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The Pink Dress : A Memoir of a Reluctant Beauty Queen

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Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didn't have designs on becoming a beauty queen. But not long after joining a pageant on a whim in college, she became the first protege of El Paso's Richard Guy and Rex Holt, known as the "Kings of Beauty." A pink, rose-covered gown--a Guyrex creation--symbolizes the fairy tale life that young women in Jane's time imagined beauty queens had. Its near destruction exposes reality: the author's failed relationship with her mother, and her parents' failed relationship with one another. Weaving these narrative threads together is the Wild West notion that anything is possible, especially do-overs.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781647427405
  • ISBN-10: 1647427401
  • Publisher: She Writes Press
  • Publish Date: September 2024
  • Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Page Count: 304

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