{"id":29765,"date":"2013-08-23T23:26:25","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T19:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=29765"},"modified":"2013-08-23T23:26:25","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T19:26:25","slug":"backstage-at-the-holocaust-survivor-beauty-pageant-israel-hosts-beauty-contest-for-16-women-who-survived-the-nazi-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=29765","title":{"rendered":"Backstage at the Holocaust survivor beauty pageant: Israel hosts beauty contest for 16 women who survived the Nazi genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Miss-Holocaust-Survivor-Beauty-Pageant-in-Israel1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29763\" alt=\"Miss Holocaust Survivor Beauty Pageant in Israel1\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Miss-Holocaust-Survivor-Beauty-Pageant-in-Israel1.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Miss-Holocaust-Survivor-Beauty-Pageant-in-Israel1.jpg 634w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Miss-Holocaust-Survivor-Beauty-Pageant-in-Israel1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Miss-Holocaust-Survivor-Beauty-Pageant-in-Israel1-446x300.jpg 446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a>Commemorating the atrocities committed by the Nazis is usually a sombre duty, not a cause for joy.<\/p>\n<p>But at the Miss Holocaust Survivor Beauty Pageant, the emphasis is firmly on celebrating the remarkable women who survived the genocide of the Jews.<\/p>\n<p>The 16 contestants at the event in Israel, all aged over 70, showed off their mature beauty as they competed to take the crown as the nation&#8217;s most striking senior citizen.<\/p>\n<p>The pageant, held in the town of Haifa, was held for the second time on Thursday, following on from the success of last year&#8217;s inaugural edition.<\/p>\n<p>It is organised by the International Christian Embassy, an evangelical group that supports Israel, in collaboration with a charity for Holocaust survivors.<\/p>\n<p>The aim is to boost the self-esteem of the women involved by bringing a touch of glamour to their lives.<\/p>\n<p>While the contestants are certainly encouraged to look their best in sparkling ballgowns, officials say the event is meant to celebrate inner beauty as well.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of this year&#8217;s pageant was Shoshana Colmer, 93, who was brought up in Czechoslovakia before being imprisoned in Auschwitz.<\/p>\n<p>She still bears the identity number which was branded on her skin by the Nazis.<\/p>\n<p>Critics claim the pageant exploits vulnerable elderly people by putting them on show for entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commemorating the atrocities committed by the Nazis is usually a sombre duty, not a cause&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,152,224,137],"tags":[2083],"class_list":["post-29765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-middle-east","category-news","category-world","tag-holocaust","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}