Beauty pageant book examines scandals
A former Miss Scarborough contestant has published her second book on the secrets and scandals linked to beauty pageants.
Sally-Ann Fawcett, who grew up in Scarborough and now lives in London, says she has been fascinated with the world of beauty queens ever since she was a little girl.
Her first book, “Misdemeanours: Beauty Queen Scandals” rocked the pageant world when it was published in 2014, featuring in a doublepage spread in The Sun on Sunday and in The Daily Mail.
Sally-Ann’s new book, “More Misdemeanours”, not only features another line-up of titled ladies with a story to tell, but in-depth accounts of some of the biggest controversies and events to hit the pageant world over the decades.
It includes a world exclusive account of life at the Miss World office by the man who was there in the contest’s tumultuous 1970s heyday.
The book also features: a history of Britain’s oldest beauty pageant, Miss Great Britain, and the women who wore the crown
Apartheid and Miss World: How South African policies changed the face of pageants forever; the inspirational story of Britain’s first deaf beauty queen; chaos at Miss Universe 2015 and its messy aftermath as the crowning goes horribly wrong; the first transgender Miss Universe contestant and her legal battle to win a place in the line-up, and memories of Sir Ian Botham’s Miss Barbados and the night they broke a hotel bed.
Sally-Ann, who was head judge at the Miss GB contest, is currently working on volume three, which will include the full story of the Miss Great Britain sacked for her antics on ITV’s Love Island.