Pensioner’s pageant
A ‘Miss Retirement Home’ beauty pageant has been launched in Switzerland.
Organiser Laurent Rerat came up with the idea as a protest against the popular obsession with youth.
To be eligible to take part, candidates must be over 70, able to walk without an aid and live alone.
The contest’s first winner was Leontine Vallade, from Geneva, who beat nine other candidates from five nursing homes.
Vallade, who won a dinner at an exclusive restaurant, refused to reveal her age when asked by reporters.
Rerat also has plans for a male version of the pageant, which will be called ‘Mr Retirement Home’.
© bangshowbiz.biz
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