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The 67th Miss Universe beauty pageant (选美比赛) will take place December 16 in Bangkok, Thailand. The competition will include young women from around the world representing their countries. But one South American country, Chile, will not be represented by a native Chilean. Instead, Andrea Diaz, a native of Venezuela (委内瑞拉) will have that honor.

Diaz grew up in Valencia, Venezuela. She began training as a model at age 12 at a school there. At 19, she won a pageant organized by her town’s baseball team. As Diaz moved along her career path, she also moved away from home. She went first to Panama, and later to Mexico, for modeling jobs. In 2015, she settled in Chile, where most of her family members now live. The 27-year-old woman told the reporter, “I represent the new Chile. This is an inclusive (包容的) country where immigrants come in search of opportunities.”

Thousands of people leave Venezuela each day to escape a lack of food and medicine in the country. Its economic crisis (危机) has created an almost 1 million percent inflation (通货膨胀) rate. Many beauty pageant hopefuls have left Venezuela and have found work in modeling and media fields. Diaz is one of several Venezuelan beauty pageant competitors representing countries other than their homeland.

A recent Miss Earth pageant had two Venezuelan models who competed for other countries, including Jessica Russo. Russo represented Peru just one year after moving to the country. She said, “My dream of being a beauty queen is not going to stop just because I arrived in a new country.” The 22-year-old competitor did not make it into the Miss Earth finals. But she is not giving up. She says she hopes to one day win a competition for Peru, the country where her mother was born.

1.Who can take part in the beauty pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand?

A. Only young women from Chile.

B. Only young women from the university in Venezuela.

C. Young women from Venezuela.

D. Young women from all over the world.

2.What nationality is Diaz now?

A. Chile.   B. Venezuela.

C. Panama.   D. Mexico.

3.What can be inferred from the third paragraph?

A. Economic situation in Venezuela is becoming better and better.

B. Women in Venezuela have to work as models in their country.

C. Venezuelan beauty competitors have to represent other countries.

D. Venezuelan beauty hopefuls have found work in educational fields.

4.What does the underlined word “it” mean in the last paragraph?

A. Her dream of being a beauty queen.   B. Not giving up.

C. The place where her mother was born.   D. Moving to a new country.

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