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	Miss America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Miss America pageant (different from the Miss USA pageant) is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the fifty states plus two territories of the United States of America.
		The pageant still presents itself as a "scholarship pageant," and the primary prizes for the winner and her runners-up are scholarships to the institution of her choice.
		Yolande Betbeze, Miss America 1951, refused to pose for publicity pictures while wearing a swimsuit, citing that she wanted to be recognized as a serious opera singer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miss_America (1718 words)

	Miss America Pageant St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
		In the early years of the pageant, contestants were judged solely on their appearance in a bathing suit; a "perfect head" received five points and perfect legs ten.
		Although the pageant declared in 1924 that it would only accept unmarried women between 18 and 24 as contestants, businessmen grew tired of complaints against the pageant and in 1928 discontinued their financial support.
		Yet for all its traditional trappings, the Miss America Pageant has been a firm advocate of women's higher education and professional achievement: among its alumnae are judges, attorneys, physicians, teachers, and several well-known actresses.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100812 (814 words)

	Pageant history. Miss America, Miss USA, Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Teen USA, America's Junior Miss, and more.
		After Miss America director Lenora Slaughter announces that the winner will be crowned in a modest gown rather than the traditional swimsuit, upset reporters dismantle their equipment and attempt a boycott--until their editors order them back.
		The new Miss America (1951) Yolande Betbeze, refuses to pose in a swimsuit, insisting that she is a classical singer, not a pin-up.
		Nicole Johnson, the last Miss America of the 1990s, crowns her successor as the new Miss America 2000, the first major titleholder of the new millennium.
	www.pageantcenter.com /pageant_history.html (4668 words)

	Be A Miss California Volunteer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Miss America Pageant was organized in 1921 by a group of Atlantic City merchants and civic leaders.
		California joined the Miss America Pageant family in 1924, when a franchise granting the right to conduct the state finals was awarded to the city of Santa Cruz.
		Miss California contestants have concentrated on the most significant questions facing America today: family values; organ donations: AIDS awareness and prevention: the affect of domestic violence on society: ways to motivate young people to service: and many others.
	www.misscalifornia.org /volunteer/volunteer.html (1036 words)

	USATODAY.com - Anybody want to host a pageant? Call Miss America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Miss America pageant is looking for a new place to strut its stuff, having cashed in its chips in Atlantic City in a desperate gamble to survive.
		Or so Miss America Organization officials hope, having announced their plan to move the pageant in hopes that a new location might revive interest and stop the pageant's financial losses.
		The pageant also is exploring the possibility of appearing in a new city every year, like rival pageant Miss USA, which gets big-ticket subsidies from each host city in exchange for on-air promotions and exposure.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-08-26-missamericapageant_x.htm (768 words)

	Miss America Pageant History & Cartoon Fun by Brownielocks.
		Williams also became the very first Miss America to have her crown taken away from her when it was discovered that she had once posed nude for some sexually explicit photographs.
		The first Miss America to refuse to wear a bathing suit during her reign was Yolande Betbeze, 1951.
		It begins with the first Miss America in 1921, each of these plaques bears the name of the winner, the year she held the crown and a quotation describing her response to her new role.
	www.brownielocks.com /americapageant.html (2453 words)

	The Miss America Pageant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Miss America jumped because of many things, but the biggest thing was that none of the girls who made the top ten were even attractive, let alone pretty.
		Miss America was better in the 60s and 70s when the show was comfortable being what it really was, a schmaltzy, cheesy affair that made no apologies for itself.
		The focus in Miss America is too much on white and fl, and not enough on the many cute Latinas and Asian girls that happen to be Americans too.
	www.jumptheshark.com /m/missamerica.htm (2118 words)

	Perspective: Miss America Pageant a feminist icon? Please
		Organizers say the pageant provides a forum for American women to "express their opinions, talent and intelligence," and that its purpose is to recognize the "diversity, individuality and overall achievement" of women.
		The pageant may be willing to embrace a few disabled winners but none with handicaps that affect their gorgeous faces or bodies.
		But the Miss America Pageant is pretending to be something other than what it is. No matter what the organization says, there is nothing noble or upstanding about giving a numerical score to a woman based upon how her bod stacks up.
	www.sptimes.com /News/91299/Perspective/Miss_America_Pageant_.shtml (790 words)

	Can I win a beauty pageant? - By Emily Yoffe - Slate Magazine
		America Pageant have awarded a tiara to the contestant they deem the best-looking married woman in America.
		Entrants vie to win their state pageant, then the 51 married women go on to the nationals in September, which are televised on the PAX network.
		America contest required no talent—I was terrified I'd have to reprise my mime act from a previous Human Guinea Pig.
	www.slate.com /id/2103509 (2388 words)

