‘Famous Venezuelans’ Archives
Venezuela’s Beauty Queen Factory
Caracas -- Inside Venezuela's Beauty Queen Machine By Ted Rabinowitz for Asylum.com Last month, we brought you Alamut, the Secret (and very real, if very crumbly) City of the Assassins. This month, we move from implied violence to implied sex. We're going to ... the Secret City of Official Hotness. Not L.A. Not Paris. Not even Rio. No, only [...]
A New Life for At-Risk Kids in Venezuela, and Music Too!
By Humberto Márquez Source: IPSNews.net CARACAS, Aug 24 (IPS) - On tour in Germany after performing to rave reviews at the BBC Promenade Concerts in London, the members of Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Youth Symphony Orchestra and its wild-haired conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, have made a remarkable journey from their less than [...]
Beauty Vs. Brains in Venezuela?
Venezuela has no shortage of beautiful women. One proof of that statement is the fact that the current Miss Universe is the lovely Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela. Unfortunately Miss Mendoza has reinforced the stereotype of the beautiful airhead with some recent comments. Here's an excerpt from Hugo Rifkind's funny piece for the Times [...]
