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Vanessa Williams Part 1: Becoming Miss America

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March 08, 2021 4:00am

1h 22m

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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