CAMEL PAGEANT AMONG CUP’S ATTRACTIONS

Like all good pageant contestants, Nazaa’a displayed not only dazzling beauty but also poise and grace. She batted her eyelashes and flashed a toothy smile for the television cameras at the Mzayen World Cup, a pageant held in the Qatari desert about 25km from Doha. Nazaa’a is a camel. Nazaa’a is a majestic light-haired creature that overcame several preliminary rounds and hundreds of other camels to win the pageant. Nazaa’a was one of 15 camels who competed for the crown, parading by fans while wearing bejewelled collars and draped with strings of gemstones. “I thought our camel was better than Ronaldo and Messi,” joked Jassim al Kuwari, part of the family that owns Nazaa’a.