Maria Ochoa, Stanford U., Stanford, CA, Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, 2002, “Queen for a Day: Transformistas, Beauty Queens and Mass Media in Venezuela”

This photograph was taken after passing out video cameras to participants in the Miss Venezuala Beauty Pageant's Miss Sucre Casting. The women are preparing for the evening's pageant. Part of this study involves participants documenting their day through the casting. Grantee Marcia Ochao with the clipboard on the left.