

1970, the Miss World pageant, the most watched television program of the time, is held in London. In the middle of the show, the newly created Women's Liberation Movement, led by Sally Alexander, interrupts the broadcast arguing that the contest not only degrades the participants, but all women. When the program resumes, the choice of the winner causes a great stir: it is not the Swedish favorite, but the candidate from the Caribbean island of Grenada, the first black woman to be crowned Miss World. While Miss Granada sees the contest as an opportunity to dignify black women and give them their rightful role in society, the Movement sees it as another way to promote machismo and sexism in the media. In a matter of a few hours, a global audience was made aware that breaking the rules is sometimes necessary.
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