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Date Posted: 13:38:47 12/17/19 Tue
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>>>HELLO from Connecticut!
>>>
>>>Well, night 1 is over, and congratulations to the
>very
>>>talented Victoria Hill. Also, congratulations to
>Jade
>>>Glab and Mallory Rivard for their impressive
>>>interviews. I’m not sure where to begin, so I will
>>>answer the question that most everyone is wanting to
>>>know: what is the vibe? The vibe is bad. Just plain
>>>bad. Last year in AC, there was tension and
>>>uncertainty of whether the pageant would remain
>there.
>>> Things had just started to deteriorate, and there
>was
>>>a lot of tension as to whether or not certain state
>>>boards would get the axe, there were many people
>>>against the changes, etc. This year, the vibe is
>>>just, I hate to say this, dead, amateur, and
>>>disorganized. Now, to be fair, this is my first time
>>>out of Atlantic City. I was not to Las Vegas. But,
>>>at least you had the preliminaries there in a nice
>>>theater. And also to be fair, the Mohegan Sun is
>very
>>>nice. It is the first time I was there, and it is
>>>very nice. But the room itself-it’s almost like a
>>>generic room where you would meet for a business
>>>convention. I was waiting for someone to come out
>and
>>>sell Amway (ha!) or come up with their PowerPoint
>>>presentation. That’s the kind of room that it is.
>>>It is very nice, but it isn’t even a theater. In
>>>AC, you could put banners over the balconies, large
>>>signs, etc. You can hold up a sign if you care to
>>>carry it, and there are some people with your
>standard
>>>fare cheering, etc. But the whole preliminary vibe
>is
>>>gone. It is very sparsely attended, including former
>>>Miss Americas. The usual state delegations, you can
>>>kind of tell who is there for who, who is family,
>etc.
>>> But there are not large crowds at all, for anyone.
>>>And it’s not enjoyable. It’s tense, there’s a
>>>sense of quietness about everyone. I don’t think
>>>anyone is truly “excited”. I am not excited, I
>am
>>>more deflated after seeing what has become of our
>>>beloved PAGEANT. It’s random. The good news is
>>>that if you don’t want or have loads of money for
>an
>>>evening gown, congratulations! You don’t have to
>>>have one. Some of the contestants opted not to even
>>>wear an evening gown. Even the MAOT pageant has
>this.
>>> And what I feared would come true is exactly what
>>>happened-everyone pretty much sounded the same. If
>>>you heard the online videos, it wasn’t that much
>>>different from what you heard this evening. I want
>to
>>>be Miss America because I want to make a difference/I
>>>overcame difficulty/I now have a voice. Etc. I
>>>don’t know what else to say. For once, I am at a
>>>loss for words, and any of you who read this board
>>>know that is usually not a problem for me 😉 There
>>>seems to be much more of a focus on a “job”.
>>>It’s not even fun. There’s NO glamour
>whatsoever.
>>> And even so, when I say disorganized, it was.
>>>Despite the same line being told over again and again
>>>and again and again, it just seems like there is no
>>>clear idea of what the “job” is about. The
>>>contestants really don’t have the chance to sell
>>>themselves but in very short, canned answers. You
>are
>>>making 51 unique individuals try and prove that they
>>>are “the best for the job” when it’s really not
>>>clear what the job really is. These 51 individuals
>>>have different educational backgrounds, social
>>>interests, and personal backgrounds. If you
>>>“interview” for a “job”, you are usually
>>>someone in this day and age with an education and
>>>background in a specific area. It doesn’t even
>make
>>>any sense what they are trying to do.
>>>
>>>Okay, I will turn to the better part of the night.
>>>The talent was GOOD. If we had 3 nights of
>>>competition and you had some of tonight’s
>>>contestants going in different groups, there would be
>>>some amazing winners. I could have seen this going 6
>>>different ways. The best of the night was AL, MO,
>CA,
>>>GA, HI and UT. I wouldn’t have been surprised at
>>>any of them. Also good were Kansas, Tennessee,
>>>Vermont, and North Carolina. I hate to say this, but
>>>what people were saying about South Carolina is
>true.
>>>She just doesn’t have good talent. Although, based
>>>on what we see tomorrow night, I just want to remind
>>>everyone that last year MA did not have a good talent
>>>and was in the top 5.
>>>
>>>Good segue to what happened next. Truthfully, I did
>>>not have NJ as my winner tonight. But then again,
>>>this was by far THE WORST of the competition.
>Between
>>>the canned speeches, it was hard to figure out who
>>>really stood out. I didn’t have her standing out.
>
>>>And I am just being honest-I don’t know which part
>>>of tonight’s canned answers were judged, if they
>>>both were, just one, etc. I didn’t get the program
>>>book yet (not even sure I am going to, really). I
>>>thought some of the better ones of the night were
>>>Virginia, Mississippi was generic and pageanty but
>>>decent, Texas did speak confidently, and Minnesota
>>>sounded confident. Florida is VERY pageanty.
>Don’t
>>>get me wrong-I am very happy for Jade. She is a nice
>>>young woman and I thought the minute she was crowned
>>>is that she had national potential. She is confident
>>>without being over the top. And I would say the same
>>>thing with Michigan. The thing is-the judges
>>>interviewed 26 contestants and Michigan came out the
>>>winner. And who the hell can say whether or not
>>>anyone who wins is going to be in the top 15? Last
>>>year, VA did not make it but the others did. I would
>>>say that we have to take Michigan as a serious
>>>contender. But with only 3 judges, how are they
>>>REALLY going to determine who is scoring consistently
>>>and not? You have three opinions. I have seen
>>>judging disasters with a full panel. This I just
>>>don’t know what to say about any of it because
>>>there’s just repeating lines over and over again
>for
>>>15 or 20 seconds and talent. And with only three
>>>judges, who knows what we will get? I was surprised
>>>at the results of the speaking portions, although
>>>moreso with onstage than with private interviews. I
>>>did think that Mallory did a good enough job in her
>>>personal video. I thought that she personalized her
>>>story, spoke with a natural confidence. Did I think
>>>she would be first in this group? Likely not, but
>>>it’s a whole new competition when it’s a whole
>new
>>>competition.
>>>
>>>That’s sort of my short synopsis for now. I am
>>>tired, confused, and as I said, a bit deflated. I am
>>>going to post a full talent review sometime by
>>>mid-afternoon and then try and decipher what happened
>>>with the onstage questions parts of things. But I
>will
>>>give you the information as best as I can. Also, if
>>>you have any contestants in particular who you are
>>>cheering for and would like me to pay attention to
>>>them, please list them and I will pay close attention
>>>to them tomorrow and let you know how their
>>>competition was.
>>>
>>>Now I am off to get a good night’s rest. Long day,
>>>folks!
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