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"Walking a magic tightrope that never topples him into either derision or credulousness, Frank Deford traces the Miss America contest from its beginnings a half-century ago to the present-from Margaret Gorman in 1921, just turned sixteen and measuring 30-25-32, to Phyllis George, Miss America 1971, 36-24-36." -- dust jacket.
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2 editions- Other · English · 1978Penguin Books · 373 pages · 9780140049879
- Other · English · 1971Viking Press · 351 pages · 9780670698585
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