Miss Congeniality
For example, being Miss America is honor only one lady has been able to hold each year since the 1920’s, meaning less than 100 women have held this title (Riverol 23). In the forward of her book A.R. Riverol describes the atmosphere surrounding pageant week for Miss America in Atlantic City. She talks of the excitement of people coming to the city just for the chance to bump into one of the contestants, or all of the, as she labels “wannabees,” in their “store-bought pageant titles (Riverol v). Numerous citizens of the United States tune in to watch the pageant in September along with the people who travel to or live in Atlantic City. All of these people are trying to get a slice of this one of a kind experience. In her book, “Being Miss America,” Kate Shindle reflects on her time as Miss America 1998. Shindle talks about flying first class, which happened frequently since she traveled about 20,000 miles a month, being on various TV shows, and getting her clothes from designer showrooms (Shindle