Beauty Will Save the World

2003 | 63 minutes | 6.0 ★ (1)

Beauty Will Save the World
  • Overview

    BEAUTY WILL SAVE THE WORLD charts the journey of 19 year old Tecca Zendik, a contestant in the Miss Net World contest, Libya's first every beauty competition. Colonel Muammar Qaddafi hosts this competition and the film includes extraordinary footage of the Colonel. Tecca's story reveals an incredible conclusion no-one could have guessed when private jests transported the beauties to the country feared by the West in the 1980's.

  • Release Date

    15 January 2003

  • DirectingPietra Brettkelly
  • Budget

    $80,921.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

  • Stars

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