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/03/beauty-in-the-ceasefire-a-pageant-in-donetsk/387247/ …read more
Source: The Atlantic
