Pageant: The Beauty Contest

Pageant: The Beauty Contest
ISBN-10
3823855697
ISBN-13
9783823855699
Category
Beauty contests
Pages
156
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Te Neues Publishing Company
Author
Keith Lovegrove

Description

Lovegrove celebrates the culture of the beauty contest from the well-known spectacles of Miss World and Mr. Universe to the flamboyance of Miss Sausage Queen. An irresistible combination of nostalgia and contemporary kitsch, this is a unique study of the human obsession of the beautiful. 250 illustrations.

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