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No More Miss America discussed the topic of Miss America and the impact in has on both men and women. Women are treated like dogs: they strut around on a stage, being judged on their every move, appearance, and intelligence. People are voted off in the first round just because they don’t fit the “look” the judges are going for. This is the society that we are in, which places these unrealistic standards on women, which ultimately will never allow women to become equals to men. First thing on my mind: body size. The average size in the United States in 16. Has there every been a women bigger than a size 4? Probably not. Why? Because that’s not what men like. They don’t want to see the real rolls and stretch marks that women have! I think …show more content…

Genetically, I could never meet the ideal standards of Miss America; I come from a family of short people with big hips. I already feel judged when I step outside in shorts exposing some cellulite! There is no way I could step on stage in a tight dress, or let alone a bikini, to have people score my body. How could any woman want this? I’m sure everyone has their insecurities; I just don’t understand why you would want to show them off for the world to pick out every flaw you have.
This reading was written in 1968. Since then, Miss America has come a small way in the racial aspect. For example, Vanessa Williams won the crown in 1984; but, let’s not consider her scandalous ending to that reign.
I have never been interested in pageants or anything of that sort; however, I did watch Nurse Kelley Johnson compete and was rooting for her the whole time (I am a recent ADN graduate). But I never really thought that in-depth about what these women were doing to themselves, and how they were portraying women to society. Miss America definitely goes deeper than just a pageant. It is contest that defies the way women in the US are treated as a whole and allow for men to judge us not based on our

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