Miss America 2018 is... There she is... a history-making Miss America!
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She will be joined on the board by Laura Kaeppeler Fleiss, Miss America 2012; Heather French Henry, Miss America 2000; and Kate Shindle, Miss America 1998.
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Laura Kaeppeler Fleiss, Miss America 2012, Heather French Henry, Miss America 2000, and Kate Shindle, Miss America 1998 were also named to the Board as Directors.
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So, Miss America, we all know Miss America because of the swimsuit competition.
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" The Miss America Organization also denied Mund's allegations: "The Miss America Organization supports Cara.
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Schrier&aposs win makes her the second Miss America titleholder under Miss America 2.0, a rebranded version of the nearly 203-year-old competition hosted by the Miss America Organization.
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"Miss America is the face of Miss America, and she deserves to be treated with respect," she said.
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This was the debut of the newer, woker Miss America — or "Miss America 21984," as it has been rebranded by its new chair, Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox News anchor and Miss America 220.
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The Miss America organization, which was recently renamed Miss America 2.0, has faced considerable controversy in the past year.
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Miss America has also been rebranded as a competition, rather than a pageant — and yes, they're calling it Miss America 2.0.
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Ms. Carlson — a journalist and author who was Miss America 1989 — previously served on the board of the Miss America Organization.
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Allegations from Miss America go public The turmoil came to a head in a scathing letter from current Miss America Cara Mund, who accused Carlson and Hopper of marginalizing her so Carlson could be the face of Miss America.
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In June, Miss America, now rebranded as Miss America "2.0," issued a statement outlining a set of "sweeping changes" within the organization.
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The Miss America title became post-dated by three months in 1950, meaning the 1950 winner, Yolande Betbeze, was crowned Miss America 1951.
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Gretchen Carlson, former Fox News anchor and 1989 Miss America, was named chairwoman of the Miss America Organization's board of directors yesterday, AP reports.
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Marjorie Vincent-Tripp, 1991 Miss America, former TV journalist and assistant attorney general in Florida, will serve as chair of the Miss America Foundation.
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"If Miss America wants to get out of the sexism game, it should probably end Miss America," the writer Jill Filipovic posted on Twitter.
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"I don't think Miss America will ever do away with the swimsuit competition," Sam Haskell, executive chairman of Miss America told ET earlier this summer.
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Gretchen Carlson, former Miss America and chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Organization, announced on Tuesday's Good Morning America that Miss America will no longer be a "pageant," but a "competition" — and contestants will no longer be judged on their outward physical appearances.
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Miss America chairwoman Gretchen Carlson is defending herself in a new statement that denies she ever bullied or sought to silence the reigning Miss America, Cara Mund.
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Ms. Vincent-Tripp, Miss America 1991 and a current assistant attorney general in Florida, was named chairwoman of the Miss America Foundation's board of trustees, replacing Lanny Griffith.
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Miss America dropping swimsuit competition The Miss America Organization is dropping the swimsuit competition from its nationally televised broadcast, saying it will no longer judge contestants on their appearance.
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Washington (CNN)The city of Bismarck, North Dakota, declared November 4 "Miss America 2018 Cara Mund" Day to honor Mund, who became the state's first Miss America in September.
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He had derided Ms. Hagan, who was named Miss America in 2013, as "a piece of trash" to one Miss America Organization employee, Brent Adams, who spoke to HuffPost.
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In June, Gretchen Carlson, Miss America 1989 and chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Organization, announced that the organization was making major changes to the contest.
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And this past September, Cara Mund of North Dakota, ended her run as Miss America 2018 when she crowned Miss New York, Nia Imani Franklin, with the 2019 Miss America tiara.
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Here they come … the 2018 Miss America judges panel!
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"The Miss America Organization is proud to partner with Mohegan Sun as we return to our longtime NBC home," Regina Hopper, president and CEO of the Miss America Organization, said in a statement.
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Just last month Regina Hopper was appointed president and CEO of the Miss America Organization, and Marjorie Vincent-Tripp was named as chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Foundation.
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Miss America 2013, Mallory Hagan, Miss Minnesota, Rebecca Yeh and Miss Oklahoma, Kelsey Griswold walk the runway at the 2014 Miss America News Competition on September 222, 22017 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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The 2017 Miss America competition will take place on Sept.
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The nationally televised Miss America broadcast is set for Sept.
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Vanessa Williams was the first black Miss America in 1983.
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She just judged the 2017 Miss America pageant on Sunday.
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The official Miss America pageant airs Sunday at 9 p.m.
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Former Miss America winner Mallory Hagan reflects on the decision.
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Cara Mund during the swimsuit competition portion of Miss America.
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I couldn't believe the next step would be Miss America.
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On Sunday night, Nia Franklin was crowned Miss America 2019.
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PG Because they thought Miss America would be a bimbo?
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Ms. Franklin said she is the ninth black Miss America.
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What do you think about the changes to Miss America?
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Miss America started as a swimsuit competition in the 1920s.
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The next thing the world knows, Miss America is missing.
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My mother's vision of the Miss America pageant was minimalist.
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Ruth Malcomson represented Philadelphia in the 1924 Miss America pageant.
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Lois Delander took home the Miss America crown in 1927.
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Jean Bartel won the title of Miss America in 1943.
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Marilyn Buferd won the title of Miss America in 1946.
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Maria Fletcher was representing North Carolina during Miss America 1962.
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Jacquelyn Mayer represented Ohio in the 1963 Miss America pageant.
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Judith Ford represented Illinois in the 1969 Miss America pageant.
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Kate Shindle represented Illinois in the Miss America 1998 pageant.
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Erika Harold represented Illinois at the Miss America 2003 pageant.
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Deidre Downs represented Alabama at the 2005 Miss America pageant.
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Lauren Nelson was the second consecutive Miss America from Oklahoma.
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Kirsten Haglund represented Michigan at the Miss America 2008 pageant.
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POEHLER: We were kissing her like she won Miss America!
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Camille Schrier from Virginia has been named Miss America 2020.
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She went on to win the 2008 Miss America crown.
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Miss America will no longer hold the notable swimsuit portion of its competition, Gretchen Carlson, chair of the board of trustees for the Miss America Organization, announced on Good Morning America on Tuesday morning.
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Cara McCollum, 24, won the 2013 Miss New Jersey pageant and competed in the Miss America contest, according to the website of the Miss New Jersey Education Foundation, part of the Miss America organization.
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Gretchen Carlson, Miss America 1989 and chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Organization, announced Tuesday that the organization is making major changes to the contest, including scrapping the swimsuit portion.
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Dick Clark Productions, the company behind the televised Miss America pageant, has ended its relationship with the Miss America Organization following news that the organization's CEO made insensitive remarks about former contestants in emails.
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Led by Gretchen Carlson, herself a prominent voice of the movement and a former Miss America, the organization rebranded as Miss America 2000, replacing the swimsuit and evening gown competitions with more onstage interviews.
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"There has to be a very realistic conversation about what women are really looking for in the Miss America pageant," said Miss California 2013 Crystal Lee, the first-runner up to Miss America 2014.
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At the end of Sunday evening's live competition, Cara Mund of North Dakota ended her run as Miss America 2018 when she crowned Miss New York Nia Imani Franklin with the 2019 Miss America tiara.
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Miss America got rid of its swimsuit and evening gown competitions.
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So what is Swindell looking for in a potential Miss America?
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"The Miss America Organization has absolutely enhanced my life," O'Flaherty said.
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Source: Smithsonian LibrariesLee S. Roberts: I miss you Miss America. Jos.
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Miss America will keep it in play for the foreseeable future.
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James was a top 10 finalist for Miss America in 1994.
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Miss America is under contract to promote the city as well.
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The Miss America Organization has had an identity crisis for decades.
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Copeny wants to be Miss America, and later, a police officer.
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Miss America posted a video with the hashtag #ByeByeBikini on Twitter.
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The first Miss America pageant took place on September 8, 1921.
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" And its website indicated a broad rebranding effort: "Miss America 21920.
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I set up alerts to monitor the Miss America Organization's website.
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Miss New York, Nia Franklin, was crowned the 92nd Miss America.
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Gloves were common at the Miss America pageant throughout the 1950s.
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Gretchen Carlson represented Miss Minnesota at the 1989 Miss America pageant.
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Carlson won the Miss America pageant in a sparkly blue gown.
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Miss America 1997 Tara Dawn Holland represented Kansas at the pageant.
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Miss America is no longer about swimsuit competitions and evening gowns.
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John Hoeven, R-North Dakota: 2018 Miss America winner Cara MundSens.
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I also came across two huge tables selling Miss America merchandise.
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Maile Johnston, Miss Alaska, dazzled in red at Miss America 2020.
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Chandler Foreman of Texas brought the sparkles to Miss America 2020.
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Shivali Kadam, Miss Oregon, brought the sunshine to Miss America 2020.
