Miss Universe Contestants
Enter Condom Olympics to Tackle HIV
The Miss Universe contestants are on their way to Sunday night's pageant as they entered the Condom Olympics to spread the word of HIV infection. The contestants competed in the Condom Olympics by tossing water-filled condoms to test their strength and playing "Wild Fire Infection" games that demonstrate the serious side of HIV infection.
PSI (Population Services International), a global health organization partnered with the Miss Universe Organization for an educational workshop demonstrated by the Condom Olympics. The event was aimed at inspiring contestants to use their celebrity to spread positive messages about HIV prevention around the world.
The winning contestant, after the pageant, will have the opportunity to become an Ambassador of PSI's HIV prevention and education program YouthAIDS. Miss Universe 2008, Dayana Mendoza, used her platform to champion the cause among women, who continue to be disproportionately affected by the disease.
Another game played was one which peer educators gave each girl a piece of paper and asked them to solicit signatures from the other contestants. Each signature represented represented an act of sex. Some girls agreed to only share their card with one other person, while others chose not to share their cards at all. After the activity, the girls were told that some of them had been "HIV positive" at the start of the game. Then they tracked, through their signatures, how far the infection had spread. Those who "abstained" or chose to only have one "partner" found out they had remained "HIV negative".
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