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"The year is 1969. Dick Nixon was just sworn in as the thirty-seventh President of the United States. Neil Armstrong just took one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind. And notable Palm Springs socialite Maxine Simmons just found out that her husband is leaving her for his twenty-two-year-old secretary. After a public meltdown at Thanksgiving, Maxine finds herself not only divorced but exiled to Scottsdale, Arizona. However, these desert...
43) Miss Bala
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Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Contains French descriptive video.
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"A reluctant Miss Delaware gets swept up in the glamour of the 1950 Miss America pageant, where she finds friendship and love-with unexpected, tragic results. Betty Jane Welch reluctantly enters the Miss Delaware contest to make her mother happy, only to surprisingly find herself the judges' choice. Just like that, she's catapulted into the big time, the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City. Luckily, her pageant-approved escort for the week is the...
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"1970 was the last year of the Beatles and the first year of the supersonic Concorde--a time of new possibilities and social upheaval, and Jennifer Hosten, a young airline hostess from the Caribbean island of Grenada, was as surprised as anyone to find herself in the midst of it. After winning a Miss Grenada contest, she travelled to London for the 1970 Miss World pageant and arrived at Royal Albert Hall determined to make her mark. So, too, did members...
47) Like Vanessa
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It is 1983 and Vanessa Martin, a thirteen-year-old African American girl in Newark's public housing, dreams of following in the footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but the odds are against her until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.
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A remarkable memoir by Miss Iowa USA Abbey Curran about living with cerebral palsy, competing in Miss USA, and her inspiring work with young women who have disabilities. Abbey was born with cerebral palsy, but early on she resolved to never let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA. Growing up on...
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The last thing sixteen-year-old Maisie Martin thought she'd be doing over vacation is entering a beauty pageant. Not when she's spent most of her life hiding her body from everyone. Not when her Dad is AWOL and her gorgeous older sister has returned to rock Maisie's already shaky confidence. And especially not when her best friend starts flirting with the boy she's always loved. But Maisie's got something to prove. As she writes down all the ways...
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The Sarah Rose Princess America Pageant is a beauty contest to die for. And that's exactly what the contestants in Mount Rose, Minnesota are doing. Ever since the vivacious but vicious former beauty queen, Gladys, has been pushing her charm-challenged daughter, Rebecca, to win at all costs, the competition has been dropping like flies.
51) Bone appetit
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In the midst of a cook-off at a posh spa in Mississippi, southern PI Sarah Booth Delaney gets embroiled in a juicy murder when the beauty contest/cook-off's top contender gets poisoned.
52) Little Miss Miss
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Tracy enters the Little Miss Miss beauty pageant when she learns that the prize is a free trip to Washington, D.C., and she is convinced she'll win until she meets Jordi, who has competed in several pageants, and her mean mother.
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Miss Congeniality: Sandra Bullock stars as an operative posing as a pageant contestant in order to ferret out a terrorist targetting the Miss United States beauty pageant.
Miss Congeniality 2: This time, Federal Agent Gracie Hart goes undercover in Las Vegas to rescue her best friend, the Miss United States Pageant winner. She also has to deal with a new partner with anger-management issues and a dim view of Gracie.
55) The beauty queen
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After winning two beauty contests, Kit decides to try her luck at being an actress.
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Nancy Drew: girl detective volume 30
Nancy Drew girl detective volume 30
Perfect mystery trilogy volume 1
Nancy Drew girl detective volume 30
Perfect mystery trilogy volume 1
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Nancy poses as a beauty pageant contestant to help uncover the truth about her friend, Portia Leoni, whose crown was taken away from her after she was accused of shoplifting.
57) Paige the pony
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Fairy animals of Misty Wood volume 10
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"Paige the Pony can't wait for the Midsummer Pony Gala--she wants to enter the Prettiest Pony Competition. She just needs to untangle her mane, smooth her coat, and brush out her tail. But when Paige's friends in Misty Wood ask for her help, will she be able to keep herself neat and tidy?" - Page 4 of cover.
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In Being Miss America, Kate Shindle interweaves an engrossing, witty memoir of her year as Miss America 1998 with a fascinating and insightful history of the pageant. She explores what it means to take on the mantle of America's "ideal, " especially considering the evolution of the American female identity since the pageant's inception. Shindle profiles winners and organization leaders and recounts important moments in the pageant's story, with a...
59) Snow queen
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At Chamberlain Ski Resort and Spa, Aubrey Mills only wants to compete in the annual Snow Queen pageant in order to wipe the smirk off Layla Chamberlain's face. And it wouldn't hurt if sweet (and hot) Grayson Chamberlain, the assistant director, comes with winning the tiara.
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Dubbed "Dumplin'" by her former beauty queen mom, Willowdean has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American-beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked ... until Will takes a job at Harpy's, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn't surprised to find herself attracted to Bo, but she is...