Article: Umbrella girls paid to smile, look pretty while shielding drivers.

Byline: Katherine Nguyen

They could deal with having to wear the skimpy, neon-orange spandex miniskirts. Even the matching midriff-revealing tops that zipped down to the cleavage. And carrying umbrellas around sounded easy enough.

But the 7-inch platform heels? Now those were absolutely killer.

Nikki Scott, 24, and Brenda Rivera, 23, both from Mission Viejo, Calif., didn't realize this when they filled out the application to be umbrella girls.

The duties of an umbrella girl sounded relatively simple: An umbrella girl acts as a representative for a motor sports event. She wears clothes bearing the logo of the motor sport and should ...

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