The organizers of the Miss Italia beauty contest are puzzled why lustrous makeup intended to put the final touches on contestants in the weekend's preliminary contest caused skin rashes, puffy eyes and swollen cheeks.
She raised money for the campaign but stayed out of the district during the race to prevent Republicans from making her a major issue in the contest caused by the resignation of Representative Christopher Lee, a Republican.
Labour is widely expected to lose Thursday's contest, caused by the resignation of sitting MP Ian Gibson after the party's expenses panel excluded him from standing at the next election.
His stunning victory in the 2010 leadership contest caused a rift in the Miliband family that is still healing.
After a restful Thanksgiving hiatus, we are refocussed and rededicated to the Contest cause.
But already, the contest is causing political sniping in Washington, D.C. Multiple national Democratic sources have told The Huffington Post that Senate Democrats are furious with the non-partisan group No Labels for having actively supported Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo).
Anastasia Prikhodko, the singer selected to represent Russia at the contest, has caused an uproar because of her ethnic Ukrainian roots.
An article widely carried on state media websites said the contest had caused Chinese intellectuals to "fantasise about arrangements for democratic elections and notice the awakening of democratic consciousness among the younger generation".
Fourteen women, with ages ranging between 74 and 97 - each of whom survived the horrors of World War II - were vying for the honour of being Israel's first 'Miss Holocaust Survivor.' Despite being billed by organisers as a 'celebration of life' the contest has caused much controversy.
The Pakistan-India rivalry, including but not limited to its three formal wars and constant guerrilla proxy contests, has caused much violence and suffering, of course, and it has distorted Pakistani national life by strengthening the Pakistani military disproportionately.
