Misbehaving: Stories of Protest Against the Miss World Contest and the Beauty Industry

Protests at the Miss World contest in 1970 attracted headlines around the world. This book portrays the new and vibrant women’s liberation movement of the 70s. It tells how women protested inside and outside the Albert Hall, who they were, what took them into the women’s liberation movement, how they organised, why they were protesting and of women’s arrests and trials. Misbehaving gives us the story of the protesters against Miss World Contest in the words of the rebels themselves. Through...