Much ado has been made about Thursday’s Holocaust survivors’ beauty pageant in Israel. Critics have taken to social media, suggesting the display trivializes memory of the Holocaust. Organizers are defending the event as a celebration of life.
Here are five photos of the contestants (courtsey of Avishag Shaar Yashuv /FLASH90):
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