A celebration of 75 years of the Miss America program, this is both the story of Miss America, with fascinating and humorous behind-the-scenes stories from contestants, and a cookbook that represents favorite recipes of Miss Americas and contestants from all 50 states. Introduction by Phyllis George. Illustrations, including 16 in full-color.
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ANN-MARIE BIVANS
Ann-Marie Bivans is the author of three books on pageantry: 101 Secrets to Winning Beauty Pageants, The Miss America Cookbook, and Miss America: In Pursuit of the Crown - The Complete Guide to the Miss America Pageant.
The author has been interviewed on some 300 radio and television programs including Larry King Live, The Jenny Jones Show, The Joan Rivers Show, Hard Copy, American Journal, Real Life (NBC), Lifetime Television, Hard Copy, The 700 Club, TV Food Network, America's Talking, A.M. Canada, A.M. Los Angeles, A.M. Philadelphia (interviewed live from the Miss America Pageant), Live From Universal Studios, and an Arts & Entertainment documentary special, Beauty Pageants: Bright Lights and Big Business.
The author and her work have been quoted in newspapers and magazines nationwide, including Newsweek, The New York Times, USA Today, Harper's magazine, Washingtonian, New York Daily News, Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, New York Post, New Woman magazine, Woman's World, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia News, Miami Herald, Birmingham News, Detroit News, Mobile Register, Press of Atlantic City, San Antonio Express, Fort Worth Star, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, The Globe, Inquirer Magazine, and Boca Raton magazine.
Due to Bivans' expertise she has served as a consultant for pageant-related features and documentaries including the A&E network's "Beauty Pageants: Bright Lights and Big Business", Clio's "Miss America" which aired at film festivals including Sundance and South by Southwest, The American Experience, the 700 Club, American Journal and TV-Asahi (Japan).
A seasoned pageant judge, Ann-Marie has judged the Miss America Pageant, Cinderella International Finals, the Miss Cayman Islands Pageant and scores of local and state pageants including the intensely competitive Miss Florida and Miss South Carolina pageants.
Her two decades of research on pageants has included 250 interviews with titleholders, judges, emcees, contestants, officials, and 35 Miss Americas. She has conducted exclusive interviews with pageant legends including Lenora Slaughter-Frapart, founder of the Miss America Scholarship Program, Albert Marks, who ushered pageants into the television age, and Adrian Phillips, the only person to personally view the crownings of seven decades of Miss Americas (1921-1990).
Bivans has also served as a columnist for Pageantry magazine and written feature articles for Miss America national program books. Miss America: In Pursuit of the Crown was the first guidebook authorized by the Miss America Organization and was a Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selection.
Ann-Marie Bivans is the author of three books on pageantry: 101 Secrets to Winning Beauty Pageants, The Miss America Cookbook, and Miss America: In Pursuit of the Crown - The Complete Guide to the Miss America Pageant.
The author has been interviewed on some 300 radio and television programs including Larry King Live, The Jenny Jones Show, The Joan Rivers Show, Hard Copy, American Journal, Real Life (NBC), Lifetime Television, Hard Copy, The 700 Club, TV Food Network, America's Talking, A.M. Canada, A.M. Los Angeles, A.M. Philadelphia (interviewed live from the Miss America Pageant), Live From Universal Studios, and an Arts & Entertainment documentary special, Beauty Pageants: Bright Lights and Big Business.
The author and her work have been quoted in newspapers and magazines nationwide, including Newsweek, The New York Times, USA Today, Harper's magazine, Washingtonian, New York Daily News, Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, New York Post, New Woman magazine, Woman's World, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia News, Miami Herald, Birmingham News, Detroit News, Mobile Register, Press of Atlantic City, San Antonio Express, Fort Worth Star, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, The Globe, Inquirer Magazine, and Boca Raton magazine.
Due to Bivans' expertise she has served as a consultant for pageant-related features and documentaries including the A&E network's "Beauty Pageants: Bright Lights and Big Business", Clio's "Miss America" which aired at film festivals including Sundance and South by Southwest, The American Experience, the 700 Club, American Journal and TV-Asahi (Japan).
A seasoned pageant judge, Ann-Marie has judged the Miss America Pageant, Cinderella International Finals, the Miss Cayman Islands Pageant and scores of local and state pageants including the intensely competitive Miss Florida and Miss South Carolina pageants.
Her two decades of research on pageants has included 250 interviews with titleholders, judges, emcees, contestants, officials, and 35 Miss Americas. She has conducted exclusive interviews with pageant legends including Lenora Slaughter-Frapart, founder of the Miss America Scholarship Program, Albert Marks, who ushered pageants into the television age, and Adrian Phillips, the only person to personally view the crownings of seven decades of Miss Americas (1921-1990).
Bivans has also served as a columnist for Pageantry magazine and written feature articles for Miss America national program books. Miss America: In Pursuit of the Crown was the first guidebook authorized by the Miss America Organization and was a Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selection.
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