A tribe in Niger holds an annual beauty pageant that tears down conventionally women-centered ceremonies and instead puts men in the spotlight. The Gerewol festival is an annual courtship competition held among the Wodaabe people at the end of the rainy season. Wodaabe women seek a husband among the dancing men covered in red face-paint and beautiful ornaments. Physical characteristics such as being tall, having a narrow face, wide eyes and white teeth are considered as ideal traits men should h