Elephant beauty pageant held in Nepal

By News Staff

Posted December 29, 2011 12:49 pm.

Last Updated April 30, 2015 12:14 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Here are sights and sounds from a Nepal elephant festival which included a beauty pageant and a race.

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