Mike tells Sarah how a 20-year-old singer, actress and French horn player became Miss America with less than six months of practice. Digressions include Ted Bundy, Stephen King’s “It” and a bonus debunking of the "bra-burning feminist" trope. We're sorry to say that this episode includes a description of child sexual abuse.
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- Opening musical number)
- Vanessa introduces herself)
- Talent competition)
- Swimsuit)
- Vanessa wins!)
Links!
- Sarah's Miss America piece!)
- Vanessa and Helen’s memoir, “You Have No Idea”)
- Margot Mifflin’s “Looking for Miss America”)
- Vanessa Williams, Whitney Houston and Hollywood’s Misogynoir Problem)
- Vanessa Williams: A Beauty Queen’s Crown of Thorns)
- Miss America--The Inside Story)
- First Black Miss America Finds Unforeseen Issues)
- Ain’t I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race)
- Life with Daughters: Watching the Miss America Pageant)
- 'A Felony Just to Own': The Sleazy Story Behind Penthouse’s Most Controversial Issue)
- There She Goes, Miss America)
- Most Famous Miss America In History)
- 1989 People magazine article)
- In Black and White)
- Putting on a Happy Face)
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