A 187 kilo Thai woman has won the illustrious title of Miss Jumbo 2000 at an annual competition held in Bangkok. The competition is held every year by a Thai elephant charity to draw attention to the country's diminishing elephant population.
Organisers reject suggestions that the contest is designed to mock fat women.
They say the event is more of a celebration and a demonstration that fat women, like elephants, can be beautiful and graceful. In Thailand elephants have for centuries been revered and highly valued creatures. But their numbers have dwindled in recent years following the collapse of traditional jobs in the logging industry.