Miss America confronts a new reality
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She's been dressed up, dressed down, relocated and updated.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Miss Alabama Deidre Downs, an aspiring doctor who put off medical school to compete for the Miss America crown, won it Saturday night...
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The annual Miss America pageant will return to the Las Vegas Strip for its 2007 contest, organizers said Thursday. The crowning will air live on Country Music Television from the Aladdin Resort &amp; Casino on Jan. 29, organizers said.
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Miss USA 2006 was given a second chance on Tuesday by billionaire Donald Trump who came close to firing her after reported misbehavior.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - If not for poor-quality  tattoos on the ankles of some contestants, lack of air  conditioning and the presence of uniformed female guards around  the doors, it would seem like a normal beauty pageant.
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Given all that's at stake in the 2008 presidential race, it's a bit terrifying to realize that by one measure, a major role is being played by an aspiring model/actress/fashion designer/former beauty pageant contestant named Amber.
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Gina Lynn wonders why cosmetic surgery has become so commonplace and suggests that it's time for a change.
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Deidre Downs, Miss Alabama, was crowned Miss America Saturday night in Atlantic City and won a $50,000 scholarship. She was the third Miss Alabama to win the pageant, following Heather Whitestone, who won
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Being a real-life star is hard work, and it's not much easier being a cultural icon's avatar. By Lisa Katayama.
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ÂUgly BettyÂ is a fashion victim who tries to find a home among the arbiters of style.
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Queen Latifah says the definition of beauty is changing.
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A domestic violence case involving a television evangelist has left some questioning her credibility.
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The battle between a US woman's husband and parents over whether to keep her alive takes a new twist.
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Women from 86 countries prepared to sashay in bikinis and evening gowns Sunday &#151; and perhaps talk a little about world peace &#151; for the final competition in the Miss Universe pageant, held in the United States for the first time in eight years.
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The revolution known as reality television has reached its Thermidor: pathos, verging on bathos, is the ruling fashion. ABC&#39;s &quot;Extreme Makeover: Home Edition&quot; leads the way.
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ABC has dropped Miss America, leaving the famous beauty pageant without a network TV outlet for the first time in 50 years.
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She's not only found herself on the wrong side of the experience-change divide, she's touting the wrong kind of experience