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"[I]t is important that [a girl] believe in herself and to know that the mere fact that her skin tones are different does not make her ugly. She is beautiful and needs to know and feel that."
-- Joyce Warner, Miss Black America, 1972
"I'm more complicated....I've learned to respect the old ways and old values and now I'm not just a 'California girl,' I'm Chinese."
-- Pamela Fong, Miss Chinatown USA, 1974 |