AL-RUMAHIYA, Saudi Arabia–The dromedaries paraded down a dusty racetrack as judges rated the size of their lips, cheeks, heads and knees. Crowds of men watched from the bleachers, hooting when the camel representing their own tribe loped down the track.
A dozen camels have been disqualified from this year’s Saudi “camel beauty contest” because their handlers used Botox to make them more “handsome.”