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Article: Ecuadoreans Protest Miss Universe Pageant
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MONTE HAYES, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
06-01-2004
Dateline: QUITO, Ecuador
Leilah Pandy, Miss Belize Universe 2004, left, and Yoon-Young Choi, Miss Korea Universe 2004, rehearse for the 2004 Miss Universe competition at CEMEXPO in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, May 31, 2004. She will compete for the title of Miss Universe 2004 during the live NBC broadcast of the 53rd annual Miss Universe competition Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at 9:00 p.m. ET/delayed PT. (AP Photo/Miss Universe Organization, Darren Decker)
Tired but excited, 80 young women from around the world went through their last practice sessions for the Miss Universe pageant, as political turmoil boiled around them in this small Andean ...