Amid pandemic, Venezuelans have fun picking Carnival queen

Elena Escalante helps her 3-year-old daughter Zaii prepare for a homespun beauty pageant in the Antimano neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Neighbors in the hillside barrio gathered for the carnival pageant tradition to select their child queen for the upcoming festivities. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Rosario Gutierrez, 11, competes in a homespun beauty pageant in the Antimano neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Neighbors in the hillside barrio gathered for the carnival pageant tradition to select their child queen for the upcoming festivities. In the end Rosario was crowned the child queen. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

An organizer pins a #1 badge on Rosario Gutierrez, 11, after she was selected as child queen for the upcoming carnival festivities during a homespun beauty pageant, in the Antimano neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Neighborhood organizers said they’re trying to revive this carnival pageant tradition that’s been lost in recent years of economic and political crisis. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Elena Escalante helps her 3-year-old daughter Zaii prepare for a homespun beauty pageant in the Antimano neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Neighbors in the hillside barrio gathered for the carnival pageant tradition to select their child queen for the upcoming festivities. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Contestants between the ages of 3 and 12 compete in a homespun beauty pageant in the Antimano neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Neighbors in the hillside barrio gathered for the carnival pageant tradition to select their child queen for the upcoming festivities. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Yangervis Blanco, 7, stands still as her mother helps her prepare for a homespun beauty pageant in the Antimano neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Neighbors in the hillside barrio gathered for the carnival pageant tradition to select their child queen for the upcoming festivities. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Contestant Yangervis Blanco, 7, blow kisses as she walks past a 3-judge panel during a homespun beauty pageant in the Antimano neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Neighbors in the hillside barrio gathered for the carnival pageant tradition to select their child queen for the upcoming festivities. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Neighbors cheer during a homespun beauty pageant to pick their child queen for the upcoming carnival festivities in the Antimano neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Neighborhood organizers said they’re trying to revive this carnival pageant tradition that’s been lost in recent years of economic and political crisis. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Three-year-old daughter Zaii sits inside in her as she waits to compete in a homespun beauty pageant in the Antimano neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Neighbors in the hillside barrio gathered for the carnival pageant tradition to select their child queen for the upcoming festivities. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)