Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico waves during the opening of the 67th Miss World Final in China on 7 November, 2017.Image copyrightSTR/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
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Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico waves during the opening of this year's final
Imagine a beauty pageant, and you're probably picturing a relay of stunning women with huge hair, some tearful pleas for world peace, and a tiara-based cat-fight.
But beyond the diamantes and the swimsuit round, the contestants are getting ever-more political.
Beauty queens in Chile, Turkey, Lebanon, Myanmar, Peru and the US have all made headlines in 2017 for unexpected comments or perceived dissent - and many have lost their crowns in the process.
So as Miss World looks increasingly like Miss World Affairs, how can a pageant winner keep both her title and her opinions?
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1. Don't cause a diplomatic incident
Last week, Chilean model Valentina Schnitzer sparked outrage by declaring, "the sea belongs to Bolivia" at a South American beauty pageant.
The sea in question is the Pacific Ocean - subject of a dispute between Chile and its landlocked neighbour for more than a century.
Ms Schnitzer told the Reina Hispanoamericana 2017 pageant in Bolivia: "We are with you, we want to keep fighting for your rights. Really, the Chilean people, all my people, all my colleagues, the people I talk to, [say] the sea belongs to Bolivia."
The territorial scrap is under review by the International Court of Justice - but a separate diplomatic debate quickly emerged on Twitter.
Bolivia's President Evo Morales sent his support to the Chilean beauty, praising her "courageous" stance.
Twitter post by @evoespueblo: Saludamos Miss Chile, Valentina Schnitzer, que con valentía expresa sentir del pueblo chileno mar le pertenece a Bolivia #MarParaBoliviaImage Copyright @evoespueblo@EVOESPUEBLO
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Her countryfolk were less impressed, with one tweeting: "Miss Chile lives here? She does not seem Chilean giving away the sea."
"Miss Chile should speak for herself!" opined one @Diamatrica.
But she already had, of course - and that, for some, was the problem.
Presentational grey line
2. Mind your holiday plans... and selfies
In some parts of the world, a beauty queen must mind her travel plans as well as her mouth.
Amanda Hanna is Swedish-Lebanese, and held the Miss Lebanon Emigrant 2017 title for just one week before being stripped of it.
Her crime? She had visited Israel for an academic trip in 2016, on her Swedish passport.
Lebanon and Israel are officially at war, though they have observed a ceasefire since 2006.
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The same inter-state frostiness caused ructions a few years earlier at 2015's Miss Universe contest, when Miss Lebanon Saly Greige posed for a selfie with Miss Japan, Miss Slovenia - and Miss Israel.
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