Word: hancock
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Elizabeth "Emy" E. Hancock '00, a.k.a. Miss Massachusetts, competed two weeks ago in the Miss America pageant, not finishing in the top but winning a special prize for "Best Interview...
...pageant Hancock competed in has grown and changed since the days when feminist activists crowned a pig outside the Atlantic City Convention Center in 1969. It now requires contestants to come prepared with a "Platform Issue," an area personally important to them that they would advocate for as Miss America. Only a small percentage of the total scores come from 'beauty' areas--the interviews and platform issues are increasingly important. Which makes a big difference in Hancock's attitude towards the pageant...
...Miss America, beauty-type categories are a very small percentage of the scoring," Hancock says. "It's not about beauty--it's about social activism and goals...
...Hancock learned about pageants early--her mother once competed for the "Miss Kentucky" title. She grew up aware of their appeal, watching them on TV with her family, yet she was interested in taking to the walkway until they included social activism...
...Hancock has been highly successful in her short career as a pageant contestant. She entered in her first local competition last April. When she won that, she qualified to compete for the "Miss Massachusetts" title, which she also...