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Miss America

  1. beauty pageants
    This Year America’s Pageant Winners Are Black WomenMiss USA Cheslie Kryst, Miss Teen USA Kaliegh Garris, and Miss America Nia Franklin made history as the first black women to win in the same year.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  2. miss america
    Miss Michigan Calls Out State for Flint Water Crisis in Her Miss America Intro“From a state with 84 percent of the U.S. fresh water, but none for its residents to drink, I’m Miss Michigan.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  3. miss america
    Gretchen Carlson Blames Reigning Miss America for Loss of Scholarship MoneyAfter denying the allegations, Carlson blames the organization’s loss of scholarship money on Cara Mund.
    By Amanda Arnold
  4. pageants
    Shocking: Gretchen Carlson Has Not Fixed the Miss America PageantThe reigning Miss America says she’s been “silenced” by leadership, specifically Carlson.
    By Sarah Spellings
  5. american beauty
    Gretchen Carlson Can’t Fix the Miss American PageantNo one can.
    By Rhonda Garelick
  6. bad ideas
    Miss America CEO Reportedly Bad-Mouthed Contestants in Personal EmailsSam Haskell allegedly called a former winner “trashy” and “huge.”
    By Katie Van Syckle
  7. The First Openly Gay Contestant Will Compete in Miss America This WeekendErin O’Flaherty will represent Missouri in the competition.
    By Dayna Evans
  8. pageants
    Gabby Douglas Will Be a Miss America JudgeThe gold-medal gymnast will help choose the 2017 pageant winner.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  9. Vanessa Williams Finally Got Her Miss America ApologyThirty-two years later.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  10. the body politic
    Why Vanessa Williams Should Ditch Her Crown Once and For All She is the woman whose experience perhaps most dramatically emblematized the Miss America Pageant’s shortsighted double standards.
    By Rebecca Traister
  11. bullshit
    Miss America Is the Spray Tan of Scholarship ProgramsJohn Oliver investigates. 
    By Maggie Lange
  12. nobody likes you when you’re 25
    At 25, You’re Too Old to Be a Miss AnythingMiss Delaware stripped of her crown for being too old. 
    By Maggie Lange
  13. beauty ideals
    Would Miss America’s Skin Be Too Dark for Miss India?“America is way ahead of India in celebrating a realistic ideal.”
    By Maureen O'Connor
  14. here she comes
    Miss America, Warrior Against Racism?Nina Davuluri calls herself “Miss Diversity” and opposes Julie Chen’s eyelid surgery.
    By Maureen O'Connor
  15. other kinds of queens
    When Miss America Was Miss BrooklynHighlights from the historic competition.
    By Emma Whitford and Jennifer Vineyard
  16. other kinds of queens
    Miss America to Wear Canadian Brand for All Official AppearancesThis seems un-American.
    By Hilary Moss
  17. loose threads
    Fifty Shades of Grey Clothing Is HappeningPlus, Choupette poses with Laetitia Casta for V.