The 22 year-old Reka Urban was crowned the 2009 Miss Plastic Hungary, a peculiar beauty pageant to promote the benefits of plastic surgery in the country. To qualify for the competition, the girls had to prove they got under the knife because mere Botox or collagen injections did not count (can you believe this??).

“I think this competition is long overdue,” said photographer Marton Szipal, one of the pageant judges. “Hungarians used to laugh about plastic surgery but it’s time for Hungarian women to care more about their appearance. They are the most beautiful in Europe.”

“This about restoring harmony … eliminating asymmetries and giving women the opportunity to have normal features,” Rozsos said. “Plastic surgery has a bad reputation in Hungary but it’s mostly due to the exaggerations.”

The plastic beauty queen, who was chosen because she represents “a perfect harmony of body and soul”, won an apartment in Budapest, first runner-up Edina Kulcsar was given a new car and second runner-up Alexandra Horvath took home diamond jewelry worth 2 million forints ($10,800). Their plastic surgeons also received awards.

Miss Plastic Hungary 2009 Pictures

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