Taipei, Taiwan (CNN)Ling Ling, 20, stands by the side of a highway on the outskirts of Taipei.
The top she wears is tight, and the transparent miniskirt she"s wearing reveals a tattoo on her hip. She"s waiting for truck drivers or working men to stop and buy her goods.
In most other cities, it might be assumed those "goods" were sexual services.
But not here.
Ling Ling sells betel nuts, an addictive snack that is hugely popular in Taiwan, India, Myanmar and other parts of Asia.
"The more beautiful you are, the more money you can make," she says. "That"s why I dress like this."
Her index finger is brown from years of working with the nuts, and teeth dark red from chewing.
"Even if the government says it"s not good for health and gives you cancer, many of my customers will come back. If you chew, you chew," she says.
But she wants a different future for her three daughters.
"I don"t want them to chew because it"s bad for their health. And I don"t want them to work as betel nut girls because it"s not a good job."
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/05/asia/taiwan-asia-betel-nuts/index.html
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