Miss America
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In the 1980s Miss America was one of the year’s biggest television events, drawing tens of millions of viewers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Apart from a voting scandal at the Miss America contest in 2022, recent controversies have tended to be in less developed parts of the world.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024
It’s just the latest in a series of changes for a contest that has been a lightning rod for feminist criticism since “bra-burning” protests upended the 1968 Miss America contest.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024
The big pageants like Miss America are nowhere near the cultural touchstones they once were.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024
There, dressed up as kindly old Mother Paula herself, was none other than Kimberly Lou Dixon, the former Miss America runner-up.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
