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Jan 2024
11m 31s

Intermediate | Beauty Pageant: It's a Me...

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When is a beauty pageant not a mess? All those bikinis, blow-dries, manicures, bleached teeth, body part enhancements. Ew. Our blogger finds out that the pageants of the computer world are no better. In this installment, join us as we see just how bad it can get. Life's tough when you're beautiful. Learn about it in this podcast, in Mandarin. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0881

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