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Act I

• Don Jose paces, expecting the birth of his first child. He desperately wants a son.

• The Midwife rushes in to congratulate him on the birth of a brand new baby girl.

• Don Jose is disgusted and walks off to get drunk.

• A chorus of four Beautiful Senoritas enters, singing a song.

• Maria La O, one of the Beautiful Senoritas, retires to her dressing room, removing her makeup.

• She makes only forty extra dollars a week for her singing and dancing, but she needs the money.

• The Beauty Queen enters, saying she is off to yet another beauty contest.

• She has amassed numerous small titles and is sure that one day she will become a movie star.

• Maria La O decides to join her.

• The Girl enters Maria La O's dressing room and plays with the makeup.

• The Midwife appears and reminds Maria La O not to...

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