Miss Milk Cow beauty contest

Emma Patti Harris 0 Comment Case of the Fridays, World beauty contest, Miss Milk Cow, Vietnam

The Miss Milk Cow beauty contest was held in Moc Chau plateau, 200km northwest of Hanoi. The beauty contest selects cows with a solid torso, high legs and large milk production. This year, 126 cows were chosen for contest among the 16,000 cows in Moc Chau. For more than a decade the Miss Milk Cow beauty contest is organized in Moc Chau plateau to promote dairy farming as Vietnamese people’s eating pattern has been changing rapidly along with higher income. The winner this year is a four-year-old, weight 830 kg and providing 42 kg milk per day, double the average volume of milk. (Photos by Kham/Reuters)

July 10 Photo Brief: Spam is 75 y/o, Pamplona’s big heads parade

Jul 10, 2012

July 10 Photo Brief: Spam is 75 y/o, Pamplona’s big heads parade

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Bangladesh, beauty contest, Bosnia, Brazil, Brussels, Canada, China, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, England, fighter jets, Greece, India, milk, orangutan, protest, Reporters Without Borders, San Fermin festival, Spain, spam, Taiwan

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Hormel’s infamous “spiced ham” celebrates 75th years of canned meat goodness, a child forages through a forest of automotive parts in Mumbai, giants and big heads wander the streets of Pamplona and more in today’s daily brief.