Dolly Parton performs live for fans at Vector Arena on Feb. 7, 2014, in Auckland, New Zealand. Sandra Mu/Getty Images AsiaPac
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As a kid in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, Dolly Parton always had what she called “a country girl’s idea of what glamour was.”
In her 2001 appearance on Fresh Air, Parton told Terry Gross about a woman in her hometown who wore bright red lipstick and had peroxide-blonde
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