stackyFACTSThe majestic moment a winner receives her glittering tiara is actually a frantic exercise in emergency anchoring. Behind the tears of joy, handlers are rapidly stabbing dozens of sharp bobby pins directly into her scalp to ensure the heavy metal object doesn't immediately slide off her heavily lacquered hair.
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