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...later asks me what I thought about the radio show, pressing me to tell her what she could have done better. I tell her she sometimes came across as a cheerleader for Miss America at all costs. “If you’re part of an organization, you have to defend them,” she says simply. “[Ashbrook] was talking about something that existed 20 years ago. If you’re working with an old textbook, I can’t give you the news...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There She Is | 9/25/2003 | See Source »

Polished, professional and articulate, 2003 winner Erika Harold is the exemplar of the new Miss America. Her multiracial background, firm right-wing beliefs and upcoming Harvard Law School attendance have gotten more attention than her swimsuit catwalking or small town parading...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There She Is | 9/25/2003 | See Source »

That the Phi Beta Kappa graduate from the University of Illinois was headed to Harvard was a particularly sweet prize to Miss America organizers last year, who asked Harold to wear a Harvard shirt to the traditional “toe-dip” beach photo shoot the morning after...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There She Is | 9/25/2003 | See Source »

...Miss America organization really wants to showcase the fact that people of substance do compete,” says Harold serenely. “They thought that [wearing the Harvard shirt] might be a nice visual way of conveying that message...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There She Is | 9/25/2003 | See Source »

...This is the funny thing,” she says. “People have all these ideas about what Miss America is, but they’ve never watched it, they’ve never seen it?...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There She Is | 9/25/2003 | See Source »

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