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There are probably very few places the fabulous philanthropist can go without being recognized, but a Dolly Parton lookalike contest might offer her some degree of camouflage. A contest for drag queens takes place in Los Angeles, according to Woman's World, and she once decided to take part, the other contestants none the wiser.

Regaling "Nightline" (via ABC News) with the incredible story (just one more from her remarkable life), she explained that a lot of people were dressing as herself and Cher at that particular event, so she felt the need to really up the ante to out-Dolly her fellow Partons. To do this, she said, she emphasized her famous features even more: "made my beauty mark bigger, the eyes bigger, the hair bigger, everything."

Somehow, Dolly going full Dolly wasn't enough to beat the competition. Not only did she not win, she may have technically lost, claiming that she "got the least applause" and supposing that everyone assembled "just thought [she] was some little short gay guy." Being the benevolent soul she is, though, Parton didn't take umbrage at being beaten at her own game. She just felt bad joining in at all, she said, simply walking in and taking part when the lookalikes had been spending such a long time working on their outfits and looks.

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