Artika Sari Devi: Miss Indonesia
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Indonesia’s Miss Universe contender has a problem: the contest has a swimsuit competition. The seriousness of the issue varies from one Muslim country to another. Contestants from Egypt and Turkey compete every year.
But Artika Sari Devi faces one major obstacle in competing in the Miss Universe pageant May 30: wearing a swimsuit. To Islamic clerics and many others, an Indonesian Muslim woman showing skin would be a public slap against Islam and a national embarrassment.