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"Burkina Faso suspends beauty pageants, launches science competition instead.
Burkina Faso held its first HAKILI Mousso competition after temporarily suspending beauty pageants to prepare new regulations.
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Burkina Faso bans beauty pageants, replaces them with science contests
Burkina Faso suspends beauty pageants and launches HAKILI Mousso, a science competition for 84 young women offering prizes and scholarships.
![Interview with Baker in Vortex Magazine.
Vortex:What’s your one biggest Doctor Who memory?
Baker: I remember a man stopping me in Oxford Street once, looking at me with absolute incredulity; he couldn’t believe it. He said, ‘Tom Baker?’ A man in his late thirties. I said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘Tom Baker?’ I said, ‘Yes!’ And he looked at me and in his brain he catapulted back in time and he said, ‘You know, when I was a boy, I was in a home for children; nobody wanted us, you know? It was terrible. And you made Saturday night good.’ And I went to say something to him and I could see him so close to tears that he couldn’t speak. And he shook his head as if to say, ‘Don’t go on, don’t remind me’ and he just did [a thumbs up]. Such a common thing, isn’t it, but suddenly backed up with an expression on his face through his tears that was a knighthood. It was a knighthood. Just thumbs up, meaning it was great, and thanks. It’s incredible, isn’t it? Just a gesture.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lss244cnzeoicm3p3nrg5ovh/bafkreihlgkgmbvrg2infn55uwyjyulq3wy5zu2mqm5cmtehqwzsj43stky)
