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Beauty Queen

Here She Comes... By Elissa Stein
Foreword by Lee Meriwether

7 x 7 in; 128 pp ; color and B/W images throughout
Hardcover
Published in March, 2006
ISBN 0811848647
ISBN13 9780811848640
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$15.95  

Beauty Queen -- Each year over 700,000 beauty pageants are held in cities and towns the world over. Here is a celebration of that glitz and that glory. From Miss Universe to Miss Potato Blossom, this colorful book showcases pageants large and small, focusing on the heyday of beauty contests from the 1930s to the 1970s. Chapters on fashion, talent, bathing-suit competitions, and congeniality are packed with insider information on exactly what it takes to win the crown, secrets to looking perennially polished and poised, and tidbits on the beauty queen wave, talent dos and don’ts, and pageant etiquette. With over 100 vintage photos, Beauty Queen is a sweetly nostalgic ode to pageantry perfection.

Elissa Stein is a writer, illustrator, and graphic designer. The author of Cheerleader and Prom Night, she lives in New York City with her family. She's never been a beauty queen, but she often wears a tiara.

Lee Meriwether, Miss California 1955, captured the crown on Miss America's first-ever television broadcast. She went on to star in film, television, and theater projects, and remains active as both an actress and an advocate for humanitarian endeavors.