So it’s about an hour until I have to leave, and I’m slathered in spray tan makeup all over my body. I’m wearing so much makeup I’m afraid my skin will never recover. My false eyelashes are coated in black mascara goo. My hair is teased within an inch of its life.

Beauty is so, so ugly.

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1. The Beauty Pageant Diet
2. Why I’m entering a Beauty Pageant
3. Makeup products I could not live without (not really, but you know.)
4. Dude, I’m so stressed.
5. Behind the scenes at Miss New York USA, Day 2