Posted by Oriel Zelcer on Tuesday, 07 October 2014
When we think of Venezuelan women, we think of gorgeous, sexy, very attractive women who are always looking their best, dressed to the nines and turning heads everywhere they go. Yes, Venezuelans have a reputation of being obsessed with beauty, and they sure have made a name for themselves with seven Miss Universe titles, including the current queen, María Gabriela Isler, and 21 international beauty pageant titles, seven more than the next runner-up, the United State; proving that in a country where toilet paper has become a luxury, being beautiful is a basic need.
But that has changed quickly thanks to the restrictive currency controls the government has imposed, which have deprived local businesses of the cash to import foreign goods, including a very valuable source of most women’s gorgeous bodies: breast implants. "The women are...