Patt Morrison: L.A. used to be awash in beauty pageants. Whe

The big pageants like Miss America are nowhere near the cultural touchstones they once were. And the smaller ones — anybody remember an L.A. auto dealership's Miss New Car Department? — have all but disappeared. What happened?

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