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From: etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Miss America
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Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 11:03:37 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 24 11:03:37 1984
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I have a possible theory about Vannessa Williams (not that I totally
*believe* it).  Maybe this was all carefully planned out.  She has made
history.  She probably has generated more publicity for herself than any
other Miss America ever.  People will remember her name (can you name
last year's MA, or the year before?).  It seems that she has greatly
increased the marketablity of her self.  I should think that she already
knew she would be dethroned while she was posing for those photos.

What do I think about the whole thing?  I feel that the Miss America
pageant is an insult to today's woman, and this incident is a slap in the
face to the pageant.  I love it!