#1661: Beauty Pageants Are Changing | 51%

May 20, 2021 • 00:35:17
#1661: Beauty Pageants Are Changing | 51%
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#1661: Beauty Pageants Are Changing | 51%

May 20 2021 | 00:35:17

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Show Notes

This week on 51%, we speak with Miss New York USA about how beauty pageants can lift up young women. And we’ll hear from Miss Wisconsin Earth about how she’s representing plus-size women on the stage in a time of changing attitudes about pageants. I’m Jackie Orchard and this is 51%.

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