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At every medal ceremony six or more hostesses are on duty.

Two wearing "cheongsam", or long dresses, stand either side of the podium while three or more in knee-length dresses hold platters bearing the medals and bouquets of nine red roses, with red a lucky colour in China and nine meaning everlasting.

But although the role looks simple these hostesses have been meticulously chosen and trained.

Hostess candidates have to be university educated, aged 18 to 24, between 1.68 and 1.78 metres in height (5 ft 5 ins and 5 ft 8 ins), with a "ruddy and shiny complexion", "elastic skin" and "a plump but not fat body".

Their faces needed to meet standards including the ratio between the "width of the nose and the length of the face" and "width of the mouth and width between the pupils", with eyes three-tenths the length of the face.
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strict kunai?? mata mesti terletak exactly at three-tenth of the face length ok. macam mana they all measure pon aku tak tau, pakai pembaris kot. balik ni aku nak cuba tengok kat lokasi mana mata aku terletak hahaha..

bukan setakat physical appearance jek, these wannabe-hostesses kena belajar the correct way to smile too.

here's another article about the correct way to smile during the olympics.

“We have to show between six and eight teeth. And we must be able to hold a chopstick horizontal like this.” She held up her hands at lip level to demonstrate the smile-training technique.
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kalau baca lagi, masa senyum tu mata kena glowing, biar bersinar-sinar ala2 nampak note seringgit atas jalan. hmm.. padan laa kalau dalam gambar senyuman aku semuanya shippai. macam orang nak masuk toilet. salah technique deshitak kittok.

next time kena pastikan only 6-8 teeth on display.

naruhodo.


...adie