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Title: First Runner-Up of Miss America Books
Review: I say first-runner up, because as an avid Miss America fan, I don't think the winning tome had yet to be published. In the meantime, Ms. Bivan' book is a treat. Very thoroughly researched, and nicely illustrated. Many black and white photo. Some color photos, but it definitely could use more, and from a larger range of years. My complaint was that it seemed a "puff piece", written by someone a little too closely involved with the MAO program -- and therefore lost some objectivity in reporting of some pageant scandals of yore -- and let's face it, those are some of the most fun in a pageant history book. Nonetheless, this is clearly a work of love on Miss Bivan's part, and a must for anyone who is a Miss America devotee. But I'm still waiting for the MAO book that will take the tiara.
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