2018年6月大学英语六级听力常考时文：Beauty Industry
1.How many separate operations did Prieto have? ...2.Where was the Miss World competition Prieto took part in held? In ...
3.What achievement have Venezuelan women gained? ...and four Miss Universe
crowns.
With a bit of “physical preparation” — artificial breast implants, a nose
job and a little trimming of fat from the hips — you too can aspire to be Miss
World. So says Venezuela’s latest candidate for the world beauty contest.
Andreina Prieto admitted that were it not for the help of cosmetic surgery, she
probably would not have made the line-up. The raven-haired 19-year-old was
chosen from among 40 other contestants to represent the South American country
at the Miss World competition in South Africa. Prieto, wearing a blue bikini,
told reporters that prior to entering the competition, she had three separate
operations: one to improve the shape of her nose, a liposuction to remove fat
from her hips and breast implants. “If it wasn’t for that, I probably wouldn’t
be here,” she said. She displayed a brilliant smile, but did not say if that too
was the result of surgery. Oil-rich Venezuela takes the beauty industry very
seriously and has gained a reputation as a “factory” of international beauty
contest winners. Venezuelan women have won five Miss World titles and four Miss
Universe crowns. A private company, the Miss Venezuela Organization, specializes
in preparing candidates for the Miss World and Miss Universe contests, and
spends around $72,000 on each contender, in clothes, diets and, of course,
cosmetic surgery.
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