<p>"(CNN) – The glamour shots capture them in fashion-model poses – sprawled on a couch or lounging by the pool, smiling and sensuous.</p>
<p>But these women aren’t typical pageant contestants: Each lost a limb after stepping on a landmine in their native Angola.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, they compete for the unusual title of Miss Landmine Angola 2008.</p>
<p>Organizers say they want the pageant to restore the women’s pride and raise awareness about the prevalence of landmines left over from Angola’s three decade-long civil war. Undetonated mines still maim 300 to 400 people a year in the county, according to the United Nations…</p>
<p>Contestant Ana Diogo is a 32-year-old widowed mother of three who lost her leg to an Italian-made mine in 1984.</p>
<p>Diogo is unemployed, selling tomatoes on the streets when she can find any.</p>
<p>She said she hopes the pageant will give her a chance at a better life.
Her dream job? “Anything,” she said.
[Landmine</a> victims star in Angola pageant - CNN.com](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/01/angola.landmine/index.html]Landmine”>Landmine victims star in Angola pageant - CNN.com)</p>