Miss Sister 2008
Miss Sister 2008 was a proposed beauty contest for nuns to take place near Naples, Italy, in September 2008. Father Antonio Rungi, the organizer of the event, intended to launch the first stage of the pageant on the Internet by publishing the photos of the contestants on his blog.1
Rungi canceled the event a few days after it was first announced, claiming that his initial purpose of celebrating the good works performed by nuns, had been misinterpreted.2
Fast Facts
- More than one thousand nuns were expected to participate3
- The participants wouldt be aged between 18 and 403
- Father Antonio Rungi previously urged sunbathers to say the rosary3
- The association of Catholic teachers criticized the contest
- The priest expected many foreign nuns to participate3
- He said the Brazilian nuns are the prettiest3
Father Antonio Rungi Quotes
"We are not going to parade nuns in bathing suits. But being ugly is not a requirement for becoming a nun."3
"Nuns are women above all else, and beauty is a gift from God."3
"External beauty is gift from God, and we mustn't hide it."3
"Do you really think nuns are all wizened, funereal old ladies? Today it’s not like that any more, thanks to an injection of youth and vitality brought to our country by foreign girls."3
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