Political Culture: Beauty Queens, Bigotry … and Ambivalence Continue Reading Political Culture: Beauty Queens, Bigotry … and Ambivalence Jon Cummings April 23, 2009 1 Min Read It may be that only an event like this could have propped up that downward-spiraling phenomenon, the beauty pageant: An out-and-proud celebrity gossip-monger asking a comely Californian how she feels… Current Events, Political Culture