Topic: Miss America

Teresa Scanlan Wins Miss America Pageant, Hates Wikileaks

Teresa Scanlan Wins Miss America Pageant, Hates Wikileaks

Last night 17-year-old Miss Nebraska, Teresa Scanlan, became the youngest woman to ever win the Miss America pageant. Good for her! She’s going to go to college (after she defers a year to properly fulfill her principle duty of signing autographs at county shopping malls and car shows) to become a politician, and the last time someone did that we ended up with Sarah Palin. So that’s good. More »

Miss America Contestants Are Getting More Interesting. Are The Judges?

Miss America Contestants Are Getting More Interesting. Are The Judges?

Beauty pageants get a bad rep for turning out contestants who are seen as dumb cookie cutter hotties. But it looks like girls in the Miss America pageant are trying to push the envelope this year. Miss New York is running on a pro-gay rights platform. And just today we learned about a Miss America contestant who is actually bald.

That old idea of running as just a pretty face on a non-controversial platform seems to be going out the window. But are the judges on board with this transition? More »

Miss USA Pageant Learning From Past Mistakes, Sort Of – Instead of having another Carrie Prejean incident, now all contestants are required to pose for half-nude, porny shots on Miss USA official’s website. Hey, sex sells (as much, if not more than the talent portion). (via MissUSA)