Name: The Beauty Queen

Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Year: 1974
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9780440905189
0440905184
Playing the role of a happy pageant winner is not exactly the acting career Kit had in mind Kit Carson keeps trying to tell people that she didn'€™t do anything. All she did was put on a bathing suit in front of the judges, and suddenly she'€™s a beauty contest winner. It'€™s true that the money will come in handy'€”new dresses and college educations don'€™t grow on trees when your mom is a nurse and your dad doesn'€™t always remember to help out'€”but all Kit really wants is to try out her dream of being an actress. Not a famous one, just successful enough to have a career in a modest theater and make a living doing what she loves. But now that Kit'€™s a beauty queen, people seem to expect a lot from her. Above all, they seem to think she should gratefully accept the limited roles she'€™s being offered, which are mostly those of beautiful, not-too-independent, all-American girls. Between pageant ambitions and romantic interests, Kit gets the sense that there could be plenty of opportunities in her future'€”as long as she'€™s willing to play the part.


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