22-year-old Reka Urban, selected as Miss Plastic Hungary 2009, has the distinction of being the first beauty queen requiring substantial plastic surgery in order to qualify.
Plastic surgery is frowned upon in Hungary, and pageant judge Marton Szipal says “it’s time for Hungarian women to care more about appearance. They are the most beautiful in Europe.”
According to pageant organizers, the goal of the pageant is to reward those who displayed “perfect harmony of their body and soul.”
Urban received a new apartment in Budabest for winning first prize. First runner-up Edina Kulcsar was given a new car and second runner-up Alexandra Horvath took home diamond jewelry worth 2 million forints ($10,800)
Surgeons who performed the surgeries on the winners were also awarded prizes.
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