請回答第 26 題至第 29 題: Venezuela has long been considered a country of extraordinarily beautiful men and women. It has won the biggest number of international beauty awards: 5 Miss Universes and 5 Miss Worlds. In Venezuela, beauty queens are a national obsession. There are beauty pageants in elementary schools, corporations, villages, the military, even in prisons. Venezuelans proudly point out that their country is best known for three things: oil,baseball stars, and beauty queens. Nearly two-thirds of Venezuela’s women and half its men think about their physical appearances all the time. For Venezuelan women, being beautiful is not only desirable; rather, it’s a responsibility. They not only dress up for daily life but also get plastic surgery to have a beautiful body. Almost every Venezuelan woman wants to have surgery and many from poor backgrounds save up for an operation.
But one also needs to take classes to be a beauty queen. In Venezuela, there are many beauty schools teaching students to apply the right amount of makeup, pose for a photo, choose the right clothes, walk like a princess, and speak with style. The average cost of such a course is $700, a price many middle-class parents are eager to pay to see their little girls stand out. A school founder denies that girls should value appearance over intellect, saying the culture of beauty integrates intelligence, good manners, a positive attitude, self-confidence, and discipline.
【題組】26 What is this passage mainly about?
(A)The beauty obsession in Venezuela.
(B)Fashion development in Venezuela.
(C)The booming plastic surgery industry in Venezuela.
(D)How to run for beauty queens in Venezuela.