The author presents a detailed investigation of the concept of beauty in Colombia — its cultural and political origins, its expression through fashion and pageants, and its effect on the people of a country plagued by violence, inequality ...
Live from Convention Hall , takes place each year , is enormous . It's almost 450 feet long from the edge of the stage to the back wall — big enough to play football in or to install a 200 - foot ice - skating rink ( both have been done ) ...
Entered in a Christian beauty pageant by her daughter, a farmer's wife, who once dreamt of being a model or an actress, finds herself in the spotlight while dealing with her best friend's indiscretions, the new pastor's pregnant wife, and ...
When it's time for the town's Blueberry Festival, Kylie Jean decides she wants to become the Blueberry Queen.
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Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds as she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a drama queen and a saboteur.
Tired of beautiful girls with no personality, Bill Richards and his friends on the school paper decide to hold an "inner beauty" contest and meet many wonderful girls they had never noticed, including Mary Mulcahy.
Religion makes Miss America a cultural icon that withstands the test of time.
Alexander McCall Smith's sense of humour and gentle charm have created a substantial cult following. MORALITY FOR BEAUTIFUL GIRLS will win him yet more fans.
Allison and Sabrina enter the Miss Acorn Falls beauty contest in the hope that winning will help them achieve their goals, but they both get more than they bargained for