14 hours ago
Vanessa Williams Part 1: Becoming Miss America
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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Clips!
* 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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