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Nepal: Miss America To The Rescue

Written byBhumika Ghimire
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Posted 11 January 2011 14 years ago

Laura Agustín at The Naked Anthropologist , writes about the efforts of Miss Michigan Katie LaRoche, a participant in the Miss America pageant, to rescue victims of sex trafficking in Nepal. LaRoche has launched her own organization One World.One Future to raise awareness against trafficking and slavery.

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