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Fri 08 Aug 2008Priests try to show nuns are a gift from God, and cannabis too
THE MAGPIE:AN ITALIAN priest who planned to hold the world's first beauty contest for nuns has decided to cancel the pageant after complaints. Fr Antonio Rungi wanted to host the Miss Sister Italy contest to end the stereotype of nuns being old and dour.
He wanted to hold the contest on his internet blog but changed his mind after the local religious authorities expressed their displeasure. "Do you think that all nuns are old and sad? It is not like that any more," read Fr Rungi's advert in an Italian newspaper prior to the cancellation.
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