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In Jezebel’s newest series Rummaging Through the Attic, we interview nonfiction authors whose books explore…
Jul 16
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Hilary Levey Friedman
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As 21-year-old Phyllis George began her 1970 victory walk in Atlantic City, Bert Parks singing the iconic song…
Feb 20 2020
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Lyz Lenz
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The clerk at the Holiday Inn looks me up and down and asks me if I’m here for the Miss America pageant.
Oct 9 2018
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The United States of Miss America are falling the fuuuuuuuuuuck apart, according to reports.
Sep 10 2018
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Miss Michigan has arrived, and Michigan government officials can suck it. On Sunday evening, Emily Sioma used her two…
Sep 7 2018
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The revamped Miss America pageant—Miss America 2.0! No more bikinis! Women in leadership roles!— kicked off this…
Jul 9 2018
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A contestant in this year’s Miss Massachusetts competition has resigned from her title, citing a skit in the…
Jun 5 2018
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Miss America is rebranding itself, in case you were wondering.
May 17 2018
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The Miss America Organization has hired three women for leadership positions in an effort to convince the public…
Jan 2 2018
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Sam Haskell, the former CEO of the Miss America Organization, stepped down after his emails fat and slut-shaming the…
Dec 28 2017
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After a gross little email scandal that found three top executives of the Miss America Organization resigning in…
Dec 25 2017
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The New York Times reported that three Miss America executives, including CEO Sam Haskell, resigned on Saturday just…
Dec 22 2017
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In what is, unfortunately, some unsurprising news, Sam Haskell, the CEO of the Miss America Organization, made…
Sep 11 2017
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With everything going on in the news, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that the Miss America pageant aired on Sunday…
Sep 9 2016
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Erin O’Flaherty is 2016's Miss Missouri, and she’s on her way to Atlantic City for the Miss America pageant on…
Jun 23 2016
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Missouri has crowned its first openly gay pageant contestant, 23-year-old Erin O’Flaherty.
Jan 5 2016
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Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite
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Miss America requires its contestants to be legally single. But what about the married beauty queen wannabes—who no…
Sep 16 2015
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The View’s Joy Behar is facing the wrath of thousands of angry nurses after she questioned why Miss America…
Sep 15 2015
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Sep 10 2015
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