Feminists force cancellation of Miss Sweden...

I'm not a big fan of beauty pageants....but, feminists should not be the people deciding whether they should be held.

The organiser of the annual 'Miss Sweden' beauty pageant has been forced to cancel this year's contest following "harassment from feminist groups". The decision means that Sweden will not be sending a delegate to the global 'Miss Universe' event - for the first time since it was inaugurated in 1952.

Panos Emporio, the Scandinavian swimwear company which bought the rights to run Miss Sweden from TV3 last year, says it will try to find a formula that is acceptable "to most people in society" in time for next year's event.

"Feminists forced me to cancel," said Panos Papadopoulos, the chief executive of Panos Emporio and self-proclaimed 'bikini king'. "I was surprised that in a country as far developed and as liberated as Sweden women's rights movements receive so much attention in the media regarding an issue like this."

Papadopoulos declined to name the specific feminist organisations which had pressured him into cancelling Miss Sweden but he told The Local that he had received negative calls and messages of a personal nature.

"It's impossible to talk to these people," he said.

Yes, it is impossible to talk to feminists...