Founder: Miss Utah Navajo pageant was way to regain pride

By Cindy Yurth
Tséyi’ Bureau

MONTEZUMA CREEK, Utah, Sept. 18, 2014

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(Times photo — Cindy Yurth)

Past holders of the Miss Utah Navajo crown listen as Clyde Benally, founder of the pageant, tells what motivated him to stage a pageant for Utah Navajos. The pageant dates to 1979.