Plastic crowns, false smiles, hairspray and narcissistic women can only mean one thing. The Miss America Competition has returned.
Women from all over the country came to compete in this pageant to win scholarships and “help the world.” But first they had to win the health and fitness portion, the talent competition and the questioning part.
The health and fitness portion, aka, the swimsuit competition is, probably, the most watched part of the competition. They still call it the “health and fitness” contest, as if everyone is looking at how “fit” they are. The best part was when Miss Mississippi’s father cheered/screamed when his daughter advanced in the swimsuit contest for having the best … physique. This whole, small portion sets an especially great example for young girls.
There was the talent show part of the competition, in which basically every competitor just danced and sang. Also, when a contestant was performing, these great and empowering facts about each woman’s life scrolled down the TV screen. Now the whole world has knowledge of the fact that Miss Arkansas loves giraffes.
Some performances were downright scary. Miss Ohio’s ventriloquism, for example, was neither entertaining nor appealing to the eye. Miss Massachusetts’ overdramatized piece on the piano was a performance not to see. She actually looked like she was trying to attack the piano.
The show, finally, got to the part where they asked questions about huge political issues and world crisis. The contestants are given 20 seconds to give a reasonable and well-thought-out answer. Instead, their responses sounded more like a sixth-grader’s response to these questions. But everyone in the crowd acted like these women have solved all the world’s problems.
For the third year in row, Miss New York won the Miss America crown. Hooray. Former Miss America Nina Davuluri crowned Kira Kazantsev the title this past Sunday. Kazantsev won a $50,000 scholarship and plans attend to law school with it. Good luck to her.
Women walking across a stage in bikinis and holding hands while cussing each other out under their breaths, basically, sums up The Miss America Competition. It’s done for this year, thank goodness, and hopefully next year no one will watch its horrors.