Laguna Beach, California

Laguna Beach redirects here. For other uses, see Laguna Beach (disambiguation).

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Laguna Beach is a city located in southern Orange County, California, approximately 24 miles southeast of downtown Santa Ana. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 23,727. The Current OMB metropolitan designation for Laguna Beach and the Orange County Area is ?Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA.? The city of Laguna Beach is the setting of MTV's ' reality show. Though the show puts Laguna Beach on the map many of the city's people feel the show misrepresents their community, and contributes to the sterotype of Laguna being rich, white, and "stuck-up".

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Orange County, California - Santa Ana - 2000 - OMB - Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA - MTV

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The city's most famous institution is the Festival of the Arts, an annual art exhibition in the summer which has given the city a reputation for being "artsy." Apart from bringing together artists and art collectors, the Festival is also famous for the Pageant of the Masters, an annual living statue show where local volunteers reproduce several dozen famous artworks in an evening (with the help of elaborate costumes and makeup). The Pageant is apparently the only show of its type and scale in western North America.

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Art - Living statue - Volunteer - North America

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Because of occasional financial problems, the Festival has occasionally considered licensing the Pageant concept to other cities, but each time has ultimately refused. Licensing the Pageant would decrease the uniqueness of Laguna Beach and thus its attractiveness to tourists.

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