Ten women with one leg or worse will compete in the Miss Landmine 2008 competition.
The winner hopes for a prosthetic limb.
The project is designed to raise awareness of the plight of landmine survivors.
Finally, a beauty contest with a real purpose.
It will be held in Angola.
The idea was created by a Norwegian theater director.
It is estimated that some 80,000 people have been injured by landmines in Angola.
The contestants were injured while tending fields or fleeing from soldiers in the 80s and 90s.
Though some 43,000 landmines have been cleared, another 10 years is still needed.
Click here to see photos of some of the contestants.
Click here to vote for Miss Landmine 2008.
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