Miss American Petite, Inc. v. Fox Broadcasting Co.

—Appeal from order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Huff, J.), entered March 26, 1998, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment, deemed an appeal from the ensuing judgment, same court and Justice, entered April 8, 1998, dismissing the complaint, and, as so considered, the judgment unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiffs in this defamation action produce a series of local beauty pageants, promoted nationwide, the winners of which participate in a well-publicized national pageant that has been considered for syndicated national television broadcast. We af*34firm on a…