Beauty Will Save the World

Name: Beauty Will Save the World
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2003-01-15
Duration: 63 min
Rating: 7

2003 · 1h 3m · Documentary

IMDb 7.0

Watch it tonight if you're into offbeat documentaries with genuine historical intrigue—this is a genuinely weird time capsule capturing Libya's first beauty pageant under Qaddafi, with an unpredictable twist that justifies the premise. The 7.0 IMDb score backs it up as solid documentary material, though it's definitely niche and won't appeal to everyone.

Plot

BEAUTY WILL SAVE THE WORLD charts the journey of 19 year old Tecca Zendik, a contestant in the Miss Net World contest, Libya's first every beauty competition. Colonel Muammar Qaddafi hosts this competition and the film includes extraordinary footage of the Colonel. Tecca's story reveals an incredible conclusion no-one could have guessed when private jests transported the beauties to the country feared by the West in the 1980's.

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