The best books for understanding how the Miss America pageant was born, what it means, and why it matters

Book cover of Drag Queens and Beauty Queens: Contesting Femininity in the World's Playground Book cover of Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageantry, Student Bodies, and College Life Book cover of "There She Is, Miss America": The Politics of Sex, Beauty, and Race in America's Most Famous Pageant Book cover of Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain Book cover of The Most Beautiful Girl in the World: Beauty Pageants and National Identity

Want books like Drag Queens and Beauty Queens?

Our community of 13,000+ authors has personally recommended 90 books like Drag Queens and Beauty Queens.

Book cover of The Most Beautiful Girl in the World: Beauty Pageants and National Identity Book cover of Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain Book cover of "There She Is, Miss America": The Politics of Sex, Beauty, and Race in America's Most Famous Pageant Book cover of Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageantry, Student Bodies, and College Life Book cover of Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City Book cover of Plum Lucky

Browse books like Drag Queens and Beauty Queens

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in New Jersey, beauty pageants, and bounty hunters?

New Jersey 91 books
Beauty Pageants 11 books
Bounty Hunters 30 books