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These are ingredients that are baked in to the Miss America recipe, and though there are plenty of pageants that aim to subvert the norm — drag and queer subcultures have their own versions; there's even an event to crown the "smallest penis in Brooklyn" — anyone hoping for a truly subversive Miss America probably shouldn't bother holding their breath for Miss America 3.0.
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"I have so many great ideas for this organization, and I will be talking about those with all the other board members and the eventual CEO of Miss America and staff of Miss America," she said.
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Regina Hopper was appointed president and CEO of the Miss America Organization, and Marjorie Vincent-Tripp was named as chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Foundation, according to a statement from the organizations.
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The Miss America pageants of the '20s are a far cry from what they are today: Keep scrolling to see what some of the very first Miss America pageants looked like, from funny costumes to modest swimwear.
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Harrison also admitted he unintentionally serenaded Ciara during the Miss America pageant.
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Do you guys think that&aposs the right move for Miss America?
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Miss America 2019 Nia Franklin is an opera singer and arts advocate.
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Miss America Nina Davuluri is ready to disrupt old-fashioned beauty standards.
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The changes to the Miss America competition come amid the #MeToo movement.
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The Miss America pageant rebranded as a result of the #MeToo movement.
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Miss America 2017 airs live on ABC Sunday at 9 p.m. E.T.
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Miss America isn't the only TV event being broadcast on 9/11.
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And that's something that's been part of Miss America since it started.
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She insisted the Miss America pageant has made that goal more attainable.
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Despite her success, Mund is still in awe she won Miss America.
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Sometimes it's just nice to not be Miss America for a day.
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They don't get what Miss America is or what it can be.
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Miss America has always been, for all intents and purposes, a pageant.
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After being crowned Miss America in 1989, I experienced sexual harassment twice.
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Here's what some of the very first Miss America pageants looked like.
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The reigning Miss America is Nia Franklin, the former Miss New York.
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"Miss America is never seen wearing a swimsuit, ever," Hopper pointed out.
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GC I don't think it had anything to do with Miss America.
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She said the new leaders are trying to keep Miss America relevant.
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Miss America is one of two major pageants in the United States.
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Miss America and Miss USA have long positioned themselves as different pageants.
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All of those possibilities are now on the table for Miss America.
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Patricia Donnelly wore a swimsuit to accept the 1939 Miss America title.
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Mercer opted to wear a bathing suit during her Miss America crowning.
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Miss America 1973 Terry Meeuwsen won both the talent and swimsuit competitions.
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Miss America 1984 Vanessa Williams was the first African American ever crowned.
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Heather French was the first woman from Kentucky to win Miss America.
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Kirsten Haglund won Miss America in a nude dress with crystal embellishments.
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Kira Kazantsev was the third consecutive Miss America winner from New York.
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Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields started competing in pageants as a teenager.
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Cara Mund was the first Miss Nebraska to be crowned Miss America.
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Miss America 2.0 is about a young woman competing for a job.
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Last June, Miss America ended its nearly 100-year-old swimsuit competition.
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She went on to win the entire competition, becoming Miss America 2014.
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Gretchen Carlson, Former Fox News host and Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Organization, announced Tuesday on Good Morning America that Miss America would be eliminating the swimsuit portion and dropping the pageantry aspect.
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Ms. Mund wrote that the Miss America Organization's chief executive, Regina Hopper, had disparaged her, and that Gretchen Carlson, the chair of the organization's board of directors and Miss America 1989, had pushed her aside as the organization's ambassador.
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Just last week, the Miss America pageant announced that it will end its swimsuit competition: "We are not going to judge you on your outward appearance," said its chairwoman, Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor and Miss America.
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Miss Michigan called out the Flint water crisis during the Miss America pageant.
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This year's Miss America competition is set to air on Sunday, Sept. 9.
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It's about time Miss America lets the "beauty pageant" days of yesteryear go.
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Miss America will air live from Atlantic City on Sunday at 9 p.m.
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She explained to Robach that she plans to modernize the Miss America Pageant.
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"It goes back to Miss America as being, like, America's sweetheart," explains Julie.
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The Miss America pageant began in 1921 on the boardwalk of Atlantic City.
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I&aposm not impressed with what Miss America Organization has decided to do.
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Shields will be taking over the title from Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell.
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It took Miss America 62 years to crown a Black woman (Vanessa Williams).
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The next Miss America competition is September 9 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Shortly after Yolande Betbeze was named Miss America 1951, she precipitated a crisis.
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Carlson joined other former Miss America contestants in calling on Haskell to resign.
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She wrote that she twice experienced sexual harassment after being named Miss America.
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Ms. Carlson is the perfect person to lead Miss America through this transformation.
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" The participants were "candidates" — interviewing for the job of Miss America — not "contestants.
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The Miss America pageant is NOT a beauty pageant; it's a scholarship pageant.
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The Shortlist THE NIGHT SHE WON MISS AMERICA By Michael Callahan 4783 pp.
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Following the report, journalist and former Miss America Gretchen Carlson was appointed chair.
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Rosemary LaPlanche was the first runner-up in the 1940 Miss America pageant.
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Shopp wore a long, flowy evening dress during the 1948 Miss America pageant.
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Ay wore a white Cinderella-like ball gown during her Miss America crowning.
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Barnes previously won Miss Kansas before earning the title as Miss America 1968.
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The flower detail throughout the dress matches the subtle Miss America crown perfectly.
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Miss America 1983 winner Debra Maffett was crowned Miss California first in 1982.
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Jennifer Berry was the fifth Miss America from Oklahoma to win the competition.
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Mallory Hytes Hagan was the fourth Miss New York to win Miss America.
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Nina Davuluri was the first contestant of Indian descent to win Miss America.
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Betty Cantrell was the first Miss Georgia to win Miss America since 1953.
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Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell wore a two-piece ensemble for the competition.
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The Miss America Organization is a separate entity from the Miss Universe Organization.
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There were even multiple tables full of merchandise for major Miss America fans.
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The Miss America 2020 competition is taking place on Thursday in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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Tiffany Seitz had to overcome numerous challenges before reaching the Miss America pageant.
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Miss Minnesota wore a captivating green gown in the 2008 Miss America pageant.
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Miss Kansas appeared in the 1997 Miss America pageant wearing a metallic swimsuit.
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The contestants will gather Thursday night to compete to be the next Miss America, a title that will take them all over the world for a year, advocating for a cause of their choice and representing the Miss America Organization.
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The women signing up for Miss America know in advance about the swimsuit competition.
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As Miss Virginia 2019, Schrier will compete in the Miss America Pageant in September.
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The former Fox News anchor was named the head of Miss America on Jan.
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The crown serves as Mason's ticket to the Miss America competition later this year.
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His wives included actresses Ali MacGraw, Catherine Oxenberg and former Miss America Phyllis George.
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Crowned Miss America in 2013, Mallory Hagan is ready for a new title: Representative.
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In 2012, she became Miss New York before winning the Miss America 2013 competition.
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The Miss America pageant recently eliminated this portion of the contest to mixed reactions.
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Gretchen Carlson as Miss America "I felt shame, and embarrassment, and responsibility," she added.
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In recent weeks, the Miss America organization has been plagued by its own scandal.
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Chris Harrison and Sage Steele are returning to host the 2018 Miss America Competition.
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Carlson has also been open about the sexual harassment she experienced as Miss America.
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"It's the toughest job you will ever have," Carlson says of being Miss America.
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For nearly a century, the Miss America Pageant has been trying to stop time.
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"We are no longer a pageant," Carlson, who won Miss America in 1989, said.
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The Miss America pageant markets itself as the nation's largest scholarship organization for women.
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CEO of Miss America pageant Sam Haskell apologizes for emails reported in Huffington Post.
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Miss America 2019 has been crowned, and she's thankful the bikinis have been ditched.
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In case it wasn't clear already, Miss America won't hesitate to speak her mind.
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Finally, Gretchen Carlson, the advocate and former Fox News host, was Miss America 1989.
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Carlson said the Miss America Organization will emphasize its role as a scholarship provider.
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"Miss America did away with the swimsuit competition," the woman says in the skit.
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Miss America 2.0's goal is to make pageants more like serious job interviews.
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Miss America has been a tried-and-true tradition since 1921, 98 years ago.
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I have come through this Miss America system with strength and pride and grace.
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The Miss America Organization has undergone a rapid change in the past six months.
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A major voting day in the U.S. And a big change for Miss America.
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The full Opinion report from The Times follows, including Bari Weiss on Miss America.
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Even the Miss America pageant plans to remove the swimsuit portion of the competition.
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Technically, though, Miss America 2019 last Sunday night was a competition, not a pageant.
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Mary Katherine Campbell took home the Miss America title in both 1922 and 1923.
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The Miss America contest took a six-year hiatus following the crowning of Delander.
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Marian Bergeron was crowned Miss America in 1933 after the pageant was briefly revived.
