Miss Tibet
Episode 11 · 2012-06-05
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
It's unquestionably the world's highest national beauty pageant, it may also be the world's smallest but it must be right up there with the strangest. Certainly when you think of Tibet you're far more likely to think of the Dalai Lama, Buddhist spirituality and the struggle for an independent homeland. You're less likely to summon images of a wanna-be Donald Trump-style impresario in silver threads, swimsuit shoots by mountain streams and beautiful girls aiming to be the next top beauty on top of the world. That's the Miss Tibet pageant and - perhaps surprisingly - it's as catty and competitive as any beauty contest. But is it, as its promoter claims, all about liberation and empowerment or is it a cynical exercise in exploitation? And what will the Dalai Lama make of it all?
30 minutes
Season 21 episodes
1. The Ka-Ching! Dynasty2012-02-07
2. A Bavarian Fairy Tale2012-02-14
3. Girlpower!2012-02-21
4. Meet the Frackers2012-02-28
5. The Almighty's Dollar2012-03-06
6. Building the Perfect Bug2012-03-13
7. The Road to Mandalay2012-03-20
8. They Paved Paradise2012-05-15
9. Sayonara Baby2012-05-22
10. The Real Great Escape2012-05-29
11. Miss Tibet2012-06-05
12. England Swings2012-06-12
13. That Was Then This Is Now2012-06-19
14. Globesity - Fat's New Frontier2012-07-24
15. Wired2012-07-31
16. The Wandering Souls2012-08-07
17. Two Hearts2012-08-14
18. Revenge of the Nerds2012-08-21
19. Lords of the Ring2012-08-28
20. Rise of the Machines2012-09-04
21. Tick, Tick, Boom!2012-10-23
22. Adrenalin Nation2012-10-30
23. Goin' Up Around the Bend - Truth, Votes and the American Way2012-11-06
24. The Odyssey2012-11-13
25. The Big Dig2012-11-20
26. We Will Not Be Moved2012-11-27
