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Beauty pageants and putting lipstick on a pig

What people don’t realize about beauty pageants is that they are never just about beauty.  Beyond the glittering gowns, practiced smiles, and stage lights bright enough to blind, there are girls silently suffering as they pretend to look effortlessly beautiful—feet bruised from high heels, stomachs upset by stress, and minds weighed down by the effort...