Along the way, she'll shock the hell out of Clover City - and maybe herself most of all.
So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant - along with several other unlikely candidates - to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back. Will isn't surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. until Will takes a job at Harpy's, the local fast-food joint. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed "Dumplin'" by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog. Recorded with permission of Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. This title is intended for tweens and is suitable for most audiences. But Skye has her sights on becoming the world's first plus-sized K-pop star, and that means winning the competition, without losing herself. What she doesn't count on are the highly fat-phobic beauty standards of the Korean pop entertainment industry, her sudden media fame, and scrutiny, or the sparks that soon fly with her fellow competitor, Henry Cho. When Skye nails her audition, she's immediately swept into a whirlwind of countless practices, shocking performances, and the drama that comes with reality TV. She'll challenge thousands of other performers in an internationally televised competition looking for the next K-pop star, and she'll do it better than anyone else.
But Skye dreams of joining the glittering world of K-Pop, and to do that, she's about to break all the rules that society, the media, and even her own mother, have set for girls like her.
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