Overview
Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didnāt have designs on becoming a beauty queen. But not long after joining a pageant on a whim in college, she became the first protĆ©gĆ© of El Pasoās Richard Guy and Rex Holt, known as the āKings of Beautyāājust as the 1970ās counterculture movement began to take off.
A pink, rose-covered gownāa Guyrex creationāsymbolizes the fairy tale life that young women in Janeās time imagined beauty queens had. Its near destruction exposes reality: the authorās failed relationship with her mother, and her parentsā failed relationship with one another. Weaving these narrative threads together is the Wild West notion that anything is possible, especially do-overs.
The Pink Dress awakens nostalgia for the 1960s and 1970s, the eraās conflicts and growth pains. A common expectation that women went to college to get āMRSā degreesāto find a husband and become a stay-at-home wife and motherāoften prevailed. How does one swim upstream against this notion among feminist voices that protest āIf You Want Meat, Go to a Butcher!ā at beauty pageants, two flamboyant showmen, and a developing awareness of self? Torn between womenās traditional roles and what women could be, Guyrex Girls evolved, as did the author.
This book title, The Pink Dress (A Memoir of a Reluctant Beauty Queen), ISBN: 9781647427405, by Jane Little Botkin, published by She Writes Press (September 10, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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