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There she is; the life and times of Miss America.

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New York, Viking Press [1971]

1971

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Sharing the crown.

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Litchfield, Ill., Publication Investments [1971]

1971

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Miss World : the naked truth / [by] Don Short.

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London : Everest, 1976.

1976

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There she is : the life and times of Miss America / Frank Deford. Rev. ed.

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Harmondsworth, Eng. ; New York : Penguin Books, 1978.

1978

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Mademoiselle Québec.

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Montréal, Éditions populaires, 1972.

1972

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Les vernis noirs / Sirkku Talja-Larrivoire.

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Paris : Seuil, c1981.

1981

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The Miss parade / by Spencer Jolly.

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[N.p.] : Southern Press, [1974]

1974

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International directory of pageants.

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Miami, Fla. : World Pageants, c1987-

1988-present

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How to win pageants / Ginie Polo Sayles.

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Plano, Tex. : Wordware Pub., c1990.

1990

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The beauty pageant manual : a complete training guide / Marie Leazer Farris and Verna Meer Slade.

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Atlanta, Ga. (1862 Acuba Lane, Atlanta 30345) : Pagent Manual Pub. Co., c1986.

1986

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The crowning touch : preparing for beauty pageant competition / by Anna Stanley.

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San Diego : Box of Ideas Pub., c1989.

1989

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La più bella sei tu : modi e mode degli italiani attraverso 50 anni del concorso di Miss Italia / Fioretta Metz & Edmondo Mondi.

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Roma : Edizioni dell'Ulisse, c1994.

1994

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Jaque a la reina : mafia y corrupción en Cartagena / Eccehomo Cetina.

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Santafé de Bogotá, D.C., Colombia : Planeta, 1994.

1994

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Las más bellas! : historia del Concurso Nacional de Belleza, Colombia : 60 años / [dirección editorial Consuelo Mendoza de Riaño].

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[Cartagena de Indias : C. Mendoza Ediciones, 1994]

1994

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The Miss America cookbook / Ann-Marie Bivans, with recipes edited by Bill Caligari ; introduction by Phyllis George ; foreword by Leonard C. Horn.

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Nashville, Tenn. : Rutledge Hill Press, c1995.

1995

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General subjects [graphic] / A. Hansen.

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[193-]-1989.

198-1989

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Best for me / Becki Trueblood ; as told to Rhonda Graham.

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Boise, Idaho : Pacific Press Pub. Association, c1991.

1991

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Beauty queens on the global stage : gender, contests, and power / edited by Colleen Ballerino Cohen, Richard Wilk, and Beverly Stoeltje.

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New York ; London : Routledge, 1996.

1996

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Miss Port of Spain : carnival queen pageant.

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Port of Spain : EDEL Publications

unknown-present

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Histoire vraie d'un prix de beauté; préface de Tristan Bernard.

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Paris, Gallimard [c1933]

1933

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50 years, Texas Rose Festival Association, 1933-1983 / written by Frank Bronaugh.

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[Tyler, Tex. : Texas Rose Festival Association, 1984?].

1984

2 items

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FormatTextCall numberITRM+ (Tyler) 96-9590 IndexItem locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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The belles of Japan; photographs of Japanese women of good family, collected by the "Jiji shimpo" in cooperation with provincial papers, and selected by a jury consisting of famous artists, doctors, university professors, etc., to compete in the International beauty contest started by the "Tribune," Chicago.

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Tokyo, 1908.

1908

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All American dream dolls / David Haynes.

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Minneapolis, MN : Milkweed Editions ; [Emeryville, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 1997.

1997

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Miss/Mrs./Mr. Nubian Hawaii pageant.

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[Honolulu, Hawaii : Nubian Pageant Systems, 1999-

1999-present

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Beauty pageants : tiaras, roses, and runways / by Judy Alter.

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New York : Franklin Watts, c1997.

1997

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Beauty queens : a playful history / Candace Savage.

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New York : Abbeville Press Publishers, c1998.

1998

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El culto a las reinas de Sinaloa y el poder de la belleza / Arturo Santamaría Gómez.

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Culiacán : Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa : Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Sinaloa ; [Mazatlán] : Comisión de Promoción y Desarrollo Turístico de Mazatlán, [1997]

1997

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The human body [videorecording] : appearance, shape and self-image / created & produced by Dane Archer ; directed & photographed by Jon Silver ; Nonverbal Workshop.

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Berkeley, CA : University of California Extension Center for Media & Independent Learning [distributor], c1998.

1998

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Myra : roman / Rapatsalahy Paul, Idealy-Soa.

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[Antananarivo] : Impr. Takariva, 1983.

1983

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Gathering of Nations [videorecording] / produced by KASA-TV.

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Albuquerque, N.M. : KASA-TV, c1995.

1995

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Gathering of Nations Pow Wow 1996 [videorecording] / produced by KASA-TV.

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Albuquerque, N.M. : KASA-TV, c1996.

1996

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Gathering of Nations Pow Wow [videorecording] / produced by KASA-TV.

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Albuquerque, N.M. : KASA-TV, c1997.

1997

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Gathering of Nations Pow Wow [videorecording] / produced by KASA-TV.

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Albuquerque, N.M. : KASA-TV, c1998.

1998

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The most beautiful girl in the world : beauty pageants and national identity / Sarah Banet-Weiser.

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Berkeley : University of California Press, c1999.

1999

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Mr. Nubian Hawaii.

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Honolulu, Hawaii : Rainey & Rainey Enterprises, 1994-

1994-

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Miss/Mrs. Nubian Hawaii pageant.

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Honolulu, Hawaii : Nubian Pageant Systems

199-1998

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Black is beautiful : personal transformation and political change / by Maxine B. Craig.

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1995.

1996

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Eating the Cheshire cat : a novel / by Helen Ellis.

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New York : Scribner, c2000.

2000

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Catching the crown : the source for pageant competition / Lu Parker; foreword by Bob Goen.

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San Antonio, Tex. : Burke Pub. Co., c2000.

2000

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How to be a beauty pageant winner / Marie Fenton Griffing.

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New York, N.Y. : Simon and Schuster, c1981.

1981

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Miss America : through the looking glass / by Nancie S. Martin.

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New York : Messner Books, c1985.

1985

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Miss Venezuela / [curaduría, Eduardo Planchart].

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Caracas : Museo Jacobo Borges, c2000.

2000

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FormatTextCall numberJFG 01-1401Item locationSchwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Mezzanine

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Finding a place in the sun : young Black women negotiate their identities in oppositional spaces / by Kike Ojo.

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Ottawa, ON : National Library of Canada, 1999.

1999

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Watching the winners-- learning the style / text and illustrations by Shana Gammon.

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Lynchburg, Va. : Warwick House Publishers, c1999.

1999

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Gathering of Nations Pow Wow [videorecording] : a world millennium celebration / produced by KASA-TV.

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Albuquerque, N.M. : KASA-TV, 2000.

2000

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FormatMoving imageCall number*MGZIA 4-5550Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

Gathering of Nations Pow Wow [videorecording] / produced by KASA-TV.

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Albuquerque, N.M. : KASA-TV, 1999.

1999

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Pretty is as pretty does / by Alison Clement.

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San Francisco : MacAdam/Cage Pub., c2001.

2001

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Ain't I a beauty queen? : Black women, beauty, and the politics of race / Maxine Leeds Craig.

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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

2002

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Tiara : an insider's guide to choosing and winning pageants / Barbara Thompson Howell.

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Whippany, N.J. : Tiara Publications, c2001.

2001

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