Really Miss USA? REALLY!?
Monday, July 14, 2008 at 07:28At first I thought it may have been a hoax, and that would be the story today. However, after reviewing the flop over and over again (hat tip to my DVR for that), I ask all the pageant people of the United States.... can we find a queen who knows how to walk in a dress?
Really:
Unbelievable!
Instead of teaching my kids the valuable lesson of how shallow I think beauty pageants are, I got stuck telling them how important it is to learn how to walk in an evening gown if you ever want to be Miss Universe. Maybe the Miss America Pageant should add a walking routine to their competition for next year. It can involve stairs, tightropes and an obstacle course, so we know we don't go three in a row and the whole world starts to think we're not smart enough to walk (as if this little blunder didn't solidify the opinion).
The funniest part is that all of this happened after she ripped "the media" for propping up skinny, hot girls for beauty queens... herself being skinny and hot (or at least skinny and hot for a slip and fall victim), while the other 15 girls talked about how important their family and culture were to them. I'm fairly certain that alone won't help get her any brownie points, much less a pass this morning from "the media".
(Spoken as if Skinny is in denial as to being part of "the media")
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If I may give you some unsolicited advice, Skinny: When you are putting the wording together for your next personals advertisment, do not mention that you are looking for a queen who knows how to walk in a dress.
One of my barely-a-teenager daughters took her first steps into the pageant world as something of a summer lark. Her biggest fear was this very thing. Thankfully, she did well without a significant faux pas.
"Can we find a queen who knows how to walk in a dress?"
-- they used to be pretty common on Hollywood Boulevard.
I find the term "beauty pageant" to be an oxymoron in too many cases. Anorexic-looking overly-made-up young ladies, competing on those very "merits," is not my idea of beauty.
If someone would start a Girl Next Door contest, it might be interesting.
And yes, it's Mary Ann over Ginger every time, ok? <g>
Redbeard, that's why I allowed my daughter to compete in this particular pageant; it had no swimsuit competition, prohibited backless gowns or excess cleavage, and gave a full third of its scoring to the personal interview. It's actually pretty close to the "girl next door" contest. (Incidentally, my daughter is 5'11" and a basketball/softball player - not even close to anorexic.)
Oh, and I'm with you - Mary Ann all the way.
I just knew we could agree on something. <g>
Well, there's the beer, too...
I refuse to believe that Mary Ann is an "all the way" kind of girl. But that Mrs. Howell.....
I don't know...
I hear if you feed the Mary Ann some reefer...
... she'll do some pretty unspeakable things to ya'!