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9780520217911

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520217911

  • ISBN10:

    0520217918

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-09-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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This is an intriguing and original examination of how issues of sex, race and nationalism get played out in US beauty pageants, and how pageants have tried to respond to large social and political change. She takes issue with those in Naomi Wolff's camp, as well as with conservatives.

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Acknowledgments
Introductionp. 1
"A Certain Class of Girl": Respectability and the Structure of the Miss America Pageantp. 31
Anatomy of a Beauty Pageant: The Swimsuit Competitionp. 58
"If You Were a Color, What Color Would You Be?": The Interview and Talent Competitions in the Miss America Pageantp. 87
Bodies of Difference: Race, Nation, and the Troubled Reign of Vanessa Williamsp. 123
The Representational Politics of Whiteness and the National Body: Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945, and Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995p. 153
International Spectacles, National Borders: Miss Universe and the "Family of Nations"p. 181
Conclusionp. 205
Notesp. 211
Bibliographyp. 241
Indexp. 265
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