The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Subtitle: Beauty Pageants and National Identity
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: September 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780520217911
Subjects: American studies; Customs; Gender Studies; Racism in popular culture; Miss America Pageant, Atlantic; Social Science; Sociology; USA; General; Social Science / Gender Studies; Beauty contests; Miss America Pageant, Atlantic City, N.J; National characteristics; United States
First sentence: Every year at least 7,500 beauty pageants in the United States are franchised by either the Miss America Scholarship program or the Miss USA pageant.