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The contest returned for good in 1935, and Henriette Leaver was crowned Miss America.
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Frances Burke was representing Philadelphia when she won the Miss America contest in 1940.
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Jacque Mercer was representing Arizona when she won the Miss America title in 1949.
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Evelyn Ay was the first and only Miss Pennsylvania to be crowned Miss America.
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Donna Axum was the first Miss Arkansas to win the title of Miss America.
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After winning Miss America 1996, Shawntel Smith went on to join the organization's board.
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Angela Perez Baraquio was the first Asian American woman to ever win Miss America.
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"This is a brand new show," said Miss America President and CEO Regina Hopper.
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Miss Oregon turned heads in a glittering gown during the Miss America 2019 pageant.
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In 2018, Nia Franklin strutted across the Miss America stage in a chic gown.
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Alyse Eady of Arkansas donned a red jumpsuit in the 2011 Miss America pageant.
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Miss Virginia danced in a sparkling black ensemble during the 2011 Miss America pageant.
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Katie Stam of Indiana accepted the 2009 Miss America crown in an ivory dress.
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Miss Oklahoma wore a slinky evening gown while being crowned 2007's Miss America.
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Miss Mississippi accepted the 1980 Miss America crown in a one-shoulder evening gown.
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Venus Ramey performed in a two-piece ensemble during the 1944 Miss America pageant.
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Nineteen former Miss America winners had called for her resignation in an open letter.
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For most of its life, the Miss America Pageant has been an odd hybrid.
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But Puerto Rico's relationship with the Miss America pageant has always been fraught; the U.S. territory only began competing in the Miss America pageant in 1948 and then took a nearly 50-year hiatus before returning, sporadically, to the competition in 2010.
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Betty is in town for the day as part of her final sweep of press as Miss America 2016, a role that has kept her traveling every two to three days for the past eleven months (Miss America reigns from September to September).
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The emails included one that used a vulgar term for female genitalia to refer to past Miss America winners, one that wished that a particular former Miss America had died and others that speculated about how many sex partners Hagan has had.
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Ms. Carlson, who was Miss America 1989 but is most famous for her tenure at and departure from Fox News, has appeared in the news on behalf of the Miss America Organization since she took the position as its chair in January.
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Two former state titleholders joined the board in February, followed in May by Regina Hopper as president and CEO and Florida assistant attorney general Marjorie Vincent-Tripp, also a former Miss America, as chair of the Miss America Foundation's board of trustees.
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She was crowned in September 2018 and was the first winner of the revamped Miss America competition, known as Miss America 2.0, which removed the swimsuit competition portion, as well as reduced some antiquated requirements that placed an emphasis on competitors&apos appearances.
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Miss America, America's favorite shitshow of a competition, has decided to make a radical change.
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Miss America will be hosted by Chris Harrison and co-hosted by ESPN's Sage Steele.
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Miss America says music helped her find herself Franklin remembers what music did for her.
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The Miss America pageant this country has known for nearly a century is finally dead.
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After winning her Miss America title, Carlson moved on to a career in broadcast journalism.
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It's not just a lack of representation that keeps Latinas from the Miss America stage.
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But through Miss America, I earned almost $100,000 and that was from my years competing.
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Miss America won't accept just one rose – she'll walk walk away with an entire bouquet!
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The 2018 Miss America competition will air live from Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Sept.
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A concert pianist from the Bronx, she was the first and only Jewish Miss America.
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Miss America will be a competition, not a pageant, Carlson said on the show Tuesday.
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In another first, all three leaders are former pageant winners in the Miss America system.
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Regina Hopper, the Miss America CEO, thanked Carlson for her modern vision for the organization.
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Friday night marked the pageant's final night of preliminary rounds in the Miss America competition.
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At Miss America, Carlson has sought to overhaul some of the organization's setup and practices.
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Women of "all shapes and sizes" will now be welcome to the Miss America competition.
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Tensions are running high inside the Miss America Organization over its new leadership and direction.
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PG Gretchen, I was surprised by your taking the reins of the Miss America pageant.
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Vanessa Williams became the first black woman to win the Miss America title in 20193.
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They joined Nia Franklin, 25, who was crowned as the 2019 Miss America in September.
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The view from behind the scenes at the Miss America 2019 competition in Atlantic City.
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Miss America is also confronting dwindling viewership as people turn away from live televised events.
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The announcement by the Miss America Organization was more than two decades in the making.
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"She seemed like a unanimous win," said Crystal Lee, a Miss America 2014 runner-up.
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Phyllis George, a former Miss America, spoke to the softer side of a brutal game.
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If you've participated in Miss America or other pageants, we'd like to hear from you.
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Long summer afternoons, birthday dinners, and singing the Miss America theme song in the bathroom.
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The first-ever Miss America pageant winner was Margaret Gorman from Washington, DC, in 1921.
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Prior to earning the Miss America title, Fay Lanphier was named Miss California in 1924.
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Henriette Leaver sported a black one-piece bathing suit when she was crowned Miss America.
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Venus Ramey was the first contestant with red hair to win Miss America in 1944.
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Venus Ramey represented the District of Columbia before she was named Miss America in 1944.
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Miss America 1957 Marian McKnight became the first Miss South Carolina to take the crown.
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Mary Ann Mobley was the first representative from Mississippi to win the Miss America crown.
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Fleming competed in the pageant as Miss Michigan before she claimed the Miss America title.
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Nicole Johnson, who was crowned Miss America 1999, first started competing in pageants in Florida.
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Miss America 2002 Katie Harman was the first and only contestant from Oregon to win.
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Teresa Scanlan was 17 years old when she won the title of Miss America 2011.
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Laura Kaeppeler won Miss America in a black V-neck gown with embroidered lace details.
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For her crowning moment, Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev wore a long-sleeved white gown.
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Her teacher, a former Miss Oklahoma, then began telling her about the Miss America Organization.
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Miss Pennsylvania wore a flame-red gown to compete in the 2018 Miss America pageant.
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In the 2010 Miss America pageant, Miss New York turned heads in a plum gown.
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Vanessa Williams wore a sequined gown while competing for the title of Miss America 1984.
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Miss America 2020 was held at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Thursday.
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Vanessa Williams became the first black woman to win the Miss America title in 1984.
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Is the nation ready for a Miss America who doesn't conform to conventional beauty standards?
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If Miss America really wants to become Miss America 2.0 and truly be an organization that empowers every woman, it would start by giving their contestants a choice — wear a bikini, wear a one-piece, wear active wear, wear what makes you feel beautiful.
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"The induction of this all-female leadership team signals forthcoming transformational changes to the entire organization and program, ushering in a new era of progressiveness, inclusiveness and empowerment," the Miss America Organization and the Miss America Foundation said in a joint news release on Thursday.
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Swindell is going to be a judge for the 2017 Miss America competition, PEOPLE announces exclusively.
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How do you feel about the fact they took the swimsuit competition out of Miss America?
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This week the Miss America pageant announced it is dropping the swimsuit portion of the contest.
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A Stanford University graduate and former Miss America pageant winner, she joined Fox News in 2005.
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My journey to Miss America also created a pretty intense internal battle over my self-image.
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Not to mention the lack of a talent competition, which its rival, Miss America, proudly features.
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Swindell will be one of the celebrity judges at the Miss America competition on Sunday, Sept.
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This year, the anniversary of that tragic day happens to coincide with the Miss America broadcast.
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But it is all Miss America, an outworn relic of a very different America, has left.
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"In my year, there was no representation of Latinas in the Miss America pageant," says Rigual.
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My name is Crystal Lee, and in 2014, I was first runner up to Miss America.
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Then I take a shower and watch Miss America while snacking on dark chocolate and almonds.
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Here she comes... We have a new Miss America, and she has a pretty excellent name.
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"How about that, Miss America," he said, shoving the photo of the frog in my face.
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INGRAHAM: Is there a real rivalry between them Miss America people and the Miss USA people?
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North Dakota has never had a Miss America winner, or a contestant reach the top five.
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But fast-forward to college, when I wanted to participate in the Miss America pageant system.
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Chair of the Miss America Organization and former title holder herself, Gretchen Carlson, denied Mund's claims.
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She was named one of four finalists in the pageant's Miss America Women in Business scholarship.
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Miss America winner: Emails 'validated' me Friday, Hagan told CNN she wasn't "shocked" by the emails.
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Non-white women were barred from participating in the Miss America pageant until the late 1950s.
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PT: The Miss America Organization board of directors voted to suspend Haskell as CEO Friday afternoon.
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The Miss America pageant is not the only establishment rethinking the swimsuit portion of its offering.
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Last year, the Miss America Organization announced it would end the swimsuit contest, among other changes.
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Which is not a word that has been associated with Miss America in a long time.
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"I still believe that Miss America has relevance and purpose in 2017 and beyond," she said.
