Word: pageants
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...could argue that the true hypocrisy is what came before, at that very political pageant, the Republican National Convention, in which the Palin family, including alleged fiancé Levi Johnston, was presented as a somewhat sprawling Norman Rockwell portrait. There the messaging was simple: our daughter is pregnant; she chose not to abort the baby; she will be marrying the father and finishing school, and we will all live happily ever after...
...Saberi entered the Miss North Dakota beauty pageant at the urging of a college instructor. She won, and became one of the final 10 contestants in that year's Miss America Pageant - the only finalist of Asian descent and the first recipient of the pageant's "Scholar Award...
...were revoked in 2006 provides ample material for a fair process of appeal but does not make the Revolutionary Court’s summary trial and its eight-year imprisonment sentence any less disturbing. Likewise, the media’s hype and portrayal of her as a pure beauty pageant queen to be rescued by the West from the dragon’s mouth just shortly after the silent death of a 29-year-old blogger in prison, Omidreza Mirsayafi, and the White House’s and Secretary of State’s parental support of her case surely...
...lose because she doesn't believe in gay marriage. She lost because she's a dumb b____.' Gossip blogger and Miss USA judge PEREZ HILTON, ranting online about Miss California, Carrie Prejean, who claims she "lost the crown" because of her response to Hilton's question during the pageant about gay marriage; Prejean said only a man and a woman should...
...heard you are a beauty queen! Can you tell us a bit about the experience? With very little scholarship money available for graduate school, I decided to try pageants on the advice of a college friend who had partially financed her medical school education with her winnings. I competed in and won two pageants, Miss Seattle 2007 and Miss Seattle 2008. I also made it to the top ten at Miss Washington 2007, but came down with mono during pageant week and was all too happy to be cut before the finals. (Have you ever tried singing on stage...