Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain

by Kate Shindle

Book Overview

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 Labor Day. In the post-World War II years, the pageant evolved into a national coronation of an idealized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292739214
• ISBN13: 9780292739215
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 9.0"