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Edward Helmore in New York

‘Such a hot mess’: turmoil inside the world of US beauty pageants

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Savannah Gankiewicz, who took the Miss USA crown after Noelia Voigt stepped aside. Photograph: HONP/AP

The US beauty pageant industry, in a concise summation made last week, is “such a hot mess”.

Two reigning beauty queens have stepped down in as many weeks, and there may be more turbulence to come to an area of showbusiness that promotes a sheen of perfection – at least among its contestants – but is increasingly seen as out of date with modern social mores.

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