<a href='http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1835&ncid=1835&e=4&u=/cpress/20040924/ca_pr_on_od/colombia_prison_beauty_pageant' target='_blank'>Wouldn't you rather win a prison beauty pageant?</a>

Quote:With a flowing cotton dress, a yellow sunflower pinned in her hair and newly dyed red hair to match her bright lipstick, you might say the beauty pageant contestant representing Cell Block 7 was dressed to kill.

Indeed, prosecutors said Luisa Mateus and another female assassin calmly gunned down two men in a contract hit in a Bogota cafe a year ago.

On Thursday, the 22-year-old Mateus, whose murder trial is still pending, was one of seven contestants in the Miss Congeniality pageant at the medium-security Buen Pastor women's prison. Judging by the raucous screams of her fellow prisoners, she was an early favourite.

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Notice there were no pics :eek: