Tuesday, April 18, 2006
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Is Miss America going back to its roots?
What started as a path to Vaudeville and Hollywood via a bathing suit contest in 1921, today gives away $40 million in cash and tuition prizes annually, making it the largest source of scholarships in the world.
But, thanks to declining ratings, the show, dropped by ABC, will become a seven-episode reality show/documentary on CMT, with an American Idol-like component of viewers voting their favorites via telephone and Internet.
My niece virtually worked her way through college with the help of local Miss America pageants, and that without even taking the state title.
It would be a shame if the national program's troubles hurt the local contests and the opportunities they offer.
TKPN
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