Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo, from the United States, right, places
the crown on Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler during the 2013 Miss Universe
pageant in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. In fact, Venezuela has won more major international beauty competitions
than any other nation, and beauty pageants rank alongside baseball as
the country's most-followed diversion, one that transcends social class
and normally insurmountable political divisions. A whole industry of grooming schools, plastic surgeons and beauty salons
has emerged to prepare young women for the thousands of pageants that
take place each year around the country in schools, army barracks and
even prisons. Credits/Image: Associated Press
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