In a country obsessed with winning international contests like Miss World and Miss Universe, fame-hungry teens are going to shocking lengths to conform to the beauty pageant ideal.
They include extreme measures to lose weight, with girls as young as 16 undergoing drastic surgery to cut out their large intestines so food passes through their body without being digested. Other methods include sewing plastic mesh on girls' tongues (inset) to prevent them from eating solids, and having tight straps around their waists for weeks (top right). Some girls are even given hormone injections to stop the onset of puberty. MailOnline visited the oldest academy in Caracas to talk to the girls, their parents and the academy bosses about how the country creates more 'Miss' competition winners than anywhere else in the world. (Dayana Mendonza, who won Miss Venezuela in 2007 and Miss Universe in 2008, left)
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