Queen of the Virgins : pageantry and black womanhood in the Caribbean / M. Cynthia Oliver.

Beauty pageants are wildly popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands, outnumbering any other single performance event and capturing the attention of the local people from toddlers to seniors. Local beauty contests provide women opportunities to demonstrate talent, style, the values of black womanhood, and...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Oliver, M. Cynthia
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009.
Series:	Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)
Subjects:	Beauty contests > United States Virgin Islands. Beauty contestants > United States Virgin Islands. Women, Black > United States Virgin Islands. Beauty contestants. Beauty contests. Women, Black. United States Virgin Islands.