Mike tells Sarah how a 20-year-old singer, actress and French horn player became Miss America with less than six months of practice. Digressions include Ted Bundy, Stephen King’s “It” and a bonus debunking of the "bra-burning feminist" trope. We're sorry to say that this episode includes a description of child sexual abuse. Support us: <a href="http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout">Subscribe on Patreon</a> <a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ywapodcast">Donate on Paypal</a> <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420">Buy cute merch</a>Where else to find us: <a href="http://linktr.ee/whyaredads">Sarah's other show, Why Are Dads</a> <a href="http://maintenancephase.com/">Mike's other show, Maintenance Phase</a> Clips!&nbsp;<ul><li><a href="https://youtu.be/1U7HSZTLlNM?t=203">Opening musical number</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/1U7HSZTLlNM?t=2857">Vanessa introduces herself</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/1U7HSZTLlNM?t=5482">Talent competition</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/1U7HSZTLlNM?t=6136">Swimsuit</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/1U7HSZTLlNM?t=7363">Vanessa wins!</a></li></ul>Links!<ul><li><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/310309/you-have-no-idea-by-vanessa-williams/">Vanessa and Helen’s memoir, “You Have No Idea”</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/books/review/looking-for-miss-america-margot-mifflin.html">Margot Mifflin’s “Looking for Miss America”</a></li><li><a href="http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2020/3/2/vanessa-williams-miss-america-and-hollywoods-misogynoir-problem-make-me-over-episode-8">Vanessa Williams, Whitney Houston and Hollywood’s Misogynoir Problem</a></li><li><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/vanessa-williams-a-beauty-queens-crown-of-thorns-57557/">Vanessa Williams: A Beauty Queen’s Crown of Thorns</a></li><li><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-09-15-8503020439-story.html">Miss America--The Inside Story</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/03/nyregion/first-black-miss-america-finds-unforeseen-issues.html?searchResultPosition=16">First Black Miss America Finds Unforeseen Issues</a></li><li><a href="https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195152623.001.0001/acprof-9780195152623">Ain’t I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4336348?seq=1">Life with Daughters: Watching the Miss America Pageant</a></li><li><a href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a33955539/penthouse-scandal-vanessa-williams-traci-lords/">'A Felony Just to Own': The Sleazy Story Behind Penthouse’s Most Controversial Issue</a></li><li><a href="http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,921751-1,00.html">There She Goes, Miss America</a></li><li><a href="https://penthousemagazine.com/legacy/vanessa-williams/">Most Famous Miss America In History</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110209125154/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20088398,00.html">1989 People magazine article</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/23/opinion/in-black-and-white.html?searchResultPosition=39">In Black and White</a></li><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/09/12/putting-on-a-happy-face/0e7fbd6e-de36-4b48-b2d0-576292918190/">Putting on a Happy Face</a></li></ul><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout">Support the show</a> (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)

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Vanessa Williams Part 1: Becoming Miss America

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