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The Miss America Organization, in collaboration with the Children's Educational Network, has developed a kid-friendly internet browser — available for download starting tomorrow — that aims to protect children from the the "dangers" of the internet, like online predators and inappropriate sites. (We actually maintain that aspiring to a specific beauty standard in which you walk across a stage in a swimsuit and heels might actually be more dangerous to little girls, psychologically at least, than accidentally running across amateur porn online, but we digress.) The Miss America Kid-Safe Web Browser, as it is called, incorporates a bunch of standard security and blocking mechanisms but also contains many unique (read: weird) features of its own, namely, an animation of the reigning Miss America, 20-year-old Lauren Nelson, who is always there, walking across the screen in a crown, sash, and evening gown. (Miss America! Watching over your kids, even if you're too busy for the job!) After the jump, all the ways Miss America aims to protect and educate young, impressionable American girls. More »
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