Miss Understood

Posted at 9:28 AM on January 16, 2011 by Bob Collins (5 Comments)
Filed under: Surveys and trivia

Times change. The last time there was controversy in a Miss America pageant, it involved a contestant taking her clothes off.

That was then. In the wake of last night's Miss America pageant, controversy rages across the union over why a yodeling ventriloquist singing "I want to be a cowboy sweetheart" did not win:

America still isn't ready for the likes of Miss Arkansas, apparently.

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Comments (5)

This is controversal to some? Stupid I can see but, controversal?

Posted by Momkat | January 16, 2011 11:42 AM

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The controversy is that she didn't win with such a slam-dunk act. The suspicion is there's a Russian judge on the Miss America judging panel.

Posted by Bob Collins | January 16, 2011 12:14 PM

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Ah, yes, the dreaded Rooskies!

Posted by Momkat | January 16, 2011 4:29 PM

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My first thought was "Why in heaven's name is this pageant still going on?" But, then I watched the video, and it was actually pretty cute.

Posted by Kim E | January 16, 2011 7:58 PM

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I don't know ... the yodeling was a little substandard.

Posted by John P. | January 16, 2011 10:59 PM

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