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FL Gators
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Nobody asked for HIV. Some were careless, others were unaware, others were forced. The pageant is not going to change anybody's mind nor is it going to help anybody. The best thing to do is promote awareness and preventions in countries with their back turned to the realities of HIV. Might as well have a "Teen Pregnancy Pageant". A pity pageant wnt fix anything. But that's just my opinion. Only in Naija. That wasnt nice.
They were telling their stories and i think it is possible.
I'm not calling them stupid, but the people that put up the pageant. |
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chienigma (f)
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Knowing the mentality of Nigerians, dem go talk say those girls dey HIV+. Then the stigmatization they are trying to fight will now be upon them in full force. Just wait and see.  |
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gold4u (f)
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lwkmd *laff wan kill me die* atleast the only thg we could do is support them |
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Fhemmmy
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I'm not calling them stupid, but the people that put up the pageant.
OK then |
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Specialist900 (m)
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the people that thought of this thing have lost their focus i.e if they ever had one
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PurestBoy (m)
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Knowing the mentality of Nigerians, dem go talk say those girls dey HIV+. Then the stigmatization they are trying to fight will now be upon them in full force. Just wait and see. U just said it all, a newer form of stigmatization |
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THE AMAKA (f)
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Nobody asked for HIV. Some were careless, others were unaware, others were forced.
The pageant is not going to change anybody's mind nor is it going to help anybody.
The best thing to do is promote awareness and preventions in countries with their back turned to the realities of HIV.
Might as well have a "Teen Pregnancy Pageant".
A pity pageant wnt fix anything. But that's just my opinion. Only in Naija.
I'm not calling them stupid, but the people that put up the pageant.
i have to agree 100% with this one. you took the words right out of my mouth. it still wont change a thing, i guess its just a little celebration to make HIV+ people feel good for once.  most people are still turned off by it, and its only natural. |
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Aloy~Emeka
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What of
MR Good father
Mr HIV positive
MR Good Husband
Mr Good bachelor etc
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THE AMAKA (f)
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What of
MR Good father
Mr HIV positive
MR Good Husband
Mr Good bachelor etc
Nigeria is going mad!!! lolololol everything and this Miss/Miss this and that. the only important Miss is Miss Nigeria/MBGN everything else is pointless. they have at least 15 Miss' of what i dont even know. lol Miss Best Housewife is coming soon. lolol |
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Agnesqueen (f)
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Why dont they just have HIV walk or run for cure or treatment. I dont see people having miss breast-cancer or miss- herpes. Please have an awareness program and raise money for research for this disease and dont make a mockery of it. Have seminars showing how people can live with HIV and AIDS and have a normal life. This is just a disgrace  |
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THE AMAKA (f)
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Why dont they just have HIV walk or run for cure or treatment. I dont see people having miss breast-cancer or miss- herpes. Please have an awareness program and raise money for research for this disease and dont make a mockery of it. Have seminars showing how people can live with HIV and AIDS and have a normal life. This is just a disgrace DAMN!!! that is exactly what im talking about. what is a pageant going to do? you are 100% correct. this is a disgrace. LMFAO!!!!!! @ Miss Herpes OMG!! you wan kill me ooooo  |
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Aloy~Emeka
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Nigeria is going mad!!! lolololol
everything and this Miss/Miss this and that.
the only important Miss is Miss Nigeria/MBGN
everything else is pointless.
they have at least 15 Miss' of what i dont even know. lol
Miss Best Housewife is coming soon. lolol
You haven't heard of Miss motor park in Port Harcourt? |
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rita@NL (m)
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Thank God my Girlfriend is HIV positive,she has to go for this pageant to bring moni home.  |
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Aloy~Emeka
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Thank God my Girlfriend is HIV positive,she has to go for this pageant to bring moni home. The one on your avatar?. You need to tell us now so we don't mistakenly holla at her. You are trying to scare us away from your girl. I know the trick.  |
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chika98
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The one on your avatar?. You need to tell us now so we don't mistakenly holla at her. You are trying to scare us away from your girl. I know the trick. You have got to be kidding me! Nna bros from NR is Aloy Emeka? Wonders shall never end! |
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~Sissy~ (f)
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i don't see how this supposedly "positive pageant" is going never help with HIV awareness .
all those monies and prizes they're going to award to the winner should be put into developing more effective awareness programs not some absurd pageants.
it'd be interesting though to see the girls who would be brave enough to show their faces to such pageant and the more stigma they would face afterward.
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chaircover (f)
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Personally, I think that if they want to raise public awareness they should do something charitable like raise funds to open a homeless babies centre, give out scholarships, help widows etc.
That way they will get the publics attention for positive reasons and the HIV men & woman will still feel good about themselves.
I don't think parading semi naked on a catwalk will do any good for their image bearing in mind most people still wrongly think that one can only be infected by HIV through promiscuity.
In my opinion, I think Beauty pageants will send the wrong message & put Joe public off their cause.
It will be interesting to see how many HIV* men and women actually show up and actively take part in this beauty contest.
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THE AMAKA (f)
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sissy and chaircover
RIGHT ON!!
nigerians with this beauty pageant thing sef
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Robotnik
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I think this should not be encouraged but they should let them engage in educative stuff like who wan b millionaire or something informative like talent hunt etc, beauty pageant is just ridiculous, my 2 cents
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abbeyemmy (f)
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na wa ooooooooooooooooo,so dr is now ms hiv peagant when den go start mr &ms ugly,syphilis,gonorhea,& other sti  |
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mrtidy (m)
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I would say lets watch and see. the idea is worth it though but just like every seemingly good thing in this country it it dies the minute it starts!!! why put both negative and positive together on the same stage? So they could over time kick out the positives and start a full time beauty pageant business? Well I think if its done correctly and expecially without the HIV negatives it will boost the morals and sense of belonging of those already with the virus, a chance to make something meaningful with their rather short lives.
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lysim
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Verily verily i say unto you, wonders shall never end.
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ayomidej (f)
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Beauty Pageant has been brought to shame soon they will have pageants in MR or MISS GAY, LESBIAN, ARMED ROBBERS, CORRUPTION and so on
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holotee
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I won't be suprised if an HIV negative chick enters the peagent for the money. BTW at least sum1 is doin something about the stigma unlike the haters,
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Aloy~Emeka
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Why not do miss disabled in order to boost their self esteem like we have paralympics?
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Fhemmmy
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Why not do miss disabled in order to boost their self esteem like we have paralympics?
you think the organizer cares? they just wanna make money and govt support |
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oge4real (f)
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 Miss HIV positive? Maybe she will be the first Nigerian to get the new vaccine. you never can tell o.
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