Miss World 1970 : How I Entered a Pageant and Wound Up Making History: An Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture ""Misbehaviour""

By:

Hosten-Craig, Jennifer [Author]

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781989555279

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Electronic Books.

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HQ1220 .M577 2020

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Contents:

Title Page -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Prologue: The Big Stage -- Chapter One: A Tomboy -- Chapter Two: Flying High -- Chapter Three: Miss Grenada -- Chapter Four: The Miss World Pageant -- Chapter Five: Behind the Curtain -- Chapter Six: The Night of Nights -- Chapter Seven: Stealing the Show -- Chapter Eight: Miss World 1970 -- Chapter Nine: Rigging, Racism, Rioting -- Chapter Ten: Touring with Bob Hope -- Chapter Eleven: Miss World Around the World -- Chapter Twelve: Swept Off My Feet -- Chapter Thirteen: New York, New York -- Chapter Fourteen: A Grenadian in the Snow

Chapter Sixteen: The Revolution Comes -- Chapter Seventeen: The Bloody End -- Chapter Eighteen: A Whole New Me -- Chapter Nineteen: Fighting for Justice -- Chapter Twenty: Hurricanes and Living History -- Epilogue: Beauty Contests and Other Blessings

Subject: Jennifer Hosten went to the 1970 Miss World pageant on a lark, representing the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada, and came home with the crown and a place in history. What was supposed to be a light-hearted affair, with a parade of the world's most beautiful women vying for the attention of the judges and comedian/host Bob Hope, turned out to be the most controversial, politically-charged, and consequential pageant ever.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Prologue: The Big Stage -- Chapter One: A Tomboy -- Chapter Two: Flying High -- Chapter Three: Miss Grenada -- Chapter Four: The Miss World Pageant -- Chapter Five: Behind the Curtain -- Chapter Six: The Night of Nights -- Chapter Seven: Stealing the Show -- Chapter Eight: Miss World 1970 -- Chapter Nine: Rigging, Racism, Rioting -- Chapter Ten: Touring with Bob Hope -- Chapter Eleven: Miss World Around the World -- Chapter Twelve: Swept Off My Feet -- Chapter Thirteen: New York, New York -- Chapter Fourteen: A Grenadian in the Snow

Chapter Fifteen: Her Excellency, High Commissioner -- Chapter Sixteen: The Revolution Comes -- Chapter Seventeen: The Bloody End -- Chapter Eighteen: A Whole New Me -- Chapter Nineteen: Fighting for Justice -- Chapter Twenty: Hurricanes and Living History -- Epilogue: Beauty Contests and Other Blessings

Jennifer Hosten went to the 1970 Miss World pageant on a lark, representing the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada, and came home with the crown and a place in history. What was supposed to be a light-hearted affair, with a parade of the world's most beautiful women vying for the attention of the judges and comedian/host Bob Hope, turned out to be the most controversial, politically-charged, and consequential pageant ever.

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