Beauty pageants will never die. in Saudi Arabia, the third annual “Miss Congeniality” pageant was held on Monday. In a country where strutting on stage is forbidden, the practice of young women competing before a panel of judges lives on. Only the contest is based on piety and ambitions for social change – as well as confidence, literacy, charisma and theatrical performance. The winner, Maram Zaki al-Saif, who holds the title of Saudi “Queen of Ethics”, intends to help people …


















