Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder

A more discreet charm

National Post  Published: Tuesday, August 26, 2008

A certain Father Antonio Rungi of the southern Italian diocese of Modragone has come up with what is quite possibly the worst idea ever: A beauty pageant for nuns. The contest, dubbed "Miss Sister Italy," will be held online and the good father is expecting as many as a thousand entrants to send in their glamour shots for judging. "Nuns are above all women and beauty is a gift from God," Father Rungi explained to the Italian daily Corriere della Sera.