The entrance to the 2022 Miss Calendar Girl beauty pageant would be easy to miss ... Behind her, a set designer tries to attach a giant, ornate sash to a stage backdrop. Sponsor Message ...

By Hilary Levey Friedman Dr. Levey Friedman is the author of the forthcoming “Here She Is: The Complicated Reign of the Beauty Pageant in America.” A sash — a piece of fabric draped over the ...

For most contestants, competing in Miss Calendar Girl, a pageant for LGBTQ South Africans ... Behind her, a set designer tries to attach a giant, ornate sash to a stage backdrop.