Move over Miss Universe, make room for Miss Captivity, a contest to pick the most attractive female inmate serving jail time in Lithuania. The organizer of the event, television producer Arunas Valinskas, announced that he finalized a deal with the Baltic country's sole female prison and already had accepted applications from 36 contestants. "We'll attempt to find beauty \where\ you might think there is none," he said at a news conference. "The prisoners are, after all, women first and foremost." The prison, the Panevezys Penal Labor Colony, holds more than 1,000 inmates, including convicted murders. It's in the city of Panevezys, some 90 miles north of Vilnius, the capital of this nation. The competition, which organizers said was the first of its kind in Europe, will be shown live on the private LNK TV. Top Lithuanian fashion designers will make the contestants' clothes and local dignitaries would serve as the judges, selecting a winner based on "beauty and elegance," Valinskas said. In addition to what many might see as the dubious honor of being crowned Miss Captivity, the winner and runners-up will qualify for 10,000 litas ($2,500) in prizes though they'd only receive them after completing their jail terms. Prison officials said participating detainees would be excused from working in the penitentiary's sewing factory during the week of the contest.
一边去，环球小姐，给“在押小姐”腾个地方——立陶宛即将举办比赛以选出最有魅力的在押女犯。赛事主办者、电视制片人阿朗纳斯-瓦林斯卡宣布他已经同这个波罗的海国家惟一的女子监狱达成了协议，并已接受了36人的参赛申请。“我们想在人们认为美不存在的地方找到美，”他在记者招待会上说。“不管怎样，这些囚犯首先是女人。”帕尼维泽斯劳改营位于立陶宛首都维尔纽斯以北大约90英里的帕尼维泽斯市，里面关押着包括谋杀犯在内的1000多名囚犯。主办者称这种比赛在欧洲还是第一次，私人的LNK电视台将对此进行直播。瓦林斯卡说，立陶宛最优秀的时装设计师将为选手们设计服装，获胜者由当地名流根据“美丽及优雅”的标准选出。除去“在押小姐”这一许多人眼里的暧昧荣誉外，获胜者及亚军还将得到1万里特(2500美元)的奖金——不过她们要到服刑期满后才能得到这笔钱。监狱官员说，参赛的女囚在一周的比赛期间可以不到监狱的缝纫厂做工。