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Rose Veronica Coyle was the second Miss Philadelphia to win the Miss America title in 1936.
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In 1945, Bess Myerson became the first and only Jewish woman to be named Miss America.
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Myerson was also the first Miss America to receive a scholarship as part of her victory.
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Ritchie donned a white ball gown for her crowning moment at the 1956 Miss America pageant.
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Miss America 1964 Donna Axum was 22 years old when she took home the pageant title.
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Pamela Eldred of Detroit, Michigan, was crowned as the winner of the 1970 Miss America contest.
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Heather French won Miss America 2000 in an ombré blue maxi dress with a sweetheart neckline.
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The Miss America 2020 competition took place Thursday night at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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"Okay so who else is bored by this new Miss America 2.0?" one Twitter user wrote.
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In January, Gretchen Carlson was named chairwoman of the Miss America Organization's board, replacing Lynn Weidner.
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The Miss America competition was full of sparkles, gowns, and even an explosion on Thursday night.
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The Miss America competition was held at the Mohegan Sun Arena inside the Mohegan Sun Casino.
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Among the items for sale were tote bags, sweatpants, and a $30 Miss America crop top.
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Nia Franklin of New York was crowned Miss America 2019 while wearing this striking white gown.
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Miss District of Columbia danced in a showstopping red outfit during the 2007 Miss America pageant.
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Miss New York made an entrance in a velvet dress during the 2006 Miss America pageant.
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Angela Perez Baraquio was crowned Miss America 2001 in a red gown with a high slit.
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Miss New York competed in a simple yet stunning gown for the 1976 Miss America pageant.
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Yolande Betbeze of Alabama took home the 1951 Miss America crown in an ivory ball gown.
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But Kate Shindle, who was a former Miss America, she normally plays Alison in this production.
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As she put it ... her resignation could lead to a bad domino effect for Miss America.
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"The induction of this all-female leadership team signals forthcoming transformational changes to the entire organization and program, ushering in a new era of progressiveness, inclusiveness and empowerment," the Miss America Organization and the Miss America Foundation said in a joint news release at the time.
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"My hope is that this story that broke will bring light to the type of behavior that's been in the leadership of the Miss America Organization and really help us put in place some people who care and who embody the mission of Miss America," she said.
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But don't worry, Twitter's on it: Don't worry, guys upset about Miss America eliminating its swimsuit competition.
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It will now be made up entirely of past Miss America winners, with Carlson at the helm.
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Vanessa Williams made it all the way to the top, nabbing the Miss America title in 1984.
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Miss America announced this week they will eliminate the swimsuit and evening gown portions of the pageant.
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The Miss America Organization cited a shift from "pageant" to "competition" as the reason behind the decision.
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For the first time ever, Miss USA, Miss America and Miss Teen USA are all black women.
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I think Miss America needs to be genuine and hopefully I can help see through to that.
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Miss America 2018 Cara Mund is grateful to be a pageant winner in this day and age.
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"It's funny because people always ask me how long I prepared to be Miss America," said Mund.
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When I was 11, I decided I wanted to be Miss America, and nothing could stop me.
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The Beginning Trump and Brady first met back in 2002 at the Miss America Pageant in Indiana.
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We watched Trump crown Miss America instead of firing him for his intrusion into women's changing rooms.
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In the skit, the host asks the crowd why Miss America decided to eliminate the swimsuit competition.
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"Even 'Miss America' realizes that Modesty is about Empowerment," the Forward declared the day after the announcement.
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On Tuesday, Miss America Cara Mund tweeted a video of a white bikini going up in smoke.
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The separate Miss America pageant has also undergone several changes this year, including nixing its swimsuit competition.
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The 2019 Miss America competition will air live on ABC, Sunday, September 9 at 9 p.m. ET.
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Miss America originated in Atlantic City on the Jersey Shore in 1921 as a bathing beauty contest.
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And Nia Franklin, the Miss America 22019 from New York, won her title in a September competition.
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Miss America winner: Emails 'validated' me On Friday, Hagan told CNN she wasn't "shocked" by the emails.
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She was hired to lead the Miss America pageant after an email controversy involving the previous leadership.
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It isn't entirely surprising that the Miss America Organization has desperately attempted to shed its sexist past.
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"The job of Miss America has never really been explained outside of a pageant setting," Hopper explained.
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Sunday's Miss America was the first to suspend a "swimsuit competition" since the first event, in 1921.
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The outgoing Miss America, Cara Mund, slammed the organization, in a letter that became public this summer.
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I haven't watched Miss America since I was in middle school, and I was incredulous even then.
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When I pitched a project about the Miss America pageant, my team didn't know what to say.
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Miss America is not the only way to earn scholarship money or show off talent, she said.
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Since the Miss America competition started in 1921, candidates have walked the stage in fabulous evening gowns.
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Bette Cooper originally entered the Miss America pageant as a dare but ended up winning the title.
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In 1948, BeBe Shopp was the first Miss America winner to be crowned in an evening gown.
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Yolande Betbeze refused to pose in a bathing suit after winning the Miss America title in 1951.
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Colleen Hutchins became the first Miss Utah to win the crown at the 1952 Miss America competition.
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Lynda Mead was crowned Miss America 1960, making her the second winner in a row from Mississippi.
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Miss America 1965 Vonda Van Dyke performed as a ventriloquist for the talent portion of the competition.
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Susan Akin, who was named Miss America 1986, participated in more than 110 pageants in her lifetime.
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Katie Stam, who was crowned 2009 Miss America, started competing in pageants at the age of 15.
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The 2020 Miss America pageant was held this year at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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Clearly, I wasn't going to paint my way to the Miss America title, or even to college.
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"I just really want to inspire others," she says about her year-long role as Miss America.
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Camille Schrier was crowned Miss America 2020 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Thursday.
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The fourth winner, Miss America Nia Franklin, was unable to be there due to a scheduling conflict.
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Miss Kansas 1996 appeared in the Miss America 1997 pageant wearing a metallic swimsuit with a cape.
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Miss America began as a swimsuit competition in 303 when it was considered liberating to wear swimsuits.
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"I think black women need this," Miss America 2019 Nia Franklin told CNN's "New Day" on Monday.
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Organizers will swap the swimsuit competition for what Miss America described as a "live interactive sessions with the judges," during which competitors will highlight their achievements and goals in life and how they plan to use their "talents, passion, and ambition" to perform the job of Miss America.
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Last week the 96-year-old Miss America competition decided to drop the swimsuit portion of their event .
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The 2018 Miss America competition will air live from Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Sunday at 9 p.m.
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For the first time, the reigning Miss America, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA are all black women.
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"I'm taping my bathing suit to my body," Miss America winner Savvy Shields explained before taking the crown.
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An opera singer, Franklin discovered her identity through music, she explained during the Miss America competition in September.
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This decision is an emotional one for the long-term volunteers and participants in the Miss America Organization.
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While she says actually being Miss America was a positive, transformative experience, what came after wasn't as much.
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In the 1960s, Ms. Fox criticized the Miss America pageant for its lack of ethnic and racial diversity.
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The announcement of a new, more enlightened Miss America is an attempt to get away from all that.
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Which is why Miss America 2.0 will retain just enough of its old format to keep viewers happy.
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And to demonstrate how they are uniquely qualified for the exciting, challenging 365-day job of Miss America.
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Though I didn't win Miss America, I won the courage to initiate my career on my own terms.
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This Sunday, Erin O'Flaherty will become the first openly gay woman to compete in the Miss America pageant.
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"I am honored to participate as a judge for the Miss America Competition this year," said Sparks, 27.
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In newspapers across the country, her portrait appeared prominently alongside the newly crowned Miss America, Judith Ann Ford.
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Miss America will represent a new generation of female leaders focused on scholarship, social impact, talent, and empowerment.
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And it was grueling a year of serving as Miss Virginia leading it to the Miss America pageant.
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"You can draw a direct line from the Miss America protests to the sexual harassment stuff," says Kaiser.
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Vincent-Tripp, an assistant attorney general at the Florida Office of the Attorney General, was Miss America 1991.
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There is no denying that the Miss America pageant, in its most recent form, was no longer relevant.
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"We are moving [Miss America] forward and evolving it in this cultural revolution," Carlson told GMA on Tuesday.
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Miss America was born out of that cultural revolution of the time, and that's how it was reflected.
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Miss America and swimsuits have been synonymous since its first contest in 22016 on the Atlantic City boardwalk.
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The message from Y&R was clear: Miss America needed to modernize to relate to younger women today.
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But what may not have been visible to those watching were the growing pains of Miss America 2.03.
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" Then in August, Miss America 2018, Cara Mund, published an open letter accusing Ms. Carlson of "workplace bullying.
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I'm a proud women's college graduate, and yes, I've been watching Miss America for more than a decade.
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Inside the newer, woker Miss America pageant — where a "kind of civil war" is brewing from the inside.
