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Date Posted: 15:22:07 01/02/20 Thu
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's message, "Thank you once again for your thoughtful insight. I have my own comments to add but will gather my thoughts first before sharing." on 23:42:27 12/31/19 Tue
>>It is an hour until New Year's Eve!
>>
>>First of all, I want to give my deepest condolences to
>>the Miss Louisiana Organization and anyone who know
>>the lovely, talented Carley McCord. This is so
>>heartbreaking. I just saw a news article where she
>>tried to contact her husband before the unfortunate
>>event. I can handle when someone lives a full life
>>and just gets tired. I have a very hard time with
>>someone so young and full of life not being able to
>>see it to its potential. My thoughts are with all of
>>you right now.
>>
>>(This got a little long, so sit back and read when you
>>have some time)
>>
>>FINALLY! I get some time to post about the
>>contest/competition/The Voice? I had work to do-lol
>>it doesn’t exactly fly taking an almost week off
>>this time of year. But alas, I am done. Well, where
>>to begin with this? I guess at the beginning. The
>>stage wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but
>>such a step down from Convention/Boardwalk Hall. I
>>know we weren’t going to have a runway, that’s too
>>oh I don’t know, pageant-related, but I thought the
>>stage was very plain compared to what we are used to.
>>But hey, it could have been a lot worse. The prelim
>>stage was REALLY plain. I didn’t really care for
>>the opening introductions, specifically, the grouping
>>of the contestants. There was nothing bad about the
>>regular parade of states. I think they tried to make
>>it look fashion forward, but hopefully none of the
>>contestant’s evening gowns got too dirty having to
>>sit on the floor. Calling out the contestants
>>initially was fine. At least they didn’t drag it
>>out. I appreciated that they didn’t go to
>>commercial, that the top 15 just got to do their
>>thing. I did not like how it was dragged out over two
>>or three commercials announcing the top 7. I don’t
>>think I would have minded the judges’ questions if
>>we had a three-hour telecast. The contestants, as
>>everyone could see, seemed so rushed. I thought that
>>Colorado, despite her rapid speaking, might have been
>>our winner at first. She spoke very intelligently and
>>eloquently. And I thought that Alabama spoke very
>>eloquently as well, too. I had Missouri out initially
>>and Oklahoma after those rounds, because I knew GA and
>>VA weren’t going anywhere, I thought CT sounded very
>>genuine, and CO and AL spoke very well. I wasn’t
>>thrilled about the Baby Boomer question, though I am
>>not one. Some of the others I thought were fair
>>questions. The problem with that round is that most
>>of the contestants sounded so rushed that I would have
>>rather had one or two well-answered questions that I
>>could understand.
>>In the talent competition, Missouri didn’t do as
>>well then as she did during preliminaries. It looked
>>like the lights were down. The stage was dark in
>>preliminaries, but it had some sort of light overhead.
>> Even Karamo noticed how bad it was for her. It
>>seemed like Simone was very careful, especially in the
>>beginning. Connecticut did about the same in her
>>final night performance as she did in preliminaries.
>>Oklahoma did about the same as well. Georgia, to me,
>>was the clear standout talent. Virginia was about the
>>same as she did in preliminaries. I did not like the
>>elimination once again. By that time, you could tell
>>that the first person was moving forward. Sadly, I
>>knew Connecticut was out. I was thinking that she
>>might be the winner. I know that I didn’t
>>necessarily have her on my solid top 15 list, but she
>>really seemed to excel and get excited as the night
>>went along. I hate to bring up “the old system”,
>>but I think if this was in the CMN prime years,
>>Jillian might have won. I said this about her
>>earlier, but I really could have pictured her with
>>sick children. And I was starting to question VA. I
>>thought that something was off about her all night-she
>>seemed kind of nervous and uptight, whereas GA seemed
>>a little more relaxed and eager. I also thought MO
>>had reached the end of the road by that competition,
>>even though her talent was better than some of the
>>others. I thought perhaps OK was headed forward.
>>When MO did, I really thought she was going to win.
>>In my opinion, she did the best job of presenting
>>herself during that SII round, or whatever the hell it
>>was. I once heard a voter talking about a person
>>running for Congress here. The man said, “I
>>wasn’t really considering voting for him until he
>>asked me for his vote”. MO was the only one who
>>really directly asked for the job of Miss America.
>>And by that time, she kept gaining confidence and
>>momentum each round. So much so, I thought that MO
>>and GA were going to be the final two. Again, there
>>was just something about VA that I was surprised that
>>she kept advancing. I thought that GA and MO had more
>>stage presence and seemed to be more relaxed than she
>>was. And I think like most people, I thought it was
>>kind of refreshing when MO kept walking off in
>>different directions. She was real. I hate that term
>>sometimes (it’s been shoved down our throats with
>>Jennifer Lawrence), but there Simone was, just kind of
>>against the uptight trends of the night. Like
>>Gabriela the year before, I could have seen her
>>walking in and speaking to kids. And then there was
>>Victoria, who genuinely seemed to want it. It’s not
>>that the others didn’t, you just could feel
>>Victoria’s wanting this. I thought she was doing
>>everything she needed to do. I don’t know, I had
>>this feeling that although I wanted it to be her, I
>>was kind of starting to see it for VA. And don’t
>>get me wrong, I do like Camille. I also started to
>>think about the “trend”. The age of Miss America
>>has gotten older the past few years, and Camille was
>>older. No one can complain about her looks-she is
>>very regal looking and looked like a Miss America. I
>>was a little surprised that it was MO that was
>>“eliminated”. I just really did not like those
>>eliminations. By that time, I really wasn’t 100
>>percent sure who had won. I still thought Victoria
>>did more all night and all week to win. But then
>>again, I couldn’t explain it, but I think that
>>Camille was going to win. I want to go back and watch
>>the pageant in its entirety, but there was one thing
>>that kind of concerned me with Victoria, too. Kelly
>>Rowland asked her, “Do you have any interests
>>besides foster care?” I wasn’t a huge fan of that
>>question, either. I don’t know if the judges
>>thought perhaps that she was too focused, if there was
>>such a thing. Or maybe one-dimensional. Earlier, I
>>saw a wonderful special on CBS where they showed
>>stories about children being adopted out of foster
>>care. I still think it would have been a wonderful
>>platform, but it’s not meant to be this year. And
>>if I really think about it, would you want anyone you
>>liked and respected to have to put up with the current
>>climate of the MAO this year?
>>
>>The crowning was at least like old times EXCEPT for
>>the fact that for the first time in history, the
>>outgoing winner did not have even have a final walk.
>>For god’s sakes, she served an extra three months.
>>Did she not deserve even a 30 second farewell? They
>>could have maybe actually announced 4 and 3 in the
>>first round to make room for Nia’s farewell. I also
>>thought they waited too long of a pause. Just
>>announce the winner. I think at least on the surface,
>>Victoria took it well. We are only starting to hear
>>bits and pieces about what the week was like for the
>>titleholders. I don’t know if anyone has heard how
>>she feels about her experience, but she couldn’t
>>have done anything more.
>>
>>I do like Camille and it seems like she is
>>controversial, but I do like her. I would say that
>>she’s going to have to work a bit on seeming nervous
>>and speaking too rapidly, but I am sure she will get
>>it down. During her first press conference, she
>>handled it like a pro. She is very well-spoken and
>>gives good answers. The only thing I didn’t like
>>was her answer about the allegations that Katelynne
>>Cox made. I would have to have to face one of my MAO
>>sisters and more or less come out against her. I
>>don’t think that Camille answered very strongly, but
>>I know I would personally feel uncomfortable having to
>>tow the line at the event of one of