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Fifteen years after bloodthirsty dictator Jean-Bertrand Aristide murdered a prominent human rights lawyer in broad daylight, one of her children is now a serious contestant in Miss Universe pageant - August 19, 2010

                                         
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RSS MISS UNIVERSE 2010 In this image provided by the Miss Universe Organization, Stefania Fernandez, Miss Universe 2009, and Sarodj Bertin, Miss Haiti 2010, arrive at the Miss Universe National Gift Auction to Benefit Nevada Cancer Institute at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition that will air live Aug. 23, 2010.
                                      
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Miss Haiti Sarodj Bertin Durocher smiles during an  interview with the associated Press in new York (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
                                            
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 Miss Haiti Sarodj Bertin Miss Haiti Sarodj Bertin poses in her national costume at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, August 16, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 pageant will take place in Las Vegas on August 23. REUTERS/Patrick Prather/Miss Universe Organization LP, LLLP/Handout
                                                   
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In this publicity image released by the Miss Universe Organization, Sarodj Bertin, Miss Haiti 2010, poses at Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. The Miss Universe 2010 competition will be broadcast live on the NBC at 9 p.m. EST on Aug. 23 (AP Photo/Miss Universe Organization LP, LLLP)
                  
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Sarodj Bertin's assssinated mother: Attorney, freedom fighter Mireille Durocher Bertin

 
 
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