NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Organisers of a leading Indian beauty pageant came under fire on Thursday (May 30) for selecting only fair-skinned women, with human rights campaigners saying the contest highlighted the nation's failure to respect women from all walks of life. The Times of India newspaper, which belongs to the group that organises the annual Femina Miss India contest, this week published a collage of 30 women, each representing an Indian state - and each fair skinned. Anti-colourism activist Muna Beatty described Femina Miss India's selection as a "copy-paste job", ...
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