Rio De Janeiro Prison Hosts Inmate Beauty Pageant

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 24: Inmate contestants walk toward the stage from a cellblock area during the annual beauty pageant at the Talavera Bruce women's prison on November 24, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pageant aims to humanize and boost the self-esteem of female inmates who receive makeup and hair styling from volunteers. According to the Ministry of Justice, the number of imprisoned females in the country rose 567 percent from 2000 to 2014. Overall, Brazil's overcrowded prison population is now the world's fourth largest, with more than 600,000 inmates being held in facilities designed for 377,000, according to Human Rights Watch. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - NOVEMBER 24: Inmate contestants walk toward the stage from a cellblock area during the annual beauty pageant at the Talavera Bruce women's prison on November 24, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pageant aims to humanize and boost the self-esteem of female inmates who receive makeup and hair styling from volunteers. According to the Ministry of Justice, the number of imprisoned females in the country rose 567 percent from 2000 to 2014. Overall, Brazil's overcrowded prison population is now the world's fourth largest, with more than 600,000 inmates being held in facilities designed for 377,000, according to Human Rights Watch. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Rio De Janeiro Prison Hosts Inmate Beauty Pageant
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