The Most Beautiful Girl in the World: Beauty Pageants and National Identity

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World: Beauty Pageants and National Identity

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  Banet Weiser, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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