The Trials and Travails Of The Beauty Queen

by Barbara Felix // 4 February 2007, 18:53

Just thought I'd draw your attention to this piece on the guardian, an interesting examination by Kira Cochrane of the world of the beauty pageant and beauty queen, I know 'Interesting' might seem like an oxymoron in this context, but it's a great piece, raising the question of sexual double standards for those taking part, and whether the beauty queens themselves are destroying the contest circuit from within...

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