A recent announcement that the next edition of the Miss World pageant would be held in India has revived memories of its last visit to the country - which involved violent protests, threats of self-immolation and predictions of a cultural apocalypse. The BBC's Zoya Mateen revisits that tumultuous time...
When Miss World's arrival in India ignited protests
2023-06-28 05:17
The competition is being held in India for the first time since 1996 - when it sparked uproar.
You Might Like...
She vanished months before the Idaho murders. Why has her death been linked to Bryan Kohberger?
Mother ‘shot dead by neighbour who bombarded her children with racial slurs’
Sergio Brown posts second strange video about Finding Nemo while ‘missing’ after mother’s death
Manipur: The abandoned villages in the crosshairs of India violence
US Secretary of State Blinken Set to Travel to Beijing for Talks in Coming Weeks
More than 900 people are arrested overnight as young rioters clash with police around France
France’s Macron aims to push economic and immigration reforms despite political challenges
Blue plaque honour for Fermanagh World War Two heroine