American Experience Season 14 episode 7 (2002)

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Recalling the 80-year history of the Miss America Pageant and what narrator Cherry Jones calls "a barometer of America's shifting ideas of American womanhood." Included: eight former Miss Americas recall their runway strolls -- and the world beyond Atlantic City during their reigns. Also: comments from historians and social observers, including Gloria Steinem, a beauty-pageant contestant herself as a teen. "It was glamorous," she says, perhaps surprisingly. Also surprising is Miss America 1998 Kate Shindle's view of the swimsuit competition. "It's empowering," she says. "If you can do that, you can do anything."

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  • verified Status: Returning Series
  • person By: Unknown
  • calendar_month Release Date: 2002-01-27
  • video_camera_front Companies GBH
  • tag Season: Season 14
  • timer Episode Runtime: 55 Mins
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