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Miss America Organization Split by #MeToo Era Swimsuit Decision
Wall Street Journal ^
| July 8, 2018
| Valerie Bauerlein
Posted on 07/09/2018 6:18:00 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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Of course a beauty pageant is based on looks. Otherwise, what's the point? Some talk about "objectifying women", but it is possible to admire a woman's beauty and to appreciate her for other qualities, too.
To: reaganaut1
Go on, make it about their written essays instead of costume pageantry.
and they can put them all in a magazine somewhere.
no one “reads” these days.
certainly wouldn’t translate well to television.
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:20:23 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
To: reaganaut1
It’s like the Superbowl eliminating the game and just going with the halftime festivities and the general partying surrounding the “ex-game”.
i.e. stick a fork in it.
And whoever made the decision to make the change should be replaced, if it even remains an ongoing concern.
I don’t watch football or the Miss America pageant, but I know enough about their history to know what matters for them to remain an ongoing concern.
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:20:54 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: reaganaut1
add a spelling b contest to the finalists round
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:21:10 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
To: reaganaut1
As one freeper commented a while back, why televise the pageant or have an audience? Just do the whole thing over the phone.
To: reaganaut1
No minimum legal coverings (swimsuits). Parading men who claim to be women.
I just lost interest in the Miss USA/WORLD/Universe contests.
What next? burka-clad women?
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:22:33 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Liberalism, like insanity, is the denial of reality.)
To: reaganaut1
T & A...... it should be all about T & A
That’s what counts.
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:24:14 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
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To: I want the USA back
What next? burka-clad women?
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One can only hope. ;-)
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:24:39 AM PDT
by
House Atreides
(BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
To: reaganaut1
"based on looks"?
I thought they were based on tits and ass, that why they wear the bathing suit.
To: reaganaut1
Gretchen welcomes the cultural revolution in our country?
Aging slut bunny regrets being a slut bunny as her looks fade. And that’s part of a ‘cultural revolution’? Oh, brother!
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:24:50 AM PDT
by
jjotto
(Next week, BOOM! for sure!)
To: reaganaut1
Something is wrong in the head with Gretchen Carlson. She might make a career as Rachel Maddow's understudy after she leaves Miss America in disgrace.
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:26:24 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
To: reaganaut1
The TV broadcast is of critical importance to the pageant as it generates a significant amount of the organizations revenue. The organization has long been on precarious financial footing, with a net loss of $575,000 in 2016the latest available figureson revenue of $9.8 million, according to federal filings. The last time I even paused on beauty pageant even during channel surfing was probably in the 1980s.
The Miss America Pageant is cutting its own throat. I predict this will be the final year for the broadcast.
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:26:31 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: reaganaut1
They should just end it all at once rather incrementally. That’s where they’re headed anyway.
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:27:57 AM PDT
by
Spok
("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho) to sun spot6)
To: reaganaut1
It’s still a beauty pageant right? They are going to have longer interviews, is it now an intelligence pageant?
To: Right Brother
So suddenly contestants are selected not for their beauty but for their brains. I see why the local pageants are disoriented. Instead of looking for youth and beauty they must find women who are mature, sophisticated, and highly verbal. They will be hard pressed to enter the Miss Universe contest.
Miss America will also need to change its name to Ms Whatever.
Feminists have taken over a bastion of sexuality and youthful exuberance. They must be thrilled.
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:29:01 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(Islam is Satan's finest work.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:29:45 AM PDT
by
tennmountainman
("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right.)
To: I want the USA back
The UK already has one! Coming to America?
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:29:57 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Old Teufel Hunden
No, it is not a beauty pagent. It is an excercise in politically correct oneupmanship.
Intelligence has nothing to do with it and none of the contedstants will wear glasses for stage effect.
Gretchen Carlsen has in effect destroyed the concept of Miss America.
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:31:00 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
To: Pontiac
Yep.
More or less professional contestants complete with cosmetic surgery and forced, politically-charged interviews ruined it long ago.
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posted on
07/09/2018 6:31:16 AM PDT
by
jjotto
(Next week, BOOM! for sure!)
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