	Pageant News Bureau - Miss America 1997
		The third runner-up was Miss Arizona, Stacey Momeyer, and the fourth runner-up was Miss California, Rebekah Keller.
		"Miss America" had shown an 11 percent improvement over the previous year and was the fourth-most-watched program of the week in the United States.
		Miss America CEO Leonard Horn, after initially insisting that Shindle had handled the issue correctly, blamed him for the controversy.
	www.pageant.com /missamerica97 (622 words)

	Unconfirmedsources.com
		Unconfirmed sources report that the Miss America Pageant is going to relocate to Baghdad Iraq next year as part of a new broadcast deal reached with the FOX News Network.
		There had been an inkling that the CMT Miss America Pageant marriage was in trouble when word leaked out that Horse back riding was going to be added as a pageant component.
		He did admit however that the move would entail a few changes in the traditional pageant program, but that the replacement of the swim suit contest for a burka competition would not greatly effect interest in the pageant.
	www.unconfirmedsources.com /?itemid=1153 (484 words)

	Pageant News Bureau - Miss America Coverage 1997
		It's the pageant that almost everyone has heard of, but it's one with a remarkably hazy identification in the public mind.
		Many Americans, according to informal PNB surveys, are unmoved by the news that Miss America contestants will wear two-piece swimsuits; these people are convinced that Miss America contestants have always worn two-piece swimsuits.
		Besides holding another title, she is ineligible for the Miss America crown because she is married.
	www.pageant.com /missamerica97/page2.html (865 words)

	American Experience \| Miss America \| People & Events
		They appointed a committee to organize a "bather's revue." Taking a cue from the popularity of newspaper-sponsored beauty pageants based on photo submissions, newspapers as far west as Pittsburgh and as far south as Washington, D.C., were asked to sponsor local beauty contests.
		The first Miss America competition was kicked off by the arrival of King Neptune on a barge that landed at the Atlantic City Yacht Club.
		From the very beginning, the pageant was confronted with a conflict between the effort to present an image of innocence and virtue while, at the same time, promoting a spectacle where women paraded in public in bathing suits.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/missamerica/peopleevents/e_first.html (683 words)

	Miss Central Arkansas Pageant
		The Miss Central Arkansas Pageant is a preliminary to the Miss Arkansas (MAP) and Miss America Pageant.
		The Miss Central Arkansas Outstanding Teen Pageant is a preliminary to the Miss Arkansas' Outstanding Teen Pageant (MArOT) and the Miss America's Outstanding Teen Pageant (MAOT)
		Pageant was held July 1, 2006 in Hot Springs.
	www.misscentralarkansas.org (103 words)

	Miss Rodeo America 2007 Pageant
		Miss Rodeo America symbolizes the youth of our nation who wish to further promote the sport of professional rodeo, and in so doing, promote the great western way of life.
		Miss Rodeo America 2006, Amanda Jenkins of Gilbert, AZ, will fulfill her role as the first lady of professional rodeo by appearing at the 2006 Wrangler NFR throughout the remainder of the week.
		The pendant is a scale replica of a leaf from the Miss Rodeo America crown and included an Alexandrite stone and engraving of their name, state represented and the year.
	missrodeoamerica.blogs.com (2580 words)

	Ms. Garner - Pageant Info
		Information sufficient to the State/Local Pageant that the contestant is living in the State of Competition with her parents or legal guardian but attends a college or university out of state 6.
		If the Pageant notifies me that any use of the words or titles designated above by me or with my authorization is, in their judgment, likely to harm the Pageant and/or the Miss America Pageant, I will immediately discontinue such use.
		At the request of the Pageant, I agree to become a member of such unions or guilds as may be necessary in order to appear as a variety artist or for fashion purposes in any film, tape or recorded radio or television product, commercials, motion pictures, photographic sessions or personal appearances.
	www.missgarner.org /contract.html (1721 words)

	Miss Jacksonville Pageant - A Miss America Preliminary Pageant
		This pageant is produced by the Jacksonville Scholarship Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization which provides the scholarships for the pageant and a support system for its winners.
		The evening of the pageant includes the other phases of competition, which are swimsuit (15%), talent (40%), and evening gown (15%).
		It's pageant night and the contestants, dancers, and Miss First Coast '99 Emily Martin are ready for the opening number.
	www.kevinsanders.com /2000MissJaxFC/MissJaxFC.htm (575 words)

	The 1969 Miss America Protest- Atlantic City
		Sitting in the front row of the balcony, they unfurled it as the outgoing Miss America made her farewell speech, while shouting "Freedom for Women," and "No More Miss America." The pageant continued as though nothing had happened.
		The outrageousness of challenging the Miss America icon brought the press out in droves, putting women's liberation on the front pages all over the country.
		In anticipation of disruption, on September 4, 1969 the Pageant got a court injunction prohibiting actions similar to the ones that took place in 1968, and some that were merely rumored but had neither been planned nor had happened.
	www.jofreeman.com /photos/MissAm1969.html (908 words)

