Miss America

reading in context – discuss when and why it was written, and what particular viewpoint it represents. Reading #3: In this reading, No More Miss America, By New York Radical Women (1968). The author presents how women are being viewed in society. While men are being judged by their actions, women are being judged by their looks. The Miss America Pageant that the author mention during this time was set up to brainwash women into believing their looks are the only most important thing they should

Miss America Miss America is a yearly pageant that goes on for any girl between the age of 17 to 24. There is a lot of people that enter this every year. Six beautiful and wonderful women have won from Oklahoma. Their life was so amazing when they found out they have won, some of them didn’t even know what to do. There is so much stuff they have to go through to get to enter in the pageant. After they do enter they are very busy with everything trying get to get ready for the big day. Miss America

themselves. In the story, I Want to be Miss America, by Julia Alvarez, she tells the story of how she and her sisters adapted to American style and culture. Her family came from the Dominican Republic. At a young age, they watched the Miss America Beauty Pageant, which show portrayed the ideal woman. So, the sisters changed their looks to appear like the women on the show. It was not until the 1960’s that their previous Dominican style, became the new trend in America. In the story, A Choice of Weapons

intelligence and humility. She’s fair and honesty. She’s Miss United States. These are not the lyrics to the song that is played after a contestant wins the ever-so coveted crown. These are not lyrics to any song at all actually. But why not? Aren’t those all attributes most people yearn for? While of course these characteristics are things everyone tries to perfect throughout their lifetime, this is not the focal point of the Miss America pageant. The actual lyrics are; “She’s beauty and she’s grace

have chosen to talk about is the Miss America Pageant Protest. This was a protest that occurred in 1969 in Atlantic City. This protest started off as a publicity stunt, so more individuals would tour the city. The pageant was divided into a couple of days of the week and each day their would be different events for women that were chosen to attend. This event was basically portraying that women had to be a certain way in order to compete or get the “Miss America” title. As time went on, feminist

of bikinis, singing and sashaying, can be easy. One may never forget when Steve Harvey awarded Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutiérrez with the crown instead of the rightful champion Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach during the Miss Universe Competition in 2015. A whole lot more goes into beauty pageants than what meets the eye. Several systems take place in the pageant world that empower women. The Miss America Organization has the most driven, intelligent, and compassionate women when it comes to success

towards feminist equality and persuasion of the audience to agree with the commentary. Considering the context of the Miss America Pageant reflection by John Oliver in his satirical “news” program, his goal is to select a particular topic to deconstruct and discuss the inadequacies with a humoristic flair. The social climate from the early 20th Century introduction of the Miss America Pageant to current day is vastly different, and while the pageant evolved over the last 90 plus years, the basic tenets

“There She Is- Miss America- There She Is- Your Ideal” (Parks). The iconic theme song by Bert Parks that brought millions together to declare America's ‘next beauty’ is heavily coated in toxicity. While the idea of naming the newest American ideal is promoted as joyous and light-hearted, some find this disturbing and sexist. Societal standards that are largely proliferated by men encourage women from a young age to believe that beauty is their ‘greatest weapon’. Women are taught that they should

Vanessa Williams was crowned the first black Miss America in September 1983. Thirty years later, Vanessa and her mother Helen Williams tell their story of what occurred before, during and after this milestone in American history through their co-written book, You Have No Idea. Helen Williams recalled that ‘the first few days, the mail was incredible. We got thousands of notes congratulating Vanessa. But a week after Vanessa won, reality set in. The tone of some of the letters changed. Someone

In sashays Miss America, her arms laden with golden roses, her tiara tilted ever so slightly in a cluster of diamonds. A luminous yellow gown was perfectly draped over her tall figure. Smooth and silky fabric fell perfectly into a puddle behind her on the floor except for the couple inches of fabric that appeared to be bunched together, out of place, and now tucked into the side of her nude coloured tights. She stood on the glossy wooden stage with a smile that was radiating happiness into the audience