If you are in Hungary on October 9th and find yourself with time on your hands, why not pop along to the inaugural Miss Plastic Hungary?
A panel of doctors have been called in as the judges for a beauty contest with a difference where all the entrants have to have undergone extensive cosmetic surgery. They have to be between 18 and 30, and have undergone at least one cosmetic procedure that required general or local anesthesia. The Miss Plastic Hungary 2009 pageant is apparently designed to be a showcase of the latest plastic surgery techniques and options available in Hungary.

Many Europeans travel to Hungary to get plastic surgery to save on costs and the cost of a face lift in some parts of Hungary is less than half the price of the same procedure in the United Kingdom so this is very much a commercial event.

The pageant website (only the ‘news’ section has content so far) reports that in addition to meeting the criteria of having had plastic surgery, the contestant must “show a perfect harmony of their body and soul.” The company behind the contest agrees that this is an unconventional beauty contest, and the event will be blogged about and feature live online. The grand prize winner gets a brand new apartment, as will the plastic surgeon who performed the procedure of the winner.

This seems like one of those heaven-sent opportunities where for once staggering drunkenly up to a girl in a nightclub and asking if they are real actually WON’T get you a slap.