No Miss Universe pageant for Lutheran vicar.Einar Gelius will not get to decide which bikini-clad bombshell bomb·shell n. 1. An explosive bomb. 2. One that is sensationally shocking, surprising, or amazing. bombshell Noun a shocking or unwelcome surprise Noun 1. will wear the crown of Miss Norway Frøken Norge or Miss Norway, is a Norwegian beauty pageant, qualifying two winners to the global contests Miss Universe and Miss World. It has been on since the beginning of the 1950's. The winner used to be handpicked by the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet. this year, and he's not too happy about it. Gelius, a Lutheran vicar in Oslo, Norway was all set to take his place on the 12-judge panel for the qualifying round of the larger Miss Universe competition when his bishop pulled the plug. Female clergy of the Lutheran church, of which 85 percent of Norwegians are members, had made their displeasure with Gelius publicly known, but he refused to step down until a week later when bishop of Oslo Ole Christian Kvarme Ole Christian Mælen Kvarme (born November 11, 1948 in Molde) is the Bishop of Oslo in the Lutheran Church of Norway since 2005. As Bishop of Oslo, Kvarme is the Royal family's personal prelate. asked him to reconsider re·con·sid·er v. re·con·sid·ered, re·con·sid·er·ing, re·con·sid·ers v.tr. 1. To consider again, especially with intent to alter or modify a previous decision. 2. . Still, Gelius told the Norwegian newspaper VG, "I must be able to do things in my free time without being confronted with the fact that I am a clergyman." |
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