Miss Peru contestants take a stand against violence and harassment
Contestants at the Miss Peru 2018 competition took a stand for women's rights.
Using the competition as a platform, the contestants gave statistics and facts about violence against women, femicide and trafficking, among other things.
The contestants gave the answers during a segment in which they are usually required to give their physical measurements.
El concurso de belleza de Perú da un ejemplo de qué tan importante debe ser el problema de la violencia de género.#MisMedidasSon pic.twitter.com/dlxxJzOUmZ
— GESMujer (@GES_Mujer) October 31, 2017
The protest was clearly planned, as images matching the stats were incorporated into the stage set up.
'My name is Camila Canicoba,' said the first contestant to step up the microphone.
'I represent the department of Lima.'
'My measurements are: 2,202 cases of murdered women reported in the last nine years in my country.'
The hashtag #MisMedidasSon, or 'my measurements are' quickly began trending across social media.
The protest was part of a wider movement to shed light on violence against women in Peru.
