Miss America 2008

In January 2008, Kirsten Haglund was crowned Miss America. Through this competition, she was able to open up about her teen struggle with anorexia. From a young age, Haglund was struggling from insecure thoughts, but when she began going to a very competitive ballet school, those thoughts became real. In Louie’s running career and war experience, he also struggled with fitting in, survival, and persecution. Through both of their victories, Kristian Haglund and Louie Zamperini have been able to find Christ again, and continued to live their lives for Him. When Haglund first began attending the competitive ballet school, she realized she looked nothing like the girls around her. She would let herself eat cookies, desserts, and fried foods,…

into today’s society are beauty pageants. Dance marathons first started in the twenties and continued well into the thirties and forties (Fads and Heroes). “Dancing 24 hours a day, the contestants were allowed 15 minutes of rest every hour, when they would sleep on camp beds” (The 26-mile dance challenge). Some of these marathons lasted weeks, months even, but they contestants were fed and paid a small wage (The 26-mile dance challenge). Beauty pageants, also a minor fad during the twenties, was…

Miss America pageant the show that prompts the most “beautiful” women in the country competing for the prettiest award. Wrong. In the article, No More Miss America by Robin Morgan she explains how the show is demoralizing the rest of the women as “ugly” or not worthy do to the certain perquisites the rest of the women do not meet. Miss America pageant is promoting a dominant ideology where white woman have been the only ones to ever win this award. It shows the privilege, social power, rights,…

taking this away from the girls. No girl should be learning how to walk in heels perfectly or going to the salon to get wax jobs at the age of three. Furthermore, not only are these competitions stealing a young girl’s childhood, there are several disorders that are resulting because of this. Whether the participant is a toddler, teenager, or adult they are to stay the right size and not gain any weight throughout the competition. They are to be so called perfect. An effect of this…

I am famous for being the first miss america to ever be crowned, in 1921. My greatest achievements are winning Miss Washington, D.C, Inter-City Beauty Amateur, The Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America, and the coveted grand prize of the Golden Mermaid trophy. Because the Inter-City Beauty Amateur and The Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America wins didn't roll off the tongue, the council renamed those wins to Miss America for me. So, I was the first Miss America, but they didn't start to call…

All of these characteristics of the pageant exist, all while there is no equivalent form of objectification in America for men. Advertisements, commercials, and pictures tell it all-women are more objectified than men, and not just even in pageants. Women are almost always exposing their breasts, behind, or a considerable amount of their genital area in advertisements for clothing, or are at least somewhat naked, while men are usually fully clothed. For the rare occasion, in fitness apparel, men…

of Ms. Judy and her daughter Miss Leslie. On January 1, 2016, Miss. Leslie S. (daughter) was placed into protective custody due to her Ms. Judy S. (mother) being arrested for driving under the influence. Ms. Judy’s had a blood alcohol level of .36. Miss. Leslie was attempting to help her mother steer the car, and drove into a line of parked cars. Ms. Judy and Miss. Leslie both have received injuries due to the accident. Ms. Judy and Miss. Leslie was taken to a hospital to receive treatments for…

The athletes begin to lose focus on academics. They try to use the excuse that they do not have time for homework or class because of their sport practices. A lot of athletes feel like they are privileged. They think that teachers should let them turn things in late or miss class because they are athletes. This happens because they do not know how to manage their time wisely. Managing time is so important. There has to be a balance between your priorities. Trying to manage time can be…

husband and was going to go back to Bybanks where she could talk with her cousin and find herself again. On the bus ride that Margret and sugar were on the bus turned and went off of the hill crashing into trees and killing everyone but Margret. One day in Euclid Ohio on page 61 Sal is at her friend Phoebe’s house and there is an envelope on their door step with a message saying “You can’t keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.” …

“And the new Miss America 1995, Miss Alabama, Heather Whitestone!” Those are the words Regis Philbin said at the Miss America pageant in 1995 announcing the winner. But this winner had something more unique about her than a usual beauty contestant- she was deaf. In one instant, Heather Whitestone made history and became the first deaf Miss America. Not only that, she became the first woman to win Miss America with any type of disability. But there is so much more to her than the fact that she is…