Miss Navajo (film)

Miss Navajo is a 2007 independent documentary film directed by Billy Luther. It tells the story of seven young girls, including a 21-year-old Navajo woman, Crystal Frazier, who decide to compete in a beauty pageant for the title of Miss Navajo for 2005–2006.

Miss Navajo
Directed byBilly Luther
Produced byBilly Luther
Duanna C. Butler
(executive producer)
Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato
Music byDavid Benjamin Steinberg
CinematographyGavin Wynn
Edited byMike Rysavy
Tracee Morrison
Distributed byIndependent Lens (U.S.)
Release date
2007
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Navajo

Summary

In the beginning of the film, Frazier believes it will be impossible to her to win the competition. However, she becomes more serious about her participation in the contest when she realizes that the pageant isn't about stereotypical beauty standards, catering to superficial American values or making money, but about being a hardworking Navajo woman who wants to respectfully represent the culture and serve as a role model and spokesperson while preserving the language and tradition of the Navajo people.

Spanning five days, the Miss Navajo pageant consists of several competition categories that test contestants on their Navajo knowledge and skills. The requirements to enter the Miss Navajo pageant are the contestants must be over eighteen years old, be a high school graduate, answer various questions about Navajo government, history, and current issues, perform a modern-day and traditional skill or talent, speak the Navajo language, and participate in the sheep butchering and bread making.[1]

Although Frazier does not win the competition, being Miss Navajo was about meeting other people and experiencing a role that encompasses responsibility, courage, and leadership.

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References
  1. "About the Pageant". Retrieved 2018-05-25.


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