Bikini Ban
Pageant organisers bow to pressure
Jakarta-Miss World organisers have axed the famed dikinis from this year ' s pageant, replacing them with conservative beach sarongs amid mounting protests from hard-line Muslim groups.
Indonesia will host the 2013 Miss World competition in bail and jakarta in september. Organiser Adjie Soeratmadjie said on June 6 that contestants will be required to wear Bali's traditional sarongs instead of the sexy bikinis that are usually part of the competition.-AP