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Representing New York, Franklin was crowned the 92nd Miss America at Sunday's event in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Mary Katherine Campbell is the only Miss America contestant to have won two consecutive years in a row.
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In 1926, Norma Smallwood became the first woman of Native American heritage to win the Miss America pageant.
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Rosemary LaPlanche had won Miss California two years in a row prior to winning Miss America in 1941.
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Lee Meriwether won the 1955 Miss America title and was the first to be crowned on national television.
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Akin took home the Miss America crown in a white floor-length gown with furry straps to match.
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Smith took home the Miss America crown in a white halter dress with beaded details across her chest.
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The CEO of the Miss America Organization was suspended Friday over derogatory comments he made about former contestants.
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Taylor Swift: Miss America: The documentary film will explore several years throughout the "Lover" singer-songwriter's incredible career.
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Miss Pennsylvania 2017 Katie Schreckengast turned heads in a crimson ball gown during the 2018 Miss America pageant.
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Kirsten Haglund turned up the tulle in this blue gown while competing for the 2008 Miss America crown.
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Pilialoha Gaison of Hawaii performed a Tahitian dance during the preliminary competition for the 2007 Miss America pageant.
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The sixth Democratic presidential debate and the 2020 Miss America pageant fell on the same day this year.
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The deposed Miss America Vanessa Williams got an on-air apology and was welcomed back into the fold.
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Black women also hold the 2019 crowns of Miss Teen USA, Miss America, Miss USA and Miss Universe.
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Miss America and its organizers are not beholden to any particular dogma, other than the rules of capitalism.
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Letter To the Editor: Re "Miss America Scraps Swimsuits, Making Strides to Reshape Image" (front page, June 6): Your article ranges from the Miss America pageant's decades-long lack of responsiveness to the central issues of evaluating women in a cattle call, to its facile attribution of this "victory" to #MeToo.
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"Schrier was not the only Miss America contestant who said she believed contestants shouldn&apost be married or have childrenMiss Georgia Victoria Hill agreed with Schrier&aposs statement when she was given the chance to respond to the question: "Miss America has never been able to be married or had children.
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I want to become Miss America because the judges believe in me and believe I can do the job.
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Now that she's overcome her bullies and gained self-esteem, Solberg hopes to take home the Miss America crown.
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Miss America Savvy Shields understands the confusion over her name – but says she's never really gone by anything else.
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That's three Black queens — Miss USA, Miss America, and Miss Teen USA — serving simultaneously for the first time ever.
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Last year, Miss America scrapped its swimsuit portion to be more inclusive — a move that proved to be controversial.
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Social media was abuzz after the performance, with delighted Miss America viewers sounding off on Miss Louisiana's memorable set.
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Haskell is not the only official from the Miss America Organization to face consequences since the emails were published.
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Savvy Shields was crowned the newest Miss America Sunday night, and she admitted to a Bey-related life goal.
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When Carole Rigual, Miss Puerto Rico 229, competed in that year's Miss America pageant, she had a similar experience.
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When the newly crowned Miss America Savvy Shields came by, we had about a million questions to ask her.
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The Miss America pageant is keeping victims of Hurricane Irma in mind as the contestants take the stage Sunday.
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But when looking at the former Miss America, it's hard to miss one feature: her striking bold blue eyes.
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The Dick Clark Productions company has ended their partnership with the Miss America organization following publication of the emails.
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We&aposre not going to call it a pageant anymore apparently, but do we really need Miss America anymore?
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"I think Miss America needs to be genuine, and hopefully I can help see through to that," he said.
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Plus, setting a new era for women, Miss America says they will scrap the signature event, the swimsuit competition.
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The very mention of AIDS on the Miss America stage—or on television, period, at that time—was radical.
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After four nights of competition, Miss North Dakota Cara Mund was crowned the 2018 Miss America on Sunday night.
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The Miss America pageant was founded in 1921 as a beauty contest with a risqué twist: a swimsuit competition.
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The Miss America organization will instead ask them to express their personal style in clothes they feel confident in.
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But later that month, "Miss America 2.0" took a hit when some reshuffling of board members caused internal controversy.
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Miss America, with its earnest talent competitions and its scholarships for winners, purports to reward a multidimensional female ideal.
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Before her senior year, she became a contestant in the Miss America beauty pageant, which she won in 1988.
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Steele is the lead host for SportsCenter on the Road and co-hosted the Miss America Competition last year.
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Last week, Miss America announced a partnership with the women's political leadership organization IGNITE to promote female political engagement.
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The Board of Directors of the Miss America Organization made the announcement Saturday saying Haskell was done effective immediately.
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Miss America has lost its TV partner following troubling emails allegedly written by the pageant organization's CEO, Sam Haskell.
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The 1968 Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City is one of the most infamous examples of that dynamic.
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"Miss America does not represent us because there has never been a black girl in the pageant," she said.
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As the 1970 Miss Iowa, Cheryl Browne became the first black contestant to compete in the Miss America contest.
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She told me she'd been valedictorian of her high school class, she'd gone to Stanford, she was Miss America.
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At the first competition, the top finisher was crowned Miss America and a runner-up received the swimsuit trophy.
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Miss America is a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization with affiliates in 50 states and in the District of Columbia.
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Does the Miss America pageant make everyday Americans feel proud of their country and what it has to offer?
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It's time to end the Miss America pageant now, and to be on the leading edge of meaningful change.
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The Miss America Organization announced bold changes to its competition this week, including the end of the swimsuit contest.
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Miss America, also a Marvel character, is a queer, no-nonsense runaway from an alternate reality called Utopian Parallel.
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It's a celebration of objectification -- which is what the Miss America pageant has always been about at its core.
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"Miss America empowered me to: be proud, confident, and unapologetically myself," Sioma is quoted as saying on the website.
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A pretty teenager, with a photographic memory and a dream of becoming Miss America, ends up pregnant and abandoned.
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Unlike the Miss America beauty pageant — the two pageants are not related — Ms. Senior America, which was held Oct.
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Over the years, the winning gowns from Miss America have featured everything from plunging necklines to classic mermaid silhouettes.
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Fletcher was a Rockette at Radio City Music Hall in New York City before she was crowned Miss America.
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Deborah Bryant was crowned Miss America 1966, which was also when the pageant first aired on TV in color.
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Katie Stam took home the Miss America crown in an off-shoulder lace gown with a thigh-high slit.
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On Thursday night, Camille Schrier, Miss Virginia, was crowned Miss America 2020 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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Camille Schrier from Virginia performed a science experiment as her talent at the Miss America 2020 pageant on Thursday.
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She'll also be promoting a social-impact initiative called Patch for a Purpose #FindYourVoice during the Miss America competition.
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On Wednesday, Glab impressed the Miss America judges during the preliminary competition when she won the onstage interview portion.
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Someone published the letter on a website connected to the Miss America community and it spread, her lawyer said.
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For the first time ever, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss America and Miss Universe are all black women.
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" It continued, "Too bad the women behind Miss America 2.0 seem to have a bad conscience about feminine beauty.
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For instance, 30 years ago, Vanessa Williams was stripped of her Miss America crown for having posed in a few softcore photos in Penthouse; today, we view the pageant's treatment of her with shame, as indicated by the fact that Miss America CEO Sam Haskell publicly apologized to her during last year's pageant.
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I want to be wrong about this, and I will actually watch this year's Miss America pageant airing on Sunday -- if only to support Gretchen Carlson, the new chair of the Miss America Organization and 1989 title winner, who is trying to make the pageant a worthy endeavor in the era of #MeToo.
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"We are no longer a pageant," Gretchen Carlson, chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Organization, said.
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HERE'S THE RUNDOWNA Major Miss America Firestorm Stormy Daniels Bails on Celebrity Big BrotherYoung Thug Arrested at His Birthday Party!
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That year's first runner-up went on to take the title of Miss America for the remainder of Williams' term.
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"The Miss America organization has done a great job of wrapping their arms around me," O'Flaherty told CNN's Ashleigh Banfield.
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ON JUNE 5th Miss America announced that it would ditch the bikinis and become a "competition", rather than a pageant.
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Former Miss America Mallory Hagan is running for Congress in Alabama against a 16-year Republican incumbent, she announced Tuesday.
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We have reached out to the Miss America organization for comment, and will update this piece when we hear back.
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Miss Ex YugoslaviaBy Sofija StefanovicOut April 17You've heard of Miss America, Miss Universe, and Miss World – but Miss Ex-Yugoslavia?
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"I would say the idea of Miss America is something I recognized since I was 5 years old," she said.
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Cara Mund, the most recent winner of the 97-year-old Miss America title, is speaking out against the organization.
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"I see it as a part of my job as a state title-holder and potential Miss America," says Quan.
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The one thing she's firm on is that she intends to make the Miss America institution more empowering for participants.
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"Today, I tell our voters that we must be on high alert," said Hagan, a Democrat and former Miss America.
