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Knoxville, TN's Miss Biscuit
Authentic South
English - January 22, 2020 22:18 - 8 minutes - 7.79 MBDocumentary Society & Culture Arts Food culture art writers music south literature southern storytelling food chef Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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One of the highlights of Knoxville’s International Biscuit Festival is the Mr. & Miss Biscuit Pageant. This episode profiles Liz Barr, the reigning Miss Biscuit 2013. Her win was surely secured after she performed an interpretive dance to an original love song...about a biscuit.
The pageant's talent competition was serious. One guy ate a spoonful of flour. There was a woman who carved a butter sculpture to resemble the Sunsphere, one of the city’s iconic landmarks.
And then there was a woman who sang an a cappella piece she wrote to the tune of the Little Mermaid song, “Part of Your World.” Originally aired August 8, 2013.