Camel contest in Saudi Arabia, which can make the winner camel can worth of millions Riyal

News24xx.com - How to determine the beauty of a camel that can get millions of riyals in Saudi Arabia? They are judged by the shape of their lips which are full, how they sway their way, and also how big the size of their hump is.

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This is the uniqueness of King Abdulaziz's camel festival in Saudi Arabia which is held annually. Every year, hundreds of thousands of spectators and more than 30,000 camels travel to the desert region of Al-Dahnaa to attend this festival, about 90 minutes south of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

This contest is the culmination of a month-long festival, a spectacle where beauty, tradition and extraordinary wealth become one. Hundreds of camels are paraded in front of the judges looking for the most elegant look of camels with characteristics including: long neck, nose shape, height, color, body size, how they walk, and the size of their ears.

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With the best camels will get a prize of up to SAR 1 million in a very tight competition and some camel owners even use cheating methods. A few days before the 2018 Camel Festival contest, 12 camels were disqualified after it was revealed that they had been injected with Botox to beautify their lips, nose and jaw.

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