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Carlson won the title of Miss Minnesota in 1988 before going on to win the Miss America title in 1989.
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She was the first classical violinist to hold the crown and serves on the board of the Miss America Organization.
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Also at the table are Julie, Betty's manager and an emissary of the Miss America Organization, and Rachael, her publicist.
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On the night of the 1968 Miss America pageant, a group of women gathered on the boardwalk in Atlantic City.
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Miss America CEO Sam Haskell has resigned two days after leaked emailed revealed he made disparaging comments about contest winners.
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Vanessa is one classy woman, and now I'm like 'Oh my God, I get to treat Miss America like s—!
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A spokesperson for Miss America told Broadly that married and divorced women are still prohibited from competing in the pageant.
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The media reinforces this emphasis and, despite noble pushback from institutions like Miss America, it is literally everywhere you look.
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So it is great that the Miss America contest isn't going to overtly judge women based on their bodies anymore.
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"If women don't speak up about these issues, who is going to right now?" says the former Miss America 1989.
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The Miss America program's inability to be candid with itself, its contestants and its viewers has always hurt its success.
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Despite the drama, however, it seems as though this year's contestants largely adhered to the mission of Miss America 2.0.
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To this day, Miss America contestants aren't allowed to be married, though a 1999 rule change allowed divorceés to enter.
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And it wasn't a surprise when Ms. Freed dressed up as a pirate for the annual Miss America boardwalk parade.
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I told him in the locker room, 'You keep making plays like that, I'm going to call you Miss America.
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Arts ____ In 1968, feminists threw bras and girdles into a trash can to protest the Miss America pageant for sexism.
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And there she is walking on air, she is fairest of the fair, she is There she is -- Miss America.
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Despite it all, I will still be watching the Miss America pageant because Gretchen Carlson is fighting the good fight.
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Miss America 1992 Carolyn Sapp Daniels objects to the suggestion that she was any less driven for participating in swimsuit.
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Only then can the women of Miss America reclaim its rich history and catalyze what is a clearly necessary evolution.
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Kimberly Aiken, who was named Miss America 1994, was the first African American woman to be crowned Miss South Carolina.
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Angela Perez Baraquio won the 2001 Miss America crown in a fiery red halter dress with a thigh-high slit.
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Caressa Cameron won the 2010 Miss America title wearing a skin-tight one-shoulder yellow dress with a rhinestone top.
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In July, the Miss America winner also took home the crown at her state pageant after displaying the same talent.
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Mr. Griffith was not connected to the leaked email scandal, said Chelsea Mineur, a spokeswoman for the Miss America Organization.
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Camille Schrier, a biochemist who wowed the judges with a colorful chemistry experiment, was crowned Miss America on Thursday night.
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Bucking convention, the Mike & Molly star and her fellow nominees lined up hand-in-hand on stage, Miss America-style.
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Last year, the Miss America Organization announced it would scrap both the swimsuit and evening gown portions of the competition.
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Cheslie Kryst is Miss USA 2019, Nia Franklin is Miss America 2019, and Kaliegh Garris is Miss Teen USA 2019.
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The pageant queen serenaded the judges during the preliminary competition for the 2008 Miss America contest in this beaded gown.
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Both put candidates (even at Miss America, where they don't call them contestants anymore) on a stage to be judged.
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But women did gather together in 1968 to protest the Miss America pageant and its demeaning, patriarchal treatment of women.
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In "My Miss America" (1970), a golden halo of light caresses the tilted head of a woman with closed eyes.
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Among his harsh and defamatory comments made were fat-shaming and slut-shaming insults about former Miss America Mallory Hagan ("OMG she is huge and gross"), references to former Miss Americas using a slang term for female genitalia, ridiculing remarks about former Miss America (and former board of directions member) Gretchen Carlson, and a death wish for former Miss America Kate Shindle — who had questioned in her book the organization's decision to pay Haskell a $500,000 consulting fee during a year the organization was over $400,20173 in the red.
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"Doing our own hair and makeup for finals night is part of being in Miss America," Iowa's Kelly Koch told PeopleStyle.
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The host, a woman, tells "God" she doesn&apost understand why Miss America officials would get rid of the swimsuit competition.
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Gretchen Carlson became chairwoman of the Miss America Organization after an email scandal led to the resignations of previous pageant officials.
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Jakobson then allegedly had affairs with Bess Myerson, a former Miss America, and Marie Squerciati before marrying Joan Jacobson in 1983.
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As the new chairwoman of the Miss America pageant, Gretchen Carlson wants to revamp the organization to focus on empowering women.
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It wasn't until 1983 that the Miss America competition crowned a black woman as the most beautiful woman in the country.
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She won the title of Miss New Jersey in 2013, and later represented her adopted state in the Miss America pageant.
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According to the Miss America Organization Facebook page, it was due to the effects of the post-World War II depression.
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Carlson, who was crowned Miss America in 1989, will begin serving as chairman immediately, the organization said in an announcement Monday.
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In January, Calrson disclosed her plans to modernize Miss America and hinted that the swimsuit competition was on its way out.
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Instead of that portion of the pageant, Miss America contestants will participate in a live interactive session with the competition's judges.
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Miss America Organization's board of directors announced Monday that 1989 crown winner Gretchen Carlson will take over as chairman effective immediately.
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At this year's Miss America pageant, the first openly lesbian contestant, Erin O'Flaherty, will compete for the crown in Atlantic City.
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Early on, however, I was struck by the news headlines announcing the new Miss Black America alongside the white Miss America.
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To this day, the Miss America pageant has crowned only nine black women and two Asian women as its beauty queen.
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"I am honored to participate as a judge for the Miss America Competition this year," Sparks, 27, said in a statement.
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The former Miss America did not sue Fox News, instead opting to take legal action directly against Ailes to avoid arbitration.
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Margot Mifflin is a professor at The City University of New York writing a cultural history of the Miss America pageant.
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Costume change The Miss America pageant spikes swimsuits, evening gowns and the whole concept of judging women by their physical appearance.
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This is the larger context — and ongoing challenge -- against which Carlson and the Miss America Organization have made their revolutionary move.
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Since preliminary rounds are closed to the general public, viewers won't see her comments when the Miss America pageant finale airs.
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In a counter to this petition, another group of Miss America veterans has stepped up to defend the pageant's current leadership.
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The current Miss America contract (that all contestants must sign who compete at any level) requires you to be a woman.
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People will ask these questions and more now that the Miss America Organization has already abandoned so much of its identity.
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Miss America Organization CEO Sam Haskell has resigned just days after some of his disgusting and sexist email exchanges were leaked.
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What is now Miss America began as the "Inter-City Beauty Contest, " and it highlighted the changing social perceptions of women.
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I had two sexual assault experiences when I was Miss America, by two top television executives who attacked me in cars.
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Despite her answer and the viral standing ovation it's garnered, Wood was the fourth runner-up in the Miss America pageant.
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The Miss America Org announced Tuesday it's scrapping swimsuits and doing away with judging on appearance ... and Cara's totally for it.
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"This will be more inclusive," said Jennifer Vaden-Barth, a Miss America board member, who was also Miss North Carolina 1991.
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"It is the Miss America Organization's belief that those who feel that way really don't understand the competition itself," it said.
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"We are moving it forward and evolving it in this cultural revolution," said Ms. Carlson, who was Miss America in 1503.
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"We are not going to judge you on your outward appearance," said Gretchen Carlson, the chairwoman of the Miss America Organization.
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" As for her feelings about the dress, Villa told the Reporter that it makes her "feel like Miss America in this.
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We could keep it simple and give the gig to Miss America, who's already been chosen and already has a tiara.
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But many people associated with the Miss America Organization say that behind the glamour and empowering messages lie discord and division.
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Marian Bergeron wore a regal robe with puffy sleeves over her white gown when she was awarded the Miss America title.
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Barbara Jo Walker earned the Miss America title in 1947 and was the last to be crowned in her bathing suit.
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Miss America 1959 Marie Ann Mobley looked chic during her crowning as she wore a white ball gown with white gloves.
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Katie Harman wore a classic floor-length black dress that'll never go out of style for her crowning Miss America moment.
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An earlier version of this article misidentified the person Marjorie Vincent-Tripp replaced as chair of the Miss America Foundation's board.
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It's unclear whether Miss America will also cover Swift's ongoing battle against former record label Big Machine Records and Scooter Braun.
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Miss Viriginia Victoria Hill and Miss America 2019 Nia Franklin quickly stepped aside to let Schrier have a moment to herself.
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They are the 11th mother and daughter to win in the Miss America program, according to The St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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During the Miss America pageant, however, she'll be focusing on making change through her social-impact initiative, Be Smart, Don't Start.
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From fairytale-style ball gowns to vibrant dance outfits, here are some of the most showstopping looks in Miss America history.
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Broadly popular political aphorisms sound pretty similar — whether they're calibrated for a panel of Miss America judges or for America itself.
