Father Ted lives

26-08-2008 1:18am #1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7581039.stm

Priest to hold nun beauty pageant

An Italian priest says he is organising the world's first beauty pageant for nuns to erase a stereotype of them as being old and dour.
Antonio Rungi says The Miss Sister Italy online contest will start on his blog in September.
"Nuns are above all women and beauty is a gift from God," he told Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper.
He is asking nuns to send their photos to him, saying that internet users will then choose the winner.
Father Rungi stressed that nuns were not being invited to parade in bathing suits, saying it will be up to them whether they pose with the traditional veil or with their heads uncovered.
"This contest will be a way to show there isn't just the beauty we see on television but also a more discreet charm," the priest, who lives near the southern city of Naples, told the Corriere della Sera. "You really think all nuns are old, stunted and sad? This isn't the case anymore," he said, pointing out that many young nuns had arrived to Italy from around the world. He added that the idea of staging such a contest had been suggested by nuns themselves.

Careful now!
Lovely girls competition lives again.

zuroph · 26-08-2008 1:20am

ah now, that is just a fetishists dream.

at least, i know its mine.

Ruu_Old · 26-08-2008 1:22am

They all have lovely bottoms.

26-08-2008 1:29am

Must get out of the habit of leering at nuns.

The last one I saw it was definately "nun of the above"

zuroph · 26-08-2008 1:33am

Deleted User wrote: »

Must get out of the habit of leering at nuns.

The last one I saw it was definately "nun of the above"

this is why we need a thumbs down button!!

Xavi6 · 26-08-2008 1:35am

Down with that sort of thing

Warhammer · 26-08-2008 1:35am

They have to..... Kick Bishop Brennan up the arse:D

randylonghorn · 26-08-2008 2:23am

"He is asking nuns to send their photos to him, saying that internet users will then choose the winner. "

Sez it all tbh. Way to satisfy his own fetish!

That said, I've met a few Sister-What-A-Waste's in my time!

brianthebard · 26-08-2008 2:26am

don't know which I find weirder-sexy nun competitions or priests with blogs!

Jigsaw · 26-08-2008 2:28am

I could "get into the habit" of this sort of thing!!!!

randylonghorn · 26-08-2008 2:50am

brianthebard wrote: »

don't know which I find weirder-sexy nun competitions or priests with blogs!

Sexy priest competitions?!

brianthebard · 26-08-2008 2:51am

contradiction in terms there.

26-08-2008 2:56am

Warhammer wrote: »

They have to..... Kick Bishop Brennan up the arse:D

http://bp3.blogger.com/_nEMGVgtYiEA/SBdI9yPjQFI/AAAAAAAAAQI/PRkwrZkny24/s1600-h/father+ted.jpg

randylonghorn · 26-08-2008 2:57am

brianthebard wrote: »

contradiction in terms there.

... which is kind of the point, given you were looking for "most weird"

26-08-2008 2:58am

randylonghorn wrote: »

Sexy priest competitions?!

Fail

27-08-2008 1:22am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7583337.stm

Priest cancels nun beauty contest

An Italian priest who said he wanted to hold the world's first beauty contest for nuns has decided to cancel the project, saying he was misunderstood.
Antonio Rungi said he had never intended to put sisters on the catwalk, but had wanted to erase a stereotype of them as being old and dour.
He had wanted to hold the contest online on his internet blog.
Father Rungi said he changed his mind after the local religious authorities expressed their displeasure.
"My superiors were not happy. The local bishop was not happy, but they did not understand me either," Father Rungi told Reuters news agency from the town of Mondragone, near Naples.
"It was interpreted as more of a physical thing," he said. "Now, no one is saying that nuns can't be beautiful, but I was thinking about something more complete."
He said he had intended to showcase the good works that nuns do, especially in education and health care, so as to boost interest in religious vocations.
"We have to draw more attention to the world of nuns, who are often not sufficiently appreciated by society," he wrote in his blog.
"Nuns are - above all - women, and beauty is a gift from God," he told Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper before he cancelled the project. He had wanted nuns to send their photos to him, so that internet users could then choose the winner. Father Rungi said the idea of the contest had been put to him by nuns themselves.