Twenty Pageants Later - Softcover

Cooney, Caroline B.

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ISBN 10: 0553296728 ISBN 13: 9780553296723

Publisher: Starfire, 1994

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As the younger and plainer sister of a frequent beauty-contest winner, fourteen-year-old Scottie Anne has always had mixed feelings about such competitions, especially when she finds herself a reluctant contestant. Reprint.

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Scottie-Anne's older sister is a "professional" participant in beauty contests, and after watching so many of them, Scottie-Anne's conclusion is that brains don't count much. She wants nothing to do with what she considers the shallow, egotistical world of pageants -- until her school holds one. Scottie-Anne is shocked to realize that she wants to win! After all, no one wants to be a runner-up.

The pageant isn't the only exciting event in Scottie-Anne's life. She's been chosen to participate in a Russian studies program on the weekends at Yale University. As preparations for the pageant continue, Scottie-Anne wonders why brains don't get the recognition that beauty gets. Can't you be a winner without being in the spotlight?

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“Another funny, off-center novel from a popular author. . . . Honest and entertaining.”—Kirkus Reviews

A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

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