The Yoknapatapwha Literature Festival added a beauty pageant to their events as a means to attract attention to the festival and local businesses.

Some in the community opposed the pageant for various moral and ethical reasons, but participants threw themselves into the competition, and fans eagerly awaited the outcome.

When it all went fatally wrong, who was responsible?

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The Drop Dead Gorgeous investigation began on Monday, June 23, 2025, and will run for about nine weeks.

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