HIV-positive Cynthia Leshomo (hugs her doctor after winning the "Miss HIV Stigma Free" competition ......
HIV-positive Cynthia Leshomo (hugs her doctor after winning the "Miss HIV Stigma Free" competition in Gaborone, Botswana. Thirty two-year-old HIV-positive Cynthia Leshomo (R) hugs her doctor after winning the "Miss HIV Stigma Free" competition in Gaborone, Botswana early February 27, 2005. The competition aims to reduce the stigma attached to HIV/AIDS, which has infected roughly a third of the southern African country's population. REUTERS/Peter Apps