Disqualification for botoxed camels at beauty pageant

The practice of cosmetic enhancements on camels was considered animal abuse.Photo:Unsplash/ Shefali Sinha

A high stakes camel beauty pageant in Saudi Arabia has been hit by a cheating scandal after 43 entrants were disqualified for botox injections and other cosmetic enhancements.

The King Abdulaziz Camel Festival is an annual bedouin event held in the desert northeast of Riyadh that lures breeders from around the Gulf with prize money of up to US$66 million (RM278.6 mil).