Miss World boycott over death sentence

The newly-crowned Miss Switzerland is to boycott the Miss World contest in Nigeria in protest at the death sentence given to a woman for having sex outside of marriage.

The newly-crowned Miss Switzerland is to boycott the Miss World contest in Nigeria in protest at the death sentence given to a woman for having sex outside of marriage.

"If I went there, that would be like supporting the whole thing," Nadine Vinzens told the weekly SonntagsBlick.

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