Miss Alpe-Adria: False Alarm

A 19-year-old economics student and professional blonde, Katarina Manová, is the new Miss Alpe Adria (theirs, not ours). This would hardly be worthy of comment were she not from Bratislava.

No, this isn't another case of Slovenakia confusion (although if the Slovaks do insist on having their own Triglav, what does one expect?). Slovakia do, indeed, participate in Miss Alpe Adria in their own right.

As do Hungary, which is fair enough. And as do Switzerland.

The Gazette has much more important things to do today than comment.