Miss Bumbum pageant sparks anger after contestants recreate the Last Supper painting

[Libertine]

Miss Bumbum pageant sparks anger after contestants recreate the Last Supper painting with the woman with the 'sexiest' bottom portraying Jesus

Butt seriously, are you offended?

Brazil's Miss Bumbum beauty pageant has sparked anger after bikini-clad contestants posed for a recreation of the iconic religious painting The Last Supper - with the woman with the 'sexiest' bottom playing Jesus.

In the photo, eight hopefuls in the popular 'rear of the year' contest are portrayed as Christ and his disciples on the night before his crucifixion in a scene that has offended many in the deeply Catholic country.

Last night religious leaders branded the remake of the Da Vinci masterpiece 'deeply disrespectful' while even Brazil's religious intolerance commission waded in to the debate as anger over the picture grew.

Now in its sixth year, Miss Bumbum is one of Brazil's most hotly-disputed beauty contests with winners becoming overnight celebrities and often going on to earn millions and modelling contracts and endorsements.

After a public vote, the 27 contestants, each representing a Brazilian state, are whittled down to 15 who then battle it out in a live final on November 9.

Daiana Fegueredo, representing the state of Ceara, was chosen to play Jesus in the photo as her bottom received the most number of phone votes, making her the frontrunner in the race for the coveted title.

The founder of the Miss Bumbum competition, Cacau Oliver, claimed the image was 'not offensive to the church' and never meant to shock anyone.

He said: 'It was the last meeting of the women before the grand final. It reminded me of the Last Supper. It was where Jesus was betrayed by Judas, because of jealousy, and like it or not the woman with the most votes is also the target of jealousy.

'She is at the centre, and the other girls will want to crucify her because she got more votes than them.'

Last Supper photo

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[alanthick]

I'm sure some people are offended and it's their right, but I doubt if Priests in suicide vests are going to show up at shopping malls.

[ExecutiveVIP]

I'm surprised Mia Khalifa hasn't had terrorist threats against her due to her sex videos in Arab garb.