10 January 2010

BOLIVIA: Controversy Grows Over Ex-Beauty Queen Named As Candidate.


GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE/ 

Jessica Jordan is only 25, an ex-Miss Bolivia and now Evo Morales' official candidate for the governorship of the Department of Beni. Initial reactions on Twitter were of disbelief that a former beauty queen would be nominated for a high-ranking position. Beni has traditionally been under the control of the opposition.