To consider the contest as a type of holiday is more proper and full explanation of it.

将选美当作一种节日类型来看的话，可能会更接近对这一事象的全面解释。

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Campaign co-ordinator Margaret Beckett has also come under attack for deliberately running a low-key campaign and even taking a holiday during the contest.

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The contest has been good for business at Mr. Tamm's Sokka Holiday Resort, with its cavernous sauna about five miles out of town.

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