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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 02:38 PM

    Wonder what pageant apologists are saying...

    Pageant proponents are always saying these things are scholarship contests and they're more about poise. Whatever. This at least punctures the assertion that pageants aren't about beauty. And while I'm on the subject, I wish they'd just give up on that. They're about hotness. Let's just drop the pretext. The emperor is in a bikini, and we all know it. Just call them future spokesmodel or future Entertainment Tonight reporter contests or something. That's what the winners usually end up doing, isn't it?

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