Strange Country Ep. 216: Miss America
There she is . . . the Strange Country Podcast is back after its brief Covid hiatus to talk about a 100-year-old scholarship beauty pageant that crowns an annual queen in a country that overthrew the British government to escape a king. It was a chance for young women to show their talents wearing a swimsuit and answering questions like "Was the Jan. 6 insurrection an example of legitimate political discourse?"
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Argetsinger, A. (2021, December 16). 100 years ago, the first miss america pageant was as messy as today's. The…
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