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The seven girls posed, preened and smiled with all the energy of Miss Universe contestants, but this was no ordinary pageant. The competitors, from about 6-years-old to 16, had just paraded through a downpour to a small stage surrounded by mountains, where they displayed elaborate outfits handmade from wood, plants or, in one case, jingling shells. And the judges also sought a special kind of beauty: those who most resembled Puerto Ricos native Indian tribe, the Taíno, received higher marks.
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