Tall? Beautiful? Chinese? China Southern Wants You to Be a Flight Attendant

Nov 26th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

The LA Times has an interesting article about China Southern Airlines’ search for 100 new flight attendants. You must be under 24, pretty, and tall. The airline has created a reality show to help with the process and, unlike, say, The Apprentice, (yet like Survivor: China) the competition features a swimsuit competition. It’s a good read.

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