Article Photos: In Venezuela, pole dancers turn heads outdoors



In this photo taken July 11, 2012. A pole dancer perform during a practice session of pole dancing at a gym in Caracas, Venezuela. Pole dancing may have started out in strip clubs, but since the 1990s, it’s become an all-ages exercise and sport phenomenon the world over. Now, it’s hit the streets in Venezuela, a country that’s made beauty and fitness a cult and minted more Miss Universes than any other except the United States. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

In this photo taken July 11, 2012. A pole dancer perform during a practice session of pole dancing at a gym in Caracas, Venezuela. Pole dancing may have started out in strip clubs, but since the 1990s, it’s become an all-ages exercise and sport phenomenon the world over. Now, it’s hit the streets in Venezuela, a country that’s made beauty and fitness a cult and minted more Miss Universes than any other except the United States. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)