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Lost by a Nose

Album: 44: Eugene Returns!

Episode: 561

Lesson/Theme: True beauty

Bible Verse: 1 Samuel 16:7

Characters: Liz, Mandy

Writer: John Fornof

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Original Air Date: February 5, 2005

Last Air Date: March 23, 2010

Description:
Where are personality, talent, academics and beauty found all in the same room? The Young Miss Odyssey contest, of course! When Liz discovers it's once again time for the infamous Young Miss Odyssey contest, she attempts to write an undercover story proving to the world that winning the competition has more to do with beauty than with personality, talent or academics. To do this, however, she must enter the contest! While at the preliminary activities, she takes in many different levels of beauty. The prettiest girls in school all the way down to girls whom Liz and Mandy label as having a lot of guts to even enter the contest are at hand. According to Liz and Mandy, to put it nicely, one of those girls (Gwen) is kind of "unstunning." Liz is very opposed to and negative toward the contest until Mandy shows her the list of finalists...and Liz is on it! Now all of a sudden, Liz is putting on makeup, hanging out with the popular kids, buying nice dresses and—-what’s that?! Oh no!! A monster zit has affixed itself right on her nose!! Now what will she do?! Mandy eventually gets fed up with Liz who has decided to quit the contest. (There is no way she can go in front of all of those people with the mother-load of all zits on her face!) However, Liz finds that Gwen, the “unstunning” girl, has also made it into the finals! How can that be?! After hearing Gwen’s poem in the final competition, Liz is reminded of what beauty truly is. She is also reminded that she has a creator who loves her more than anyone ever could, regardless of what she looks like on the outside.

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