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Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain (Discovering America)
Being Miss America Behind the Rhinestone Curtain - Discovering America
Author: Kate Shindle
For nearly a hundred years, young women have competed for the title of Miss America?although what it means to wear the crown and be our "ideal" has changed dramatically over time. The Miss America Pageant began as a bathing beauty contest in 1920s Atlantic City, New Jersey, sponsored by businessmen trying to extend the tourist season beyond Labo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780292739215
ISBN-10: 0292739214
Publication Date: 9/1/2014
Pages: 248
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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