The latest look in the pageant business: a bald beauty queen.
It required permission from both the Miss America Organization and state pageant officials, but Miss Virginia 2008 Tara Wheeler will shave her head next month if she generates enough money for pediatric cancer research.
"If I raise $500,000, I am allowed to be a bald Miss Virginia," Wheeler told us yesterday.
Allyson McClellan and Miss Virginia Tara Wheeler. (Courtesy Tara Wheeler)
But what about the crown?
Under control. Wheeler already has a wig sponsor so she can still pin on her rhinestone tiara.
One thing that bugged her were the little girls who were teased about losing their hair. Wouldn't it be cool if she were bald, too? "Imagine how those little girls will feel when they get a visit from Miss Virginia and she pulls off her wig?" Wheeler says in a YouTube video.
clipped from voices.washingtonpost.com
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