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172 inDex abolition, 30, 40, 50 abrahamson, Susanna, 32. See also bottom belly activist, 5 aesthetics, 4, 16–18, 28, 37, 52–53, 55, 61, 79, 80, 97, 117, 131, 142; african american, 63; alternative, 6; american, 15; approval, 51; choices, 105; of the cool, 121; diverse, 104; european, 121; influences , 58–59; interests, 14; local, 10, 143, 145; middle class, 124; movements, 99; preferences, 36, 141, 143; resistance, 148; standards, 6; stateside , 60; values, 126; Virgin islands, 46 african, 21, 27–28, 32, 37, 42, 117, 121, 141–42; body, 119; dances, 153n; labor, 97; slaves, 23, 30; women, 21 african american, 9; aesthetics, 63; history, 141; performance models, 68 afro Miss america Models, 134 afro-Caribbean, 63, 68 agency, 16, 22, 48, 109, 123, 136; modeling, 98, 124 albuquerque, Klaus de, 57, 94 alexander, Governor archie, 60 alexander Theater, 60 aliens, 9 amalie, Charlotte, 27, 32, 77, 88, 89, 94, 113 ambassador, 82–84, 98–99; cultural, 15 america: South and Central, 6 american Virgin islands Society, 46 americanization, 57, 97 anderson, benedict, 47–48, 113, 155n anduze, armintha, 49 antigua, 10, 33, 56–59, 61–62 antilles: Greater, 6, 10, 12, 22, 125; Lesser, 6, 10 appearance, 36, 51, 55, 59, 84, 92, 104, 108–9, 117, 119–20, 134, 137, 140, 142, 160n; contestants, 11; physical, 37; public, 122; virginal, 118 arab, 9 arawak, 22, 97 artifice, 117, 123 asian, 42. See also South asian asientos, 23 atlantic City, beauty pageant, 46 audience, 4, 10, 17, 29, 67–80, 82–92, 98, 106–9, 112, 121, 124, 126, 129, 131–33, 136–39, 142–51; distrust, 139; local, 68; male, 26; stateside, 45; Virgin islands, 105 authority, 29, 32, 83, 91 autonomy, 10 bacchanalia, 12 badmouthing, 80 bahamas, 6 bakhtin, Mikhail, 57, 146 ballroom, 28, 67, 72, 85 balls, grand, 30 bamboula, 15, 26–28, 33, 35, 57, 153n banet-Weiser, Sarah, 144 banner, Lois, 61 barbados, 33, 58–59 barnes, natasha, 131, 150 bassin triangle, 58 bayne, irene, 49 beauty, 6, 10, 36, 45, 47, 48, 126, 129, 141–51; alternative representations of, 14; american ideal, 37; black women’s interest in, 55; business of, Index 173 Index 38, 45, 53; collective, 141; commercial, 62; competitions, 149; consulting, 134; contests, 45; conventional standards of, 18; culture, 37; dominant notions of, 141; feminized, 148; global articulation of, 139, 151; industry, 37, 38; issues, 38; multiple standards of, 141; myth, 141; non-european models of, 62, 131; north american notions of, 6; notions of, 6, 16, 29, 36; scope of, 51; standards of, 142; statuesque, 11; u.S. determinations of, 16; u.S. pageants, 55, 118; Virgin islands notions of, 17; white feminine , 33; white notions of, 36 beckles, Hilary, 25 behaviors, 13, 17, 24, 28, 78–79, 121; bodily, 115; citizens , 115; mannish, 108–10; native, 15; social, 45; Virgin islands, 114; women’s, 118–19, 146, 148, 150 belize, 6 bell, Fidelis, 138 belongingness, 79, 93 benitez-rojo, antonio, 13 bhabha, Homi K., 48 big island, 71 birthrights, 11, 80, 95 black: body, 4, 119, 121; consciousness, 15; woman, 5, 22, 24–25, 34–35, 55, 110, 117, 142; womanhood , 5, 16, 110, 148 black arrow, 58 black Power, 60–61, 97, 141 black women, 21, 23–26, 33, 37, 51, 55, 62–63, 77, 110; beautiful, 55, 141, 150; bodies of, 104; colonial views of, 44; devaluation of, 23; endurance , 35; grooming, 51; hair, 116–17; loathing of, 24; outspokenness, 35; perceptions of, 14; portrayals of, 109; resistant acts of, 14; responses of, 22; self-image, 25, 34; survival strategies, 14; underclass of, 15 blyden, ianthe, 49 bodies: dancing, 26; historical, 22; moving, 25; recuperated, 25; sexualized, 23 bonelli, Priscilla, 64 boschulte, Kim, 139–40 bottom belly, 32 bourgeoisie, 24 boyer, William, 31 brathwaite, Kamau, 25 british, 6, 8, 22–23, 33; soldiers, 110, 155n british Virgin islands, 6, 9, 30, 80, 110, 155n brodhurst, anna, 58 brown, “butcher,” 157n brown, Claire, 62 bryan, Senator adelbert, 95 buddhoe, 30 Cadaval, Olivia, 33 calypso, 73, 77, 85, 86, 115, 116; king, 125; music, 86; queen, 125; singers, 27; tents, 4 calypsonian, 27, 73 Carib, 22, 97 Caribbean Queen Show, 61 cariso, 18, 27, 29, 31, 35, 50; singer, 18, 27; women, 151 Carlip, Hilary, 150 carnival, 15, 32, 39, 48, 50, 54, 57, 59, 87, 91, 110, 115, 126, 144, 146; antiguan, 61; birth of, 56; committee , 64, 98; events, 14, 126; festivities, 25; King, 123, 125; St. Croix, 58; St. John, 88; St. Thomas...