Venezuela is known for killing it at beauty pageants, but have you ever
wondered just how much work goes on behind the scenes? That's what this
BBC special titled '
Secrets of South America: Extreme Beauty Queens' is attempting to find out.
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One particular
clip features 2013 Miss Venezuela First Runner-Up Wi May Nava
describing the various surgeries she underwent just to compete in
pageants. Besides getting her boobs and nose done (and nearly going broke in the process), she also revealed a
piece of mesh that was sewn to her tongue to prevent her from
eating solid foods. And yes, it is just as nasty as it sounds.
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Another
clip centers around Osmel Sousa, the president of the Miss Venezuela pageant who also hosts a local reality show in which women compete to be in the pageant.
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Sousa is super brutal towards the contestants, zooming in to their flaws and criticizing a contestant (who had fainted for being fucking hungry) by telling her "If you faint like a beauty queen, get up like one." So if you think these wannabe beauty queens have a simple life, think again.