Study Guide

Beauty Queens Chapter 2

By Libba Bray

Chapter 2

The Lost Girls set out toward the jungle to search for survivors. We get a snapshot of the island: a beach with white sand, the jungle, mountains, and a volcano in the distance. It would be a nice vacation spot, if not for the whole plane crash thing.
The Lost Girls eventually stop at a clearing. There are totems there, which scare the girls.
A girl emerges from the jungle. She's black, and everyone mistakes her for an island native. It turns out she's Nicole, Miss Colorado. Hi, racism.
Nicole tries to convince the girls she's friendly, which reminds her of her childhood spent trying to seem non-threatening in an all-white neighborhood.
She makes Shanti nervous, because Shanti "hoped to have the ethnic thing all sewn up." (2.25) They share their talent portions: Shanti is doing traditional Indian dancing and Nicole is doing traditional Nigerian drumming. Apparently "traditional" is a winner. Anyway, Shanti's competitive drive ramps up.
The girls find a body of a flight attendant. Taylor makes them drag it into the fire so it won't attract predators.
Petra is worried because she only has seven days of medication in her overnight case, which she needs to find.
They don't find any other survivors. Or the medication.

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