pageant
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“Pageants are full of drama, of controversies, of people saying the contest was a fix,” says Prof Hilary Levey Friedman, author of ‘Here She Is: The Complicated Reign of the Beauty Pageant in America.’
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024
The scandal along with the future of Miss USA is explored in "How to Fix a Pageant," the latest chapter of "The New York Times Presents" series directed by Nicole Rittenmeyer.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2023
She was crowned Miss Hawaii in 1964 and was among the top 10 contestants in the Miss America Pageant that year.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2023
“People are reaching out to us and being like, ‘Will Pageant come do something at our space?’”
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023
It was both Adina’s mom and Alan who encouraged her to enter the Miss Teen Dream Pageant to show that “just because you’re smart doesn’t mean you can’t also be pretty.”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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