Hey guys in this vlog I will share with you my pageant book collection
Well, actually it's not really a collection since I don't purposely buy books about pageants to collect them
But rather I buy them because they are interesting to read and I like looking at the photos in them
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Let's start with this book the Miss Universe beauty book
You can be a pageant winner or look like one by Susan Duff published in 1983
By Coward McCann incorporated in New York the copy that I have
Used to belong to a North Carolina Community College library, but it was discarded
It was discarded and found its way in a used book shop where I found it. If you want to know what kind?
Of beauty tips were popular back in the day almost 40 years ago
This is the book for you. One of my favorite chapters in the book is the one entitled
Dieting as a beautiful way of life and there's a section called the Miss Universe/Miss USA weight loss diet
Which offers three different diets to match three different eating styles
Which a title holder can put to use when she needs to lose a few pounds or more
The three diets are the social butterfly diet to a super busy social schedule
The nibbler's diet for beauty queens who love to snack and the issue is a two day protein and juice fast for quick weight loss
imagine if Alicia Machado had known about these diet tips, then she shouldn't have been labeled Miss Expanding Universe and she
Probably would have campaigned for her ex-boss Donald Trump when he was running for president.
23 years later in 2006, Miss Universe Organization published a book called
Universal Beauty - The Miss Universe Guide to Beauty by Cara Birnbaum.
When the book first came out I said to myself that I had to have a copy immediately
So I ordered one on Amazon which arrived a week later. The book features former Miss Universe titleholders ranging in age from
20-something to 70 something who share their tips for effortlessly looking good today and for decades to come.
The book is beautifully designed and formatted, contains amazingly glossy photographs by the great beauty and fashion photographer
Fadil Berisha, and of course beauty tips from past title holders. This is actually one of my favorite books.
Producing Beauty Pageants - A Director's guide by Anna Stanley published in 1989 when I produced a Mister
USA pageant back in 2008. I relied heavily on this book written by Anna Stanley who has been a pageant director since 1983
It has over 300 pages and great tips and resources
That a pageant director would need in the production of a pageant. Tips that include setting up your own pageant business,
Breaking into media, Of course this was before the internet and social media even existed, choosing prizes and awards,
Finding sponsors, recruiting and interviewing
contestants, mentoring and training contestants, selecting judges,
Promoting your winner and much more. A second edition of the book came out four years ago
And it has been updated with an even more extensive list of essential resources
So if you're thinking of producing a pageant this book is a must-read.
Under the Crown - 51 Stories of Courage Determination and the American Spirit by Katie Harmon, Miss America
2002 with the 2001 Miss America contestants. Published in 2002 by Milestone Books.
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred the officials of the Miss America Organization
decided to continue with a competition despite heavy opposition from critics in the
Final months of her reign Katie Harmon joined with all 50 state title holders of the 2001 Miss America pageant
Which took place on September 22nd 2001 to author and publish a joint memoir of their heartfelt experiences during the competition
As well as the incredible acts of service that they witnessed throughout post 9/11 America in the year following the competition
If you're looking for something inspirational and encouraging to read this book is for you.
I also have four books that make great coffee table books
You can place them on your coffee table not only as a decoration, but as your comfortbooks that provide consolation,
sentimental or nostalgic value to you. I just cannot imagine doing away with these books
Which means I will always keep them
Beauty Queen by Elisa Stein published in 2006 by Chronicle Books . This small
hardcover edition celebrates the glory and glitz of pageants large and small. It contains inside information on the history,
the fashion and what it takes to win the crown.
I love the vintage photos and tidbits on bathing suits, tiaras, and more.
This book was actually a gift from
Donald West the creator of the pageant site, Pageantopolis and is one of my favorite books.
Thank You. Donald!
Beauty Queens - A Playful History by Candace Savage published in 1998 by Abbeville Press.
The book traces the evolution of pageants from its early days to 1996
I love this book
Which is in paperback because it contains so many vintage photographs of all sorts of pageants
That I have never seen before and the graphics are simply amazing.
