20 contestants competed recently for the title of Miss Asia at the ATV 20th Miss Asia Awards in the tourist destination of Haikou in Hainan province, which included novel beauty pageant flourishes like pole-dancing, and a game show segment which involved wheelchairs, rubber chickens, and meat preparation by contestants wearing bikinis.
Photos: 20th Miss Asia Awards included pole-dancing, rubber chickens
Photos: Tattooed goldfish, the latest in goldfish mistreatment
The Chinese just can't seem to get enough when it comes to tampering with goldfish. Who can forget the live goldfish keychains last spring or the goldfish whisperer's synchronized fish performance which can only be described as "magnetic"? Now these sprite little swimmers, viewed as tokens of wealth in Chinese culture, are being tattooed with symbols said to bestow fortune upon their masters.
Gold toilet worth 1.28 million RMB on display in Hainan
The shiny shitter is currently on display at the 11th World Toilet Summit and Expo that began yesterday in the Hainan provincial capital of Haikou.
Bizarre places to see Haibao: On pregnant women bellies
Why did a bunch of pregnant ladies get together to paint Haibao on their bellies? To win a Pregnant Woman Fashion show at the 5th Body Painting Exhibition on Hainan Island. This year's theme was "Lucky 'Pregnant' International Tourist Island respondes to the Shanghai World Expo," which is why each and everyone of these pre-borns got the Haibao treatment.
Haikou's narrowest building gets torn down
While everybody loves to have a big living space, most people here aren't able to find one in China's highly packed cities. Taking the matter into their own hands, some talented folks in Haikou, Hainan built a super narrow building - one side was only 20cm!
PSA: Shanghai pickpocketing may be on the rise, watch out!
Pickpocketing, an issue in any major city, seems to become a developing problem for Shanghai citizens in recent months - and we're not just talking from personal experience (though, sadly, some of us have become recent victims).

