beauty contestants

"There hasn't been a winner of the Miss Meteor beauty pageant who looks like Lita Perez or Chicky Quintanilla in all its history. But that's not the only reason Lita wants to enter the contest, or her ex-best friend Chicky wants to help her. The road to becoming Miss Meteor isn't about being perfect; it's about sharing who you are with the world--and loving the parts of yourself no one else understands. So to pull off the unlikeliest underdog story in pageant history, Lita and Chicky are going to have to forget the past and imagine a future where girls like them are more than enough--they are everything"--OCLC.

"An unprecedented, definitive insider perspective on the twentieth anniversary of [the unsolved murder of JonBen?t Ramsey,] one of the most heinous, sensationalized, unsolved crimes in American history"--Provided by publisher.

The first physically handicapped woman to win the Miss America Pageant tells the story of her deafness, love of ballet, education, and challenge to fulfill her God-given potential.

When Gabby's family moves, she tries to sign up for the local softball team but, not only is there no team, she accidentally signs up for the local pageant.

Lucy Fooshee has it made, being newly married to the second-richest farmer in Palmyra and having a big house, a large wardrobe, and an attractive appearance, but when handsome Native-American Billy Lee arrives in town she discovers she wants something else.

Looks at the life of American beauty pageant contestant Abbey Curran who was the first woman with a disability to compete in the Miss USA Pageant.

Essays cover varying viewpoints on the topic of beauty pageants, including their impact on children, women, and transgendered people.

Presents the life of the first woman to win the Miss America title while suffering from a physical disability.

Chronicles the events that occurred in Boulder, Colorado the night that JonBenet Ramsey was murdered and discusses how the murder investigation has progressed in the years since JonBenet's death.