I got together with a few girlfriends to watch the Miss America Pageant Saturday night. I admit it. It was, well, weird.I read this article from Entertainment Weekly and had to agree with most of it. I remember when I was younger the Miss America Pageant was not to be missed. And now it does seem out of date and over the top cheesy. I know, I know, most pageants are cheesy, but this one took the caserole.
The whole talent component to the competition should just be eliminated. No one wants to see bad dancing and listen to awful singing. And do we really care if Miss America has a talent? Isn't it her job to be pretty and push a platform of her choosing? Who cares if she can tap dance while doing it? And clearly the talent portion did little to sway the judges. Miss Indiana, who won, was a terrible singer (note: she did have laryngitis) while Miss Hawaii was simply amazing with her hula routine yet was eliminated in the next round.
The whole reality TV part of it was also awkward...and confusing. And the Elimination Lounge? Oh I'm sure the other girls really want to stay on stage in their jeans and t-shirts while the other girls get to parade around in their evening gowns. They spend enough money on these gowns - let everyone get to show them off!
Anyway. None of our favorites made the cut, go figure, so we didn't have much to root for. It was nice to hear that the girls were articulate in their answers to the question round. Even if they can't dance they can answer a question...which is more important anyway.
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and might i just add that there were a good number of 'normal' looking girls this year? way less BIG hair and makeup- more cute bobs :) i will say, i saw a ton of coverage (or lack of a better word) on how they were trying to re-vamp the image of miss america and make it more current... i dunno if this was done or not, but i'm glad the effort was there. personally, i really liked how they introduced themselves this year. no 'from the BEAUTIFUL pine tree state of maine... i'm susie soandso!' they all gave quirky little tid bits of info instead.
*my 2 cents
I so agree about the talent part of it. It was incredibly cringeworthy, but every year, I come back for more. Thanks for the linky love, by the way.
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