Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Summary:The fifty contestants in the Miss Teen Dream pageant thought this was going to be a fun trip to the beach, where they could parade in their state-appropriate costumes and compete in front of the cameras. But sadly, their airplane had another idea, crashing on a desert island and leaving the survivors stranded with little food, little water and practically no eyeliner.What's a beauty queen to do? Continue to practice for the talent portion of the program - or wrestle snakes to the ground? Get a perfect tan - or learn to run wild? And what should happen when the sexy pirates show up?Welcome to the heart of non-exfoliated darkness. Your tour guide? None other than Libba Bray, the hilarious, sensational, Printz Award-winning author of A Great and Terrible Beauty and Going Bovine. The result is a novel that will make you laugh, make you think, and make you never see beauty the same way again

My favorite quote: 
1)Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or taking up space in the world? Have you ever noticed that?" Nicole asked. "You go on websites and some girl leaves a post and if it's longer than three sentences or she's expressing her thoughts about some topic, she usually ends with, 'Sorry for the rant' or 'That may be dumb, but that's what I think.” 
                                                                                          
  2)“You’re prefect just the way you are” is what your guidance counselor says. And she’s an alcoholic. – Pg. 212

BEAUTY QUEENS is a hilarious jab at — well, the American society in general. This book is controversial. Seriously, how can you resist that? There’s the creepy President MoMo who has an Elvis addiction & he has a stuffed dead animal for a General (General Good times) who wears PJ’s to bed that say Silent Killah on them. Where can I get a pair Ms. Bray?Beauty Queens, by far, was the funniest & raunchiest YA I have ever read. Kudos to Scholastic for publishing it! Now what are you waiting for? Go buy a copy now damn it! I need more people to quote it with! Trust me, it’s TOTALLY worth the hardcover price! If you have not read this book, you MUST. Find it and read it. I have heard some people say that this book is a waste of time. All that means is that those people did not look though the obvious, and look at the many amazing messages the author (Ms.Libba Bray) was trying to get us to see.  I thought this book was hysterically funny!! It took a bit to get into this one since it's so different than anything I've read, but I really enjoyed it. The whole thing is fantastic, and Libba Bray really took it to a level of crazy that made it so amazing. It's like Miss Congeniality, Lost, and Pirates of the Caribbean with teenage girls all smooshed and package together.