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khahare Posted on 23-Sep-02 02:02 AM

Pham Thi Mai Phuong, 17, center, poses with the two runners-up after she was crowned "Miss Vietnam" in Ho Chi Minh City Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002. It was the communist nation's first government-recognized pageant, ending years of official ambivalence toward beauty contests. (AP Photo/Doan Bao Chau)