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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:00 AM

Miss dumb blond USA?

Our national embarrassment over a South Carolina teenage contestant's world knowledge.
Rebecca Traister

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  • Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:12 PM

    The Business of Pageants is Porn

    I usually scan the photo galleries of our local papers, so seeing a link to our state’s entry in the Miss Teen USA pageant, I decided to take a look:

    http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ae/popup.asp?gtitle=Miss%20Washington%20Teen%20USA%202007&SubID=2809&page=0&css=/photos/gtitle.css

    Being a fan of feminine pulchitrude and also a dirty old man had nothing to do with it, I swear. But on viewing the first few photos, I got the disquieting feeling that I had suddenly turned into a pedophile. I haven’t read all of the comments, but my own feeling is that these pageants are in the soft-core porn business.

    —Mike Gies Read Mike Gies's other letters

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