Beauty had her mouth open in confusion. 

There was no way she was picked as the best dressed!

"Beauty! Yeah! At last, the board isn't corrupt," Nia said and nudged her, grinning ear to ear.

She clapped enthusiastically, encouraging the rest of the room to join in.

A round of applause broke out, but Beauty felt frozen in place.

"But..."

That's all she could mutter. She had never imagined she would win something like this.

Her mind raced, and all she ...