One of the contestants for the Miss Kurdistan 2012 beauty pageant stands on stage as she competes for the title. Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has crowned the first-ever Miss Kurdistan, though the ... more 

One of the contestants for the Miss Kurdistan 2012 beauty pageant stands on stage as she competes for the title. Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has crowned the first-ever Miss Kurdistan, though the beauty contest took place without bikini-clad women and with journalists and their cameras kept at bay less