Pics from a beauty pageant in a Russian women's prison

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In what appears to be a beauty pageant held at a prison in Russia, scores of women gather around a makeshift runway in the courtyard as their fellow inmates strut their stuff. I don't read Russian, but the photographs alone tell a great story.

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More photos here [via Zaeega (Japanese)]