Outrage as Miss Bumbum beauty pageant portray Last Supper painting

Brazil's Miss Bumbum beauty pageant has sparked controversy after hopefuls posed for a raunchy portrayal of iconic religious painting The Last Supper.
The photo shows eight hopefuls in the country's popular 'rear of the year' contest portraying Christ and his disciplines - with the 'sexiest' girl posing as Jesus.
Religious leaders branded the remake of the Da Vinci masterpiece "deeply disrespectful" and even Brazil's religious intolerance commission condemned the picture.
Even one of the women involved said she regretted posing for the shot and said she had "asked forgiveness from God for a great sin".

Now in its sixth year, Miss Bumbum is one of Brazil's most hotly-disputed beauty contests with winners becoming overnight celebrities and often going on to earn millions and modelling contracts and endorsements.
After a public vote, the 27 contestants, each representing a Brazilian state, are whittled down to 15 who then battle it out in a live final on November 9.
Daiana Fegueredo, representing the state of Ceara, was chosen to play Jesus in the photo as her bottom received the most number of phone votes, making her the frontrunner in the race for the coveted title.
But she said she now regrets agreeing to taking part: "I did the photo because of my contract. But I didn't like it and I wasn't happy about it. You can't play around with the word of God.

"I completely understand people being angry about it, because even I'm angry and I'm in it. For me it is blasphemy.
"I feel really bad deep inside of me. I'm a practising Catholic. Since I did the photo my heart is tight inside my chest, I can't sleep and I don't stop thinking about it. I've already asked forgiveness from God, and I ask forgiveness from everyone else. We went too far. We were part of a great sin."
Father Clesio Vieira, from the Volta Redonda diocese of Rio de Janeiro, said the photo has caused "great offence" to Catholics.
He said: "Everyone's talking about it. It has broken the boundaries of ethics and respect, all in the name of money. This isn't creativity, it's the vulgarisation of the sacred and is deeply disrespectful."

Assistant bishop of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Augusto Dias Duarte, also criticised the photos, saying he was against any images showing women's bottoms, "whatever the setting".
He added: "Women need to be valued for their role as a wife, mother, professional, and for her intellectual and cultural qualities."
In a statement, Babalawo Ivanir dos Santos, from Brazil's Commission to Combat Religious Intolerance, said that the picture was evidence "that intolerance is not just confined to African religions."
But the founder of the Miss Bumbum competition, Cacau Oliver, claimed the image was "not offensive to the church" and never meant to shock anyone.

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Our exclusive pictures show the couple looking relaxed and happy as they shopped in London earlier this week.

The pair strolled hand in hand as Janet - who will become a mum for the first time later this year at the age of 50 - stroked her growing bump.

They were spotted browsing for children’s clothes at an upmarket boutique before stopping for lunch at a health food restaurant.

Janet, who has sold over 100 million records, is widely regarded as one of the most successful female solo artists of all time.

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Iman Ahmad Abdulati, 36, from Alexandria in northern Egypt, has not left her home for 25 years because of her weight problem.
After years of desperate attempts to deal with the issue, her sister Chaymaa’ Ahmad Abdulati has now gone public with the problem in the hope of getting help.
Iman currently lives in the family home with her sister and mother.
Her family believe she suffered a stroke at the age of 11 which left her bedridden and piling on weight.
She needs help going to the toilet as she can no longer walk there herself.

According to El Arabiya, Iman was born weighing a staggering five kilograms.
She was diagnosed with elephantiasis - a parasitic infection that causes extreme swelling in a person's limbs and arms.
Relatives also say medics have previously stated her problem may have been caused by by a fluid retention problem meaning that large amounts of extra water are being retained in her body.

It is feared she may die if she cannot be moved to a hospital in Cairo for emergency surgery.
She never attended school because of her weight problem and is also said to have been affected by her father's death when she was young.

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"The album I listen to the most this year is Frank Ocean's album," Yeezy said, "I'll tell you this right now: If his album's not nominated in no categories, I'm not showing up to the Grammys. As artists, we've got to come together to fight the bulls**t."

The "Wolves" rapper then encouraged the head of the Grammys to "come and holla at Ye."

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