Hostesses Wow after Grueling Preparation

Stand-and-smile boot camp preceded duty at medal ceremonies
By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 18, 2008 3:50 PM CDT
Hostesses Wow after Grueling Preparation
Young women who were candidates to be Olympic hostesses received etiquette training at a Beijing vocational school in January.   (AP Photo)

The hostesses helping to hand out medals at the Beijing Olympics are earning high praise for their glamor and grace. But while they make their jobs look simple, a whopping amount of training and a meticulous selection process brought the women to the world stage. Candidates were chosen using precise physical measurements and had to endure a "charm boot camp," reports Reuters.

"In the standing sessions, we have to stand still and smile for half an hour or more. We also run about a 1,000 meters every day for physical conditioning," one hostess said of her Olympic training.
(More hostesses stories.)

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