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Go Inside the Latex Ball
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          Sep 25, 2011
          
        
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MSNBC goes inside The Latex Ball in New York City, introducing viewers to a world most prominently on display in the noted documentary Paris is Burning.

"It's like a pageant and a basketball game," says Luna Luis Ortiz, father of the House of Khan, on the competition. 

Learn more about the "Academy Awards of the ball scene" in the video below. -- Lucas Grindley
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