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“African women are being graceful and serene” she says. “These qualities could make them do

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very well in this business.” However, sporting supermodels is rarely easy, as well Mclntyre

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discovered when she visited the Orma tribe of remote north-eastern Kenya, whose the women are

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reported to be especially striking. “The tribal leaders were a bit suspicious and I wasn’t allowed to

be meet many of their girls,” she explains. Another problem is that reports aren’t always reliable.

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Mclntyre discovered this when one of village’s “most beautiful girl” turned out to be its heaviest

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one. She had to explain that Western advertisers prefer far slimmer women. The Orma are not

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alone in believing fat it is beautiful. In a recent Africa-wide beauty contest, all the Ugadan

contestants were disqualified for being a little too large around the hips. “I don’t understand why

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the fashion industry’s obsession with small hips,” said one judge for the contest. “But because we

want the girls to succeed and to see African models working internationally, we give the industry

what it wants.

III. Supply the correct form of the word in capital letter.

A teacher standing at the front of a history class is seldom teaching history alone. A good

teacher is also (1. DEMONSTRATE)______ self-expression, management ability, (2.

COMMUNICATE)______ skills, and a whole host of other skills that may be (3. USE) ______ for

you later in life. There are certain basic (4. ABLE)______ that everyone needs to have if they are to

be (5. SUCCESS)______ in education, employment and even in social circumstances. Learning these

skills is (6. SPECIAL)______ important at secondary school level, in order to (7. FULL)______

prepare for further education or the working world. A minimum level of (8. COMPETENT)______ is

demanded by all employers, colleges and universities. The more advanced you are in those areas, the

more the (9. ORGANISE)______ believes you will be competent. These personal (10.

DEVELOP)______ skills differ from other school subjects in that they cannot be taught in isolation

from the rest of the school curriculum.

IV. Complete each phrase in bold with one of the words from the box.

concern wonder likelihood point means

trace knowing choice use matter