Pageant - The Beauty Contest by British author Keith Lovegrove, a glossy paper back published in 2002
Which features a nostalgic trip through time
With pageants such as Miss America and Miss USA and including more unusual
contests like Miss Car Wash in California ,Miss Kansas Turnpike,
Mr. America and Miss Nude UK.
It is attractively designed with French fold flaps
And it has 144 pages and has the photo of Debbie Shelton Miss USA
1970 in the back
Tiaras Past and Present
by Geoffrey Munn, a well-known jewelry historian
Even though this book which was published in 2002 has nothing to do with pageants, I consider it as a pageant book anyway
because it is a book about tiaras and crowns and
You can't have a pageant without a tiara or a crown to put on the winner's head, right?
Besides
Tiaras have always epitomized majesty,
sophistication and glamour whether worn by a queen queen like Queen Elizabeth or a drag queen
Now if you're looking for books on pageants with a more academic and scholarly bent I
recommend these two books. The first one is
Beauty Queens on the Global Stage published in 1996 by Rutledge
it is a collection of essays written by cultural critics who argue that beauty pageants transcend all
cultures that they quote, "impose control
Mapping power onto the bodies of their participants by forcing beauty into a narrow and arbitrary mold."
Pageants discussed include ones with strange titles like the Snake Charmer queen in Sweetwater, Texas; La Cordoba in Andalusia, Spain;
The India Bonita of Monimbo, Nicaragua; the Gay/Bantut Transvestite pageant in southern Philippines;
The Maya Queen in Guatemala; Miss Heilala Pageant in Tonga, and more.
Another book is the Most Beautiful Girl in the World by Sara Bennett Weisser published in
1999 by the University of California
Berkeley Press.This book discusses the age-old topic of beauty pageants and national identity with focus on the Miss America pageant
the author moves beyond the standard feminist rhetoric and
Argues that beauty pageants are sites of complex cultural work where ideas of race and nationalism
often take center stage
One chapter is devoted to Vanessa Williams the first black Miss America who was later forced to resign 10 months to her reign after
nude photographs of her taken in 1981 simulating sexual acts with a white woman were published in Penthouse magazine
I actually have two copies of this book and I will give away the second copy when my channel hits 3000 subscribers
Then I have two books in French the first one entitled
La Vérité tirée du chapeau (Pulling the Truth Out of the Hat) written by Antoine de Villejoie, a pageant historian -
which is the primary source for my article "Miss France Controversy" which I published on the Critical Beauty website back in 2012
See link in the description box. The book offers an enormous amount of documentation that proves
Who the real creator and organizer of the Miss France pageant is and it's not her!
The second one is entitled "L’Histoire Secrete des Miss France" or The Secret History of Miss France winners
Written by Xavier de Fontenay, the son of Genevieve de Fontenay, where he shares his thoughts and experiences with former
Miss France title holders that he had known and worked with.
The book is actually a gift from a Canadian friend of mine with whom I have been corresponding for years
Although we have never met in person
The book has over 350 pages of interesting and eye-opening stories and tons of photos in black and white and in color
So if you read French, and if you're looking for a good pageant book to read doing your leisure time, I recommend this book
And
lastly years ago
I stumbled upon a book written in
Finnish about the first Miss Universe Armi Kuusela who is from Finland and her life with Virgilio Hilario, a wealthy Filipino
businessman. As some of you know, less than a year after being crowned Armi chose to give up her Miss Universe crown on May 4th,
1953 to marry Virgilio in Tokyo after a whirlwind courtship. The book was published in 1954
I don't read Finnish, I don't speak Finnish. I don't understand Finnish. So I really don't know what the book is all about
but with the help of Google translate the title of the book in Finnish translates into English as
Anyway, I don't think I'll ever be able to read the entire book because I don't have time to learn Finnish
However, I do love looking at the many vintage photos
Which I've never seen before so I think I'm keeping this book forever
And there you have it my pageant book collection
It's not a big one, but big enough to satisfy my emotional, intellectual, and psychological craving for pageantry
What about you guys? What pageant books do you have? Does my collection match yours?
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