Word: facchiano
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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Checks Preferred. The kind of controversy that really upsets Miss America officials, however, is generated by girls who are outspoken about the unabashed commercialism of it all. "It's a form of prostitution," said Amelita Facchiano, who as Miss Winston-Salem was eliminated in the 1970 Miss North Carolina contest. Maria Fletcher, the girl who won that competition in 1961 and went on to be Miss America, was more philosophical: "The sooner you realize you're a product, the better." Dressed, coiffured and paraded up and down, contestants are like dolls for moms and dads. "Miss America," says...
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