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The Saudis do take their beauty contests seriously, it appears.
Camels And Cosmetics
Judges at a competition northeast of Riyadh are cracking down on artificially enhanced contestants. The contest is part of the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival. Yes, the contestants are cam- els, the Associated Press re- ported, and 43 of them have already been disqualified. Camel breeders enter their most beautiful animals with the hope of winning $66 mil- lion in prize money, but Bo- tox injections, face-lifts and other cosmetic changes will not be tolerated this year.
But instead, the friend found alarming texts in which McDonald detailed a plan to kill an unnamed woman and take her money: “Please kill her babe, please. I’m begging you. There’s over a million in her dad’s safe. I’m saying I won’t get caught,” McDon- ald had texted, according to NewsChannel9-TV.
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Jerry McDonald of Chatta- nooga, Tennessee, was with an acquaintance when he passed out from drinking. His friend, trying to help out, took Mc- Donald’s phone to text his boss
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