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In place of the bikini parade, a contestant in Miss America 2.0, as the show is to be called, will "take part in a live interactive session with the judges, where she will highlight her achievements and goals in life and how she will use her talents, passion, and ambition to perform the job of Miss America".
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When Gretchen Carlson — the former Fox News anchor and Miss America 22018 — took over as chair of the Miss America Organization earlier this year, she promised that the 2.03 pageant would "join the empowerment movement" and become "open, transparent, and inclusive" by judging contestants on their talking points and social impact initiatives rather than their outfits and looks.
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The Miss America competition is separate from the Miss USA pageant system, which includes the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe contests.
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She says she's been told she's "bad at social media" and that's why sponsors have dropped out of the Miss America org.
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While Miss America hasn't bred any headline-stealing celebrities recently, beauty pageants were once a place where future stars got their start.
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Is anyone aware of any, uh, provisions in the Constitution that will allow Miss America to replace the current President of America?
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In 2013, she won Miss America, while finishing her associate's degree in advertising, marketing, and communication at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
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The chief executive of the Miss America Organization resigned on Saturday over crude emails criticizing and deriding former contestants of the competition.
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The resignation of Miss America CEO Sam Haskell, which is effective immediately, came one day after he was suspended over the controversy.
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Lately both pageant systems have been looking to evolve in order to maintain relevancy (a buzzword during the Miss America 2019 telecast).
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Under her maiden name of Carpenter, she competed in the 2015 Miss America pageant, winning the talent competition by playing the fiddle.
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The rival contest was organized to challenge the racial exclusion of the Miss America pageant, which had never had a black contestant.
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The winner–a college student named Saundra Williams–was dressed in a white gown and tiara, much like any Miss America hopeful.
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In this parallel beauty contest, the organizers and contestants were making a pointed public criticism of the Miss America pageant's discriminatory practices.
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The 18-year-old, who also goes by Miss America, has long, curly hair and a wardrobe of stars-and-stripes jackets.
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The Miss America pageant has eliminated its swimsuit competition in an effort to move away from judging contestants on their physical appearance.
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Though Asian pageants don't have the reach of national events like Miss America, the attention accorded to MAG winners enhances their reputation.
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Miss Arkansas Savvy Shields has taken home the crown for Miss America 2017 after beating out 52 competitors from across the country.
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We&aposre going to talk to our own Shannon Bream, who is a former Miss America contestant and a smart woman, next.
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Here are nine winners Miss America 2018 can look to for inspiration when she takes the crown in Atlantic City this Sunday.
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Carlson was crowned Miss America in 85033 and went on to work in the media, including as a host on Fox News.
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That's huge," Gretchen Carlson, chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Organization said on ABC News' "Good Morning America.
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Last December, Miss America Organization CEO Sam Haskell stepped down after leaked emails revealed past contestants and winners had been body shamed.
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And at Sunday's final competition, it seemed that Miss America 22.0 was indeed the (slightly) less pageant-y pageant that Carlson intended.
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A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant, but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.
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"Only then can the women of Miss America reclaim its rich history and catalyze what is a clearly necessary evolution," Shindle wrote. .
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In December, the previous chief executive of the Miss America Organization, Sam Haskell, resigned after vicious and misogynist emails were made public.
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Now that Ms. Mund, the first Miss America from North Dakota, has handed over the crown, she will head to law school.
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The orchestra chose an ideal host for the occasion, Nia Imani Franklin, a former Miss New York and the current Miss America.
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Betty Jane Welch, Miss Delaware, is a nice girl who finds herself in Atlantic City competing in the 1950 Miss America Pageant.
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A spokesman for the Miss America Organization called the controversy a "circus side show" that detracts attention from this year's 21995 contestants.
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Related: Behind the glamour of the Miss America pageant lies discord and division Miss Connecticut, Bridget Oei, was named first runner-up.
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But Miss America, more than Mr. Trump's Miss Universe shows, has been rebranding for years, selling the pageants as empowering, not demeaning.
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"Why would you take Miss Ohio when you can take Miss America?" was how Alex Castellanos, a veteran Republican strategist, put it.
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For the first time in history, the reigning Miss Universe, Miss America, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA are all black women.
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The former 1989 Miss America did not sue Fox News, instead opting to take legal action directly against Ailes to avoid arbitration.
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The actress and Miss America judge put Miss Alabama — clearly a fan — on the spot during the more light-hearted round of questions.
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PIRRO: So, Kenny, I will ask you, what do you think of the fact they took out the swimsuit competition with Miss America.
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"I am so honored to be a judge at the Miss America Competition this year," former Olympic figure skater Lipinski, 25, tells PEOPLE.
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Gretchen Carlson is standing by the Miss America board of directors following backlash over major changes made to the contest in recent months.
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This year's Miss America pageant crown went to Miss New York, but Miss Michigan 2018, Emily Sioma, made a splash of her own.
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" Then she poked fun at her own more casual gown, saying, "I had no idea; I didn't get the debutante, Miss America memo.
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"We are no longer a pageant," Gretchen Carlson, chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Organization, told Good Morning America.
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" In a statement to HuffPost, the Miss Universe Organization said that "The Board has full confidence in the Miss America Organization leadership team.
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A series of exchanges between Haskell and Friedman also obtained by HuffPost reveals a specific disdain for the former Miss America Mallory Hagan.
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The Miss America competition follows 51 women as they compete for scholarships to use to toward their community service efforts and education aspirations.
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GEIOTTO: The joke has always been Miss America is the girl next door, Miss USA is the girl you wish lived next door.
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Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to Donald Trump's 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow as the Miss America pageant.
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Since 1950, the Miss America Organization (MAO) had required entrants to sign a contract stating that they had never been married or pregnant.
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Although the Miss America Pageant wouldn't confirm that Beck's firing had anything to do with the abortion-and-divorce policy, speculation was rampant.
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The 2017 Miss America, Savvy Shields, passed on the tiara to Mund during the final night of competition in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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From Tiger Woods' niece Cheyenne Woods to golf-obsessed Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev, the featured women are among the sport's top athletes.
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The Miss America organization announced last month that it would eliminate the swimsuit competition and no longer judge contestants based on physical appearance.
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Compared to Hanoi and Prague, the Miss America contest that took place in Atlantic City in September 250 may seem like small potatoes.
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Miss Michigan used her introduction at the Miss America pageant Sunday night to call out the Flint water crisis in her home state.
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With their appointments, the two join Gretchen Carlson, who was named the chairman of the Miss America Organization's Board of Trustees in December.
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"Many girls grew up saying to themselves they wanted to be Miss America," said Blain Roberts, a history professor at California State University.
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Miss America Organization CEO Sam Haskell and other top executives have resigned after backlash over newly revealed inappropriate comments about former pageant contestants.
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Carlson, who won the Miss America pageant in 1989 while representing the state of Minnesota, worked at Fox News from 2005 to 2016.
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Now one of those women, Mallory Hagan, who won Miss America in 2013, is asking for people to sign her petition on Change.
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After all, Miss America Vanessa Williams was forced to give up her crown in 1984 after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse.
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For the first time in the organization's history, all three branches of Miss America are now led by women, including Carlson and Hopper.
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"I never expected — or wanted — to have to be a whistleblower," Cara Mund, the winner of Miss America 2018, wrote in a letter.
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The Miss America Organization is scrapping the swimsuit portion of the competition as it tries to find a foothold in the #MeToo era.
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The Miss America Organization has undergone a rebranding over the past eight months, and the changes, as many have reported, are not inconsequential.
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I wanted to track how advocacy platforms — service is one of the four points of the Miss America crown — have evolved over time.
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I'm so glad that the swimsuit competition is gone from Miss America, though it is too little too late for pageants in general.
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Organizers hope most of the drama will be hidden from viewers as they watch a new Miss America be crowned on Sunday evening.
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According to Shindle and Barth, the board's decision to end swimsuit was not unanimous, despite the Miss America Organization's claims to the contrary.
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Our mother also organized events, like the Miss America pageant, which took place the summer I was thirteen and my sister was ten.
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The Miss America Organization said Thursday that Haskell apologized for the messages, saying that it "considers the matter closed," according to CBS News.
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Mallory Hytes Hagan's black earrings and bracelet stood out against the simple white one-shoulder dress she wore to win Miss America 2013.
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The Miss America 2019 competition, held in 2018, was the first year the contest did not include a swimsuit or evening gown portion.
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"I want others to feel like Miss America because the crown only lasts a year but the impact on others lasts a lifetime."
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Cara Mund, the new Miss America, threw her support behind the Paris climate deal during the Sunday night competition, the Associated Press reports.
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And, this is the first time in history that Miss Universe, Miss America, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA are all black women.
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Molly Andrade hopes to become the first Miss America winner from Rhode Island, despite not having much of a background competing in pageants.
