to be sending the winners to did not recognize his claims as he did not hold any franchises rights to the pageants, and to date none of the girls from Miss Ethiopia 2010 have attended any of the International pageants he claimed they would, nor did they get their cash awards. State run Ethiopian Television also made a documentary about this controversial pageant titled Ethiopian beauty contest that went wrong, available and posted on YouTube, in which unusual in a country like Ethiopia, contestants, former queens and models openly criticized the Minister Mohamed Dirir, and state Minister Mohamouda Ahmed Gaas and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for once again modeling in beauty pageants, and this time going as far as supporting a known con man, who had previously cheated so many people, and had no track record in the pageant industry, instead of focusing on promoting tourism which is their core objective and mandate. References External links Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Ministry website) Ethiopian Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture official website Ethiopian Ministry of Youth & Sports official website https://www.facebook.com/tuorismcultureethiopia/ Kibran Tours Culture and Tourism Culture and Tourism Ethiopia Ethiopia