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    Beyond the tiara: How the Miss America pageant launched careers

    by Olive Fellows Dec 07, 2021 2 minutes

    What started in the 1920s as a Prohibition-era beauty contest on New Jersey’s Atlantic City boardwalk has evolved into the Miss America pageant, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. For decades, the contest drew fierce criticism for its emphasis on appearances and for its organizers’ slowness to respond to changes in women’s roles. 

    Yet the pageant, which takes place Dec. 12-16, continues to

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