Brazilian women care more about their appearance than any other women in the world, with half prepared to undergo plastic surgery to keep their looks, a recent study shows. In Brazil, where being called "vain" is often a compliment(恭维) suggesting self-respect, 86 percent of women said they tried (47) hard to improve their looks compared with an average of 67 percent worldwide, according to the 2003 global women’s (48) by cosmetic(化妆品) company Avon. 90 percent of Brazilian women (49) beauty products as an essential thing in daily life rather than a (50) one, compared with an average of 77 percent worldwide, Avon said, (51) its investment of 21,000 women in 24 countries. Avon’s official explanation for Brazilian women’s beauty (52) was their struggle to enter a job market where they are still poorly (53) in many fields. "It’s important to look good, and feel good if you want to (54) the world dominated by men, said Marcia Gonsales, planning and marketing director at Avon. Looking good in Brazil is a national (55) . Nowhere on Earth is plastic surgery more popular on a per-capita basis than in this nation of 175 million people. Some male Brazilian writers (56) this to a common understanding that women should be sexy.