Support WBURBeauty Pageant Economics: The Sash Isn't CheapPlay04:12Download AudioBrenda SalinasDecember 01, 2012 ShareJessica Bermudez, 24, models a dress at Deja Vu in Alexandria, Va. Bermudez is competing for the title of Miss District of Columbia USA, and says she regularly enters beauty pageants. (NPR)