by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore

There hasn’t been a winner of the Miss Meteor beauty pagent who looks like Lita Perez or Chicky Quintanilla in all its history.  But that’s not the only reason Lita wants to enter the contest, or her ex-best friend Chicky wants to help her.  The road to becoming Miss Meteor isn’t about being perfect; it’s about sharing who you are with the world–and loving the parts of yourself no one else understands.