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INTRODUCTION Miss Art World blends the feminine and feminist into one, a feat which was once said to me to be impossible because a “pageant queen cannot be a feminist.” Self-crowned, as Miss Art World I retain my title until death. Age, unladylike behavior, bodily changes, pregnancy, marital status, and health have no consequences on this title. Miss Art World is a lifelong performance piece that is voiced through a variety of artistic mediums. Miss Art World critiques the unrealistic display of the “perfected” physical form and the pressures to attain it. I am both an insider and outsider of mainstream “beauty” and feels the pull between both worlds yet uses my title Miss Art World to question dominating ideologies of beauty fused with the disturbing and obsessive struggle to obtain it. STATEMENT Success in pageantry proved to be both my salvation as well as a burden. The limitations caused by my vision problems as well as the rejection and prejudices I experienced led me to seek out other means of fulfillment; this came in the form of beauty pageants and modeling. Using my experiences, I critique the unrealistic display of the “perfected” physical form and the pressures to attain it. I am both an insider and outsider of mainstream “beauty” and to bring both perspectives together, I became Miss Art World. I use this title throughout my work to question the dominating ideologies of beauty fused with the disturbing and obsessive struggle to obtain it. BIOGRAPHY Miss Art World (aka Katherine J Cooksey) was born and raised in California,