Who’s the hotter dictator’s daughter?
April 14, 2007
Dariga Nazarbayeva of Kazakhstan
Or
Gulnara Karimova of Uzbekistan
?
Dariga Facts:
- Business: Former head of state news agency and major media mogul. Convinced Kazakhstan to go easy on Borat.
- Political: Harshest critic of her father’s regime, says the Economist. But is this just a ploy to convince the elites she’s not his puppet?
- Musical: Jury member for Kazakh Idol.
Gulnora:
- Business: Runs red-light district clubs in Tashkent. Allegedly rakes in the soums by smuggling Uzbek prosititutes to Dubai.
- Political: Benefits from the state’s crackdowns on all clubs except her own. In general, privatization has been good to Gulnara.
- Musical: Moonlights as an R&B singer known as Googoosh.
Usually, I’d choose Dariga…. but wait, what’s this, Gulnara used to live in the same tiny 1000-person NJ town as my grandparents! I bet Grandma has talked her ear off while buying lox at Foodtown! Ok, Gulnara wins, and she totally rocks the bling.


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