Spend 10 minutes in Lebanon and chances are good that you'll hear about someone's cousin who used to be Ms. or Mr. Lebanon. Beauty pageants are a serious deal in the country, so much so that here have been international spats over beauty queens' Instagram feeds.

And while it all might be a bit silly, we're hoping that our friends at Ink on the Side  aren't right with their predictions for the future of pageants.

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