Should we do away with the Miss America pageant?

Question

There is a big decline in the ppl watching the Miss America pageant. I think it is because there are so many other pageants now whereas Miss America used to be the only pageant. What do you think we should do--replace the Miss America pageant with the Miss USA pageant or what?

Answer 1

it would be sad to see it go but i don't know at this point what could give it a shot in the arm...

Answer 2

Personally, I think that the pageant should feature more that Barbie-esque women...it should be opened to women of all physiques. (this could be at the cost of the bikini contest)

Answer 3

That would entirely be up to the people who own and manage the pageant.  I have no control over it.

As long as the pageant makes money it will continue.  I haven't watched it in years, but a Miss America did visit the troops in Vietnam when I was there, and I appreciated the group very much.

Answer 4

You posted your question in the wrong category. You will do better if you posted your question in the correct category.

Answer 5

i don't think we should do away with it because that's what some of these girls live for.

Answer 6

I Don't know,you may do as you like.May I ask what this has to do with Royalty?

Answer 7

Because thin aint in no mo sista lmfao. who cares about a bag of bones walking in a bathing suit looking at her ribs! If u dont fit apple bottom jeans then u just aint it!

Answer 8

I think their marketing dept needs to get off their butts and earn their income. They need a new hype. It is still after all the premier beauty contest, maybe second to Miss Universe.

Answer 9

I used to watch it all the time.  Then I was in a couple pageants when I was a junior and senior in high school.  I was a bit disappointed in both of them.  We had weeks of practices and then at the last minute someone was brought in and in both cases, she won the local pageant.  One went on to be Miss Teen Aged America and the other was the runner up on America's Junior Miss.  I felt like I was tricked.  

But I don't think they pageants are a bad thing.  If that's what a girl wants to do, she should be able to do it.  In retrospect, I would have preferred to "distinguish" myself in a different way, maybe by being a National Honor Society Scholar or Who's Who in High Schools, instead of a pageant girl.  Pageants weren't as extravagant at the local level in the 1960s, at least not in St. Louis.  I don't think the little girl pageants are good, but if an adult woman wants to do it, go ahead.

As long as people watch, any TV show will continue.  They're all to make money.

Answer 10

Well, I think it is still important...but I think when nutcases like Donald Trump are involved, it has become all media hype...and thats not always a good thing...

I don't think they should let Donald Trump run it...It should be run by someone else...

Answer 11

i dont think so beacuse women from every state come to represnt there state. and hope they will if not there is alway next year and years to come.