Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain (Discovering America) (33 page)

Schlafly, Phyllis,
165

scholarships,
119

September 11 attacks,
135
,
157

Shindle, Kate (Miss America 1998): acting career of,
134–135
; and ADHD,
3
; awards received by,
109
; on being chaperoned,
36
; as “black sheep,”
13
; childhood of,
66
,
68
,
71–72
; crowning of,
5–7
; on disappointment with MAO,
193–194
; on downside of being Miss America,
8–9
,
33–34
; eating disorder of,
131–136
; on fame,
130
; and family’s background as Miss America volunteers,
69–72
,
129
; and fitness,
132–133
; on future of Miss America,
212
; on growth experience of being Miss America,
186–187
; and HIV/AIDS platform issue,
8
,
51–52
,
96–102
,
106–112
; and Internet,
126–131
,
136–137
; and local pageants,
4
,
35
,
72
,
94–95
; and the media,
107–109
,
128
; at Northwestern University,
4
,
96–97
,
133
; parents of,
66–67
,
70–72
; on perks of being Miss America,
7–8
,
34
,
37
; on personal faith,
95
; on receiving gifts,
34–35
,
36
; and refusal to wear evening gown,
190–191
; on school visits,
101–107
,
191
; on sex education,
103
,
168
; support for Katie Harman by,
158
; and Uncle Bob,
97–98
; on winning Miss America,
73

Sholem Aleichem Cooperative Houses,
23

Shopp, Bebe (Miss America 1948),
31

Singletary, Mike,
165

Slaughter, Lenora S.,
11
,
29
,
30–31
,
39
; administration of,
18–21
,
138
,
141
; and anti-Semitism,
24–25
; and Bess Myerson,
28
,
30–31
; and Hostess Committee,
69
,
184
; legacy of,
22
,
29
; and public image of pageant,
27
; and revival of pageant,
18
; and “rule seven,”
21–22
; and scholarships,
13
; and transformation of pageant,
19–20

Smallwood, Norma (Miss America 1927),
16
,
31

Smith, Shawntel (Miss America 1996),
40
,
145

Smithsonian Magazine
,
28

Southern States’ Ball,
83

Sparenberg, David,
161

Spartenburg Herald Journal
,
173

state/local pageants,
143–145
,
149
.
See also
National Association of Miss America State Pageants

state traveling companions (STCs),
69–70

Steinem, Gloria,
60

Stern, Howard,
10

Stone, Sharon,
118

Suddenly Last Summer
,
44

Sullivan, Lencola,
80

Survivor
,
184

swimsuit competition,
121–122
,
152
,
187
,
210
; origins of,
15–16
; Yolande Betbeze and,
27–31

talent competition,
115–117
,
147–148

Tapper, Jake (
Salon
),
154
,
162–163
,
169

Taylor, Elizabeth,
44

Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN),
98–99

“There She Is, Miss America,”
11
,
57–58
,
78

TLC (The Learning Channel),
182
,
186
,
195
; and reality-show approach to pageant,
183–184

Today
,
7

Tonight Show, The
,
7

Trefaller, Joseph J.,
160

Trump, Donald,
29
,
197
,
198
.
See also
Miss Universe Organization

Trump Plaza,
202

Trump Taj Mahal,
155

Tubman, Harriet,
42

Turner, Debbye (Miss America 1990),
118–119
,
179–180
,
200

Turner, Lana,
44

20/20
,
189–190

Uncle Bob,
97–98

USA Today
,
169

U.S. Soccer Federation,
145

Valens, Richie,
58–59

Van Derbur, Marilyn (Miss America 1958),
203

Variety
,
195

Variety Club of Philadelphia,
18

Vassar, Jeffrey,
182

Vieira, Meredith,
118

Vietnam War,
58

View, The
,
7
,
118

Vincent, Marjorie (Miss America 1991),
139

Vittel, Frank,
20

Wadsworth, Don,
202

Walker, Barbara Jo (Miss America 1947),
27

Ward, Elizabeth (Miss America 1982),
78

Washington Post
,
28

Washington Times
,
167

Wathen, Hugh,
39

Webb, Tamilee,
132

Wells, Sharlene (Miss America 1985),
86–87

“We Want Bert” (Bert Parks reinstatement campaign),
78

What Not to Wear
,
183

Whelan, James,
161

Whitestone, Heather (Miss America 1995),
121
,
139
,
179–180

Wildwood, New Jersey,
17

William Morris Agency,
195

Williams, Milton and Helen,
80

Williams, Vanessa (Miss America 1984),
8
,
43
,
80–88
,
139
; on being Miss America,
84
; Gerald Early on,
85–86
; William Goldman on,
87

Wipeout
,
184

Woodstock,
58

Woman of Achievement Award,
118

Women’s Christian Temperance Union,
30

women’s movement.
See
feminism

Wood, Natalie,
44

World War II,
59

You Have No Idea
(Williams),
88

Ziegfeld, Florenz