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Date Posted: 14:54:33 08/28/01 Tue
Author: Cindy
Subject: Mrs. America Pageant

To the person who blasted the Mrs. US pageant here are some suprising facts about problems and lawsuits with another MAJOR system for married women that everyone seems to have forgotten. It has had its share of "dirty laundry". They lost a great bit of credibitily and sponsors in 1989 when they moved to RUSSIA to hold the Mrs. America pageant---that made NO SENSE at all!!! The 1990 Mrs. America Jill Scott filed a lawsuit against David Marmel, it was a scandel on all major tv news shows back then and therefore had her titled taken from her that year. She claimed she had to sell her crown and prizes cause she made no money as the winner of the Mrs. America pageant and also for some personal reasons against David Marmel. If you have a program book, they do not list a winner from 1990. THere were issues taken up with contestants back in 1987 when Pamela Nail won the title, and several other years in between, including a lawsuit filed by contestants recently in the mid 1990's when a major league baseball player's wife came in as 1st runner-up (I think she was from Michigan) and was under the assumption that she would be the new Mrs. America by default when the Mrs. America for that year would assume the title of MRS. WORLD (since there was no pageant for Mrs. WOrld at the time). A Mrs. WORLD was NEVER crowned that year (for obvious reasons) and so she never assumed the title. If she would have---there would have been repurcussions. Also, over the years, former Mrs. America's have competed for other national titles (included are Mrs.America 1984 who tried for the title of Mrs. US Globe a few years back. I have had friends who have competed at the state level over the past 15 years who come back with their share of stories and nightmares over the years. Don't mean to bring up so much trash--but when I see sore losers complaining about one system over another---they only need to realize that there is no such thing as a perfect world, or a perfect pageant (Like Mrs. Utopia write)for if and when there is--please let me know---I'd be first in line!!!

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[> I must say that your statement of "the person" at the beginning of your commentary is not correct: there are SO many of us who have had terrible experiences with Mrs US that it is too many to count, I am sure!! -- no comparison, 20:55:35 08/28/01 Tue


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[> Re: Mrs. America Pageant -- Losers like you and the others who "bash" the Mrs. U Better yet--read the Mrs. Utopia comments--and live in the real world--or better yet--get a job--or do something substantial in yoru life besides counting on a few days at a national pageant to make your "world" a bit intersting!!!!, 15:24:08 08/29/01 Wed

Can't you read the above poster's comments about Mrs. A. Add to that many of the women over the age of 35 who won't go near that system because of the bias toward older women. I have the pageant book in front of me from 1997 and their prize package for Mrs. A was a laugh! Losers like you like to hang around together and make matters much worse. Better yet--read the Mrs. Utopia comments--and live in the real world--or better yet--get a job--or do something substantial in yoru life besides counting on a few days at a national pageant to make your "world" a bit intersting!!!!


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[> Re: Mrs. America Pageant -- Check out the latest website comments on TFTJ and you'll see some very positive things about the pageant. Beleive me the negeative remarks are out there by the hundreds for the Mrs. A system and others. I know--I've HEARD THEM all. Me competing??? been there, done that too!, 15:38:20 08/29/01 Wed


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[> Re: Mrs. America Pageant -- Check out the latest website comments on TFTJ and you'll see some very positive things about the Mrs. US pageant. Believe me the negative remarks are there by the hundreds for the Mrs. A system and others. I know--I've HEARD THEM as well as competed and judged many other systems for married women., 15:41:22 08/29/01 Wed


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[> Re: Mrs. America Pageant -- Rosalie, 16:58:10 08/31/01 Fri

Two things: Regarding Jill Scott, she had her crown taken away from her because she was not living with her husband. The fact that she expected to make a living as Mrs. America just goes to show where her head is at. Although I believe that you should be compensated for promoting the various sponsors, the true prize in being Mrs. America should be the honor of representing and promoting America's married women. Just so you know, Jill Scott has had a lot of legal troubles since her win at Mrs. America, many of them involving fraud on her part, and she has now been divorced twice. Not exactly the ideal representative. I don't blame the Marmels for not including her in the book. Secondly, regarding the fact that anyone over the age of 35 stays away from this system. I think they would be interested in knowing that the youngest contestant in the top 10 this past year was 29, the winner was 35, the 1stRU was 38, 2nd RU was 35, and 4th RU was 33. SO if they are shying away because of their age, then they are the ones who are cheating themselves out of the opportunity to become Mrs. America.


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