Miss America és un concurs de bellesa femenina que es realitza des de 1921.[1] En el concurs participen 50 estats dels Estats Units més el districte de Colúmbia i les Illes Verges.[2] El concurs concedeix beques a les guanyadores.
↑Watson, Ellwood; Martin, Darcy «The Miss America Pageant: Pluralism, Femininity, and Cinderella All in One». Journal of Popular Culture. Wiley, 1, 34, 2000, pàg. 105–126.
↑Shindle, Kate. Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2014, p. 13–14. ISBN 978-0-292-73921-5.
Bibliografia
Banet-Weiser, Sarah. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World:Beauty Pageants and National Identity. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.
Carlson, Gretchen (Miss America 1989). Getting Real. New York: Viking Press, 2015.
Riverol, A.R. Live from Atlantic City: A History of the Miss America Pageant. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University, Popular Press, 1992.
Shindle, Kate (Miss America 1998). Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain. University of Texas Press, 2014.
Wiliams, Vanessa (Miss America 1984) and Helen Williams. You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Hollywood, Love, Loss (and Each Other). New York: Gotham/Penguin Group, 2012.
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