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The late Yolande Betbeze of Mobile, Alabama, was crowned Miss America 1951 while wearing a gleaming white ball gown with a full skirt.
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Minus a brief stint in Las Vegas from 2005 to 2012, Miss America had always been held in the coastal New Jersey town.
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This appeared to be a new addition to Miss America 2.0, but I found it made the competition feel like a reality show.
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Miss America Nia Franklin is an opera singer from North Carolina who wants to inspire children to succeed through the power of music.
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The Miss America Organization constantly emphasizes the community service its contestants participate in; as part of her duties, Miss America regularly travels 20,000 miles per month, appearing at smaller circuit pageants, meeting with our active-duty military, visiting children's hospitals, and attending conventions in need of a VIP guest and events like the Kentucky Derby and the Cherry Blossom Parade.
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On Tuesday, the Miss America Organization announced that it would be scrapping the swimsuit competition, replacing it with a "live interaction session" with judges.
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We can't ignore the fact that Miss America and Miss USA — and pageantry more broadly — have typically been spaces for thin, tall, white women.
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So, here I am in Manhattan trying to find out what New Yorkers think of their taking the swimsuit competition out of Miss America.
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"Change is difficult," said Carlson, who serves as the chairwoman of the Miss America board of directors and won the crown herself in 1989.
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They could spin off existing characters like Shuri or Falcon, or bring in popular characters from the comics like Miss America or Ms. Marvel.
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Mayor Karen Weaver told us Emily Sioma definitely caught her attention with her choice of words at the start of the Miss America broadcast.
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Laura states in her declaration that the pair met in 2012 when she participated in the Miss America pageant and he was a judge.
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Her experience in the run-up to this September's Miss America pageant, she said, has been an atmosphere that is nothing short of inclusive.
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Yet still the question remains: what is the point of an empowered Miss America, if that really is what the organisers have in mind?
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Mund also claims the organization blamed her when sponsors dropped the Miss America Organization, saying it was because she is "bad" at social media.
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"The Miss America Organization Board of Directors was notified about the concern of inappropriate language in email communications several months ago," the statement read.
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I found that the Miss America pageant was dogged by two protests that day–not one–and each had been influenced by the other.
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Today, the Miss America Organization is a 501(c)0003 non-profit scholarship pageant, open to unmarried and childless young women ages 17-24.
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That is the new motto of the Miss America organization which announced today that they are banishing the signature bikini portion of the pageant.
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BREAM: Well, it&aposs interesting because you know, Miss America started out years ago in the 20s on the boardwalk there in New Jersey.
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"In the 1920s, when the Miss America pageant as we know it began, women's place in American life was rapidly changing," Hamlin tells Broadly.
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The Miss America crown is just the first step for Cara ... who says she wants to be the first female Governor of North Dakota.
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Carlson, a former Miss America, will appear on the news magazine program "22019/20" as part of an hourlong special focusing on sexual harassment.
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When founder/publisher Bob Guccione printed nude pictures of Vanessa Williams, the reigning Miss America at the time, people couldn't buy it fast enough.
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But after a "me-too" scandal, the Miss America board voted not to judge women in their swimwear starting with this fall's national competition.
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And the decision must feel like special vindication for Carlson, who competed in the swimsuit competition herself before being crowned Miss America in 1989.
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The Miss America Organization is dropping the swimsuit competition from its nationally televised broadcast, saying it will no longer judge contestants on their appearance.
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The Miss America pageant started to be televised in 1954, and became one of the nation's most highly rated television shows of the time.
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Women were credited with breaking barriers, as Vanessa Williams did when in 1983 she became the first black woman to be crowned Miss America.
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Miss America will always be a part of who I am and I will enthusiastically watch as the organization continues to grow and succeed.
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The winners crowned 28503's Miss America, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA are all black women for the first time in pageant history.
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Miss America contestants strolled through the Capitol wearing their sashes, only to get caught in a brief lockdown after reports of a shooting nearby.
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"This was not the CEO of an organization laughing at inappropriate jokes and speaking about a former Miss America in email conversations," he said.
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All three women were former contestants in the pageant, and Ms. Vincent-Tripp, an assistant state attorney general in Florida, was Miss America 1991.
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A onetime Miss America contestant, she is director of public relations for the Newseum in Washington and has a sideline as an image consultant.
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Behind the scenes, state and local volunteers plotted a coup against Ms. Carlson, and the reigning Miss America blasted her on the "Today" show.
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Erika Harold won Miss America in a silver gown with fringe and an off-the-shoulder sleeve to match the tiers on her dress.
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Miss America 2018 Cara Mund looked flawless in a black gown that stood out thanks to the long, sheer train and rhinestone-embellished neckline.
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She's going to be able to push us further on, and I can't wait to see where Miss America is going to go next.
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Effective immediately, Regina Hopper and Marjorie Vincent-Tripp have been appointed to its highest ranks, the Miss America Organization and Foundation announced on Thursday.
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Schrier, who gave a chemistry demonstration on hydrogen peroxide during the talent competition, was crowned by 2019 Miss America Nia Franklin from New York.
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The new Miss America told the crowd during introductions that she plans to get a doctor of pharmacy degree at VCU, in Richmond, Virginia.
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Swipe for a little #BGM because, you guessed it, Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss America are all women of color!!!!!!!
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The mother of Miss Virginia Camille Schrier, who was crowned the new Miss America, was wearing a lab coat that read "Miss Virginia Mama."
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Kate Michael of Washington, DC entertained judges by dancing in a fiery red ensemble during the preliminary competition for the 2007 Miss America Pageant.
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Miss Idaho 2005 Tracey Renee Brown danced in a colorful tutu and beaded bodice during the preliminary competition for the 2006 Miss America pageant.
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To be sure, Miss America, which dates back to 1921, can feel out of place culturally in the midst of the Me Too era.
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The Miss America Organization told CNN that dropping swimsuit was not a prerequisite for telecast and that Carlson did not present it as such.
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But, to Daniels, the messaging is an example of Carlson using Miss America to elevate her brand and align it with the bigger movement.
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The train took me to New London, Connecticut, which is about 20 minutes away from where Miss America was being held in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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As I walked into the arena, the 51 Miss America contestants were already standing or seated in their designated spots for the introductory segment.
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Ms. Carlson said she was "shocked and deeply saddened by the disgusting statements about women attributed to the leadership" of the Miss America Organization.
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Singh's win means that for the first time, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss America, Miss Universe and Miss World are all black women.
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And it wasn't until this month that Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss America, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA were all women of color.
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"We're up for this Miss America pageant—are you a one or a ten treatment—every day we walk down the street," she says.
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All of a sudden, in the middle of this day-long sentencing hearing where literally, the former Miss America testified for him, true story.
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Vanessa Williams was the first black Miss America in 1983, and Carole Anne-Marie Gist, the first black Miss USA contestant, was crowned in 1990.
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"I love that the Miss America pageant is going to get rid of the swimsuit competition altogether," Aniston said in the September issue of InStyle.
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Josh Randle, president and COO, is also stepping down but will remain in his position temporarily, a Miss America Organization spokesman said in a statement.
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The petition from the state pageant officials expressed a vote of "no confidence" in the Miss America Organization&aposs board of trustees, the Press reported.
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Before Ryan became a sci-fi star, she placed fourth in 1990's Miss America and won the swimsuit portion of the competition that year.
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Davuluri, who was crowned Miss America in 2014, produced a powerful new documentary, COMPLEXion, which dives into stories of colorism, self-love, acceptance and diversity.
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The competition is like a mix of RuPaul's Drag Race with a Miss America pageant, with a whole lot of cowboy boots and country music.
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But given that the swimsuit competition's chief sponsor, Catalina, manufactured swimwear, Ms. Fox was still expected to model bathing suits as the reigning Miss America.
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The Miss America Organization said it will also be conducting an investigation into "inappropriate communications" between officials, and how they were released to the press.
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"The Miss America system has always been scary for me," says Genesis Suero, Miss New York USA 22019, who was born in the Dominican Republic.
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"There's room for a lot more diversity on the Miss America stage," says Taveras, who was the first woman of color to win Miss Massachusetts.
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"It's a great honor to be Miss America during this time because we are advocating for women to have a voice," Mund told Fox News.
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"Right away, the new leadership delivered an important message: there will be only one Miss America at a time, and she isn't me," Mund wrote.
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Miss America was created in 2011 by Joe Casey and Nick Dragotta and has been a regular in Marvel's Young Avengers and the Ultimates series.
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"There's always such a high level of drama and competitiveness during the Miss America Competition that rivals many sporting events that I've covered," says Steele.
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The 23-year-old Arkansas native, who was crowned Miss America 2017 last year, shared on her Instagram Sunday that she married fiancé Nate Wolfe.
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We'll see if he's telling the truth ... Miss America Cara Mund was also in the house ... and she asked a question while rockin' her tiara.
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