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  Too HAWT To Win

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  Christopher Bell University of Colorado Colorado Springs

  May 31, 2011

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  Even those outside of the traditional Western conception of beauty- Mandisa Hunley, for example, or ... famously instructed S6's Haley Scarnato to "wear the least amount of clothes as possible ...
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  Indian Idol and Flash Fandom

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  Aswin Punathambekar University of Michigan

  November 21, 2007

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  Indian Idol and Flash Fandom fandom reality TV international TV formats American Idol Indian Idol regionalism India Amit Paul flash fandom Curator's Note In summer 2007, media coverage of Indian Idol-3 focused on how finalist Amit Paul managed to cre ...
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  Reality TV in a War Zone

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  Serra Tinic University of Alberta

  April 23, 2007

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  Reality TV in a War Zone reality TV Labour and Materials Iraqi Star Iraq international TV formats globalization global/local Extreme Makeover American Idol Curator's Note I consistently struggle with the concept of hybridity when we hit the section o ...