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Just Break Up: Relationship Advice from Your Queer Besties

Announcing - There They Are: Breaking the Binary of Pageants

Just Break Up: Relationship Advice from Your Queer Besties

Sierra DeMulder and Sam Blackwell

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

There They Are: Breaking the Binary of Pageants is a brand new podcast launching this February from Du Vide Media. Leah Juliett is non-binary, plus-sized, tattooed, and could be the next Miss America. They were first runner up at Miss Connecticut last year and have one more chance to make it to the national stage before they age out. Host Sierra DeMulder will be following Leah’s journey through this competition season while exploring the questionable history and uncertain future of the Miss America organization through the lens of a non-traditional competitor. Subscribe now on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Sierra here with a very special announcement. I am making a new podcast. Well, we are making a new

0:09.6

podcast. It's produced by, obviously, the Best Bud in the World Spencer and it's a documentary style

0:16.0

show that follows the journey of Leah Juliet through the Miss America competition circuit.

0:22.1

You might remember Leah from our interview with them that aired December 1st.

0:25.7

If you haven't heard that, definitely check it out.

0:27.5

Leah is phenomenal and they are not your traditional pageant competitor. I feel so honored to help tell this story and

0:35.6

excited to share this news with our JBU community. I can't wait to hear what

0:39.5

y'all think. Make sure to subscribe on Apple or Spotify or wherever you listen and now please enjoy the

0:46.5

trailer for our brand new show There they are breaking the binary of pageants

0:52.0

When we have these glass ceilings that breaking the binary of pageants.

0:56.0

When we have these glass ceilings that we want to break, using our voices as the hammer to shatter the glass.

1:00.0

That is something that I've never been afraid to do,

1:02.0

so I am really... That is something that I've never been afraid to do.

1:02.6

So I am really excited to be able to put myself on the line

1:08.0

and try to do that again this year.

1:10.6

Meet Leah Juliet, a candidate in this year's Miss Connecticut competition.

1:15.0

Last year, Leah was first runner-up, one place away from going on to the main event, Miss America.

1:21.0

Leah is an award-winning writer, speaker, organizer, and non-profit leader, overall a powerful

1:27.1

competitor.

1:28.1

They are also non-binary, heavily tattooed, and self-identify as fat.

1:34.0

Seeing someone like me on stage at Miss America at a national competition

1:38.0

broadcast on national television would be not only powerful but life saving for so many young trans folks, young folks

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