Clockwise from Left: The façade of Gadaffi’s old house, bombed in 1986 by the Reagan administration. The Miss Net World banner hangs on the ruined building. Tripoli, Libya. Contestents wearing their Gaddafi t-shirts in the lobby of the Al Mahary hotel, Miss Net World calander shoot.
Despite fears on the part of the girls and the accompanying mothers they ended up being treated like Byzantine princesses, dressed in fine traditional robes, flown in private jets to an oasis in the Sahara, taken to banquets at ancient roman ruins and brought for an audience with the Colonel himself in his domed Bedouin tent