	The Miss America Pageant
		The Miss America Pageant, more appropriately named the "Mis-America" Pageant is a parasite sucking the life, individuality and self-respect out of the people it comes in contact with.
		There are four main portions of the pageant, the swimsuit competition, the interview, the talent portion and finally evening gown.
		Only one of these categories has to do with seeing how articulate and how much of a role model the woman is. If a woman can't walk in heels she is a failure regardless of the fact that she supports finding a home for all those without one.
	web.ics.purdue.edu /~akraemer/purpose.htm (260 words)

	Miss Conway Pageant
		Miss Conway and Miss Spirit of Arkansas are preliminaries to the Miss Arkansas Pageant.
		The Miss Conway Scholarship Pageant is rich in tradition dating back to the 1950’s.
		The Pageant Board consists entirely of volunteers and strictly adheres to the guidelines set forth by the Miss America Pageant System.
	www.missconway.org (87 words)

	M i s s D e l a w a r e - Becky Bledsoe Photo Gallery
		Becky being crowned at the 2005 Miss Delaware Pageant
		Becky and Amber at the Miss America Pageant
		Becky and Linda Kurtz, Miss Delaware 2004, at the Miss America Pageant
	www.missdelaware.org /beckybledsoegallery.htm (141 words)

	Miss Latina U.S. Historical Facts & Photos with Famous Celebrities and Government Officials
		For the first time Latin women were to be showcased in a program that would recognize their personal attributes beyond their physical beauty and be awarded university scholarships as prizes.
		U.S. this program represented a chance to compete in a non-traditional pageant that would welcome their identification with their Hispanic ancestry and finally award them the opportunity to win on their own merits, without regard to their ethnicity.
		In 1983 the states with major Hispanic populations were extended the opportunity to select their own candidates to the Miss Latin America Pageant, in recognition of the more than twenty million Hispanics calculated then to be residing in the U.S. (Now it is more than forty-five million.)
	www.missamericalatina.com /UShist1.htm (533 words)

	Looking Back at a Unique Experience: Miss Massachusetts Erika Ebbel Says Judges Were Not Seeking MIT Graduates
		Miss Massachusetts, Erika N. Ebbel ’04, recently retuned from a busy 18 days at the Miss America Pageant.
		That’s what you’d be doing as Miss America, but instead they wanted to see your talent, your swimsuit, your casual wear, evening gown first.
		So, it would have been nice to be Miss America, it would have been nice to win, but more importantly, all of the connections that I’ve made along the way.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V124/N40/MissMAinterview.40f.html (1431 words)

	2006 Miss America Pageant (Las Vegas, NV) Photo Gallery by Julius Tolentino at pbase.com
		The world of pageants is so unimportant compared to the stuff of real life...
		Krisit, i'm hopelessly obsessed with the state webpages and had to keep up even more throughout the miss America season and you were by far my top favorite.
		Julius is the photographer for the Miss Virginia Organization.
	www.pbase.com /nikonbuff/2006missamericapageant (632 words)

	Miss Black America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Miss Black America pageant is a competition for young Black American women in areas such as speech, talent, style, and poise — essentially the fl version of the popular Miss America pageant.
		Morris Anderson first created and produced the Miss Black America Pageant on August 17, 1968, it was a local Philadelphia area pageant to protest the lack of fl women in the Miss America pageant.
		In 1991, boxer Mike Tyson was a judge in the pageant, and the following year was convicted of raping Miss Black Rhode Island, Desiree Washington.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miss_Black_America (289 words)

	Miss Gay America
		The Miss Gay America family extends its deepest sympathy to the Miss Gay Oklahoma America family for the recent loss of Gigi, Miss Gay Oklahoma America 1992.
		The date for Miss Gay D.C. America is set for June 2, 2007.
		Miss Gay America Pageant® is a registered trademark of L and T Entertainment©
	www.missgayamerica.com (202 words)

	Miss Asian America Pageant®
		The Miss Asian America Pageant displays the rich ethnic diversity of our society and gives us a glimpse into the many different cultures that surrounds us today.
		This pageant encourages young aspiring Asian American women to reach new heights and to work hard to turn their dreams into reality.
		The pageant committee members hope that the contestants will learn from this experience and use it as a stepping-stone to future leadership roles and help them be quintessential role models for the growing Asian America community.
	www.missasianamerica.com (157 words)

	Miss Plus America Pageant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Nanette Watts began her pageant career at the age of 14.
		She is the owner and principal consultant for Pageants Unlimited Plus, Incorporated, a pageant consulting firm specializing in the development of interview skills.
		Pageants Unlimited Plus, the Texas Plus America Pageant, its affiliates, and workers assume no responsibility for the failure of sponsors to fulfill their commitment.
	www.missplusamerica.com /texas_state.asp (592 words)

	CMT.com: 2006 Miss America Pageant - Live on CMT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Oklahoma's Jennifer Berry is crowned Miss America 2006.
		View photos of the 2006 Miss America Pageant.
		Learn more about all 52 of the Miss America 2006 contestants.
	www.cmt.com /shows/events/miss_america/2006 (56 words)

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