The Miss Landmine Angola 2008 competition was created by a Norwegian artist called Morten Traavik — it's been controversial, but has some laudable objectives:
THE MISS LANDMINE MANIFESTO
(in no particular order)* Female pride and empowerment.
* Disabled pride and empowerment.
* Global and local landmine awareness and information.
* Challenge inferiority and/or guilt complexes that hinder creativity-
historical, cultural, social, personal, African, European.
* Question established concepts of physical perfection.
* Challenge old and ingrown concepts of cultural cooperation.
* Celebrate true beauty.
* Replace the passive term 'Victim' with the active term 'Survivor'
(via Neatorama)