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• In place of equal respect, the nation offered women the Miss America beauty pageant, established in 1920-the same year women… — Susan Faludi
• I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up, but I'm happy… — Clay Aiken
• Back in the day after I won my first pageant there was an agency that was getting me work on… — Maria Menounos
• I'm only wanted by directors for the image I give off, and it makes me angry. I always wanted to… — Jude Law
• The cardinal rule for hosting the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants is to expect the unexpected. — Bob Barker
• Just being a woman is God's gift. The origin of a child is a mother, a woman. She shows a… — Sushmita Sen
• Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise,… — Donna Rice Hughes
• This is a strange pocket of the western world where it is still deemed utterly acceptable to take smart, successful… — Hadley Freeman
• In life's rich beauty pageant we put children on a stage, said flash your soft white belly child, but just… — Rodney Crowell
• The reigning Miss Canada has been arrested for punching out another woman in a bar fight.Quite frankly, I think it's… — Jay Leno
• I accidentally entered a youth pageant when I was 14. That's like a beauty pageant, but without the beauty. It… — Zooey Deschanel
• Especially as a title-holder, you can do great things with charities, because people suddenly care about what you have to… — Joyce Giraud

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