Near Miss America

Name: Near Miss America
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SKU: 9781792374692
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By Lavinia Cox and Howard Elgison

Summary

Near Miss America offers a humorous and heartfelt look at life as a first runner-up in a beauty pageant. Author Lavinia Cox embraces the often overlooked role with wit and charm, culminating in a playful Southern-style rap that celebrates the freedom of not being Miss America but still enjoying the experience.
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This book will appeal to readers who enjoy lighthearted humour and unique personal perspectives, especially those interested in pageants, self-acceptance, and Southern culture.

"So who would want to be first runner-up rather than Miss America?" you ask. I did. And while it doesn't get you as much fame, it's a whole lot more fun-as you'll see from reading about my beauty queen adventures and misadventures.

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"Who celebrates being first runner-up?" you might ask. I did. So much so that I even ended the book with a rap song about it—Southern, beauty queen rap, that is.

Runner-up Rap
I'm not Miss America
But I'm still pumped
'Cause I love being
The first runner-up

It's a lifetime job
Being Miss America
But we runners-up
Can hang up our tiaras

And no one remembers
Who came in second
So I don't have to fret
When the media beckons

Former Miss Americas
Gotta look swell
But first runners-up
Can just be ourselves

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781792374692

Publisher: Independent Publisher

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 November 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Independent Publisher

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 258g

Pages: 110

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Fiction Howard Elgison Humour Lavinia Cox

About the Author

began as a jock. Almost every waking moment was spent playing basketball in the winter and tennis in the summer. While injuries ultimately sidelined me, those two sports were my favorite activities. I have raised two amazing children, had a career in cosmetics that spanned 25 years, and weathered the ebb and flow of life with a big smile and a big heart. Then someone suggested I write a book about it. So I did.
Howard Elgison began his professional career as a nuclear engineer designing uranium-fueled reactors for U.S. Navy warships. He finished it by co-writing a book about the life and times of an American beauty queen.A lot of stuff happened in between, but those are the high points.