World | Hungary Hungary Holds 'Miss Plastic' Pageant Beauty contest offers prizes to the surgically-enhanced—and their surgeons By Rob Quinn Posted Oct 10, 2009 5:36 AM CDT Copied Winners of the Miss Plastic Hungary beauty pageant, queen Reka Urban, center, first runner-up Edina Kulcsar, right, and second-runner up Alexandra Horvath, left, smile together after the contest . (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) Boob jobs, facelifts, and new noses were on parade in Budapest last night as Hungary held its first "Miss Plastic" pageant. The winners—who had to prove they had actually gone under the knife—received prizes including a new apartment and a new car, and their surgeons took home awards. Organizers said the display of surgical enhancements was aimed at boosting acceptance of cosmetic surgery. Plastic surgery is about "restoring harmony" and "eliminating asymmetries and giving women the opportunity to have normal features," one surgeon told the AP. "Plastic surgery has a bad reputation in Hungary but it's mostly due to the exaggerations." He added that business was booming despite the country's crisis-ravaged economy. "People for whom this is important always find the money," he said. Read These Next The Wall Street Journal is naming more names tied to Epstein. Trump isn't talking about a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. The White House and South Park are having a tiff. South Park episode on Trump may be a real 'mess' for him. Report an error