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Competing burlesque shows create dilemma for performers

It was a battle of burlesque this weekend in Las Vegas. The first-ever Dixie Evans Burlesque Show entertained at the Plaza dowtown. Across town at The Orleans, another very similar show took place Saturday -- the Burlesque Hall of Fame's 22nd annual Tournament of Tease to crown the next Miss Exotic World, burlesque's equivalent of Miss Universe.

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