BEIJING, January 10, 2008 -- A white dress and matching jacket with water-and-cloud-embroidered pattern sleeves; neatly styled hair; well-groomed eyebrows; perfect steps -- add to this an angelic smile -- and there you have the polished look and first impression given by each of the victory ceremony hostesses of the "Good Luck Beijing" sport events.

This angelic look wasn't easy to come by. A typical day of training for these women looks like this:

5:00 a.m. Wake up; get ready

6:00-7:00 a.m. Morning exercises: practice form, dance and basic skills

8:00-9:00 a.m. Training begins: practice basic ballet positions and form

9:30 a.m.-noon Ceremony class: practice standing posture, walking, pace, turning and other actions during the ceremony

2:00-3:30 p.m. Dance class: practice classical dance, folk dance, receive training in body coordination and flexibility

3:30-5:30 p.m. Ceremony class: solidify skills learned in the morning

7:00-8:30 p.m. Training ends: lecture on Olympic knowledge and protocol

22:00 Lights out

At the end of the day, "tired" is how everybody feels.

"Every day, the activity that we want to do most during the limited free time we have after training is sleep," said Hao Jingyu, a victory ceremony hostess who has served in at least a dozen ceremonies.

"All this hard work and sacrifice is for the purpose of a flawless show during the victory ceremony," she said.