This just in from BBC - the Italian priest who was planning a beauty contest for nuns has called it off. He is claiming that he was misunderstood. For some reason people focused on the physical aspect of the contest - go figure - rather than the inner beauty he wanted people to recognize.

Hey fella, these ladies are NUNS! They have outstanding inner beauty and goodness - they became nuns! We didn’t need a beauty contest to see that! Dude, you held the contest because you wanted some pub and it backfired on you. And now all of us who wanted to see sisters answer questions like ‘how would you solve world hunger’ and ‘what nations need our support’ (suchas), juggle flaming batons and bowling pins and be judged on how they looked in a habit and swimsuit are SCREWED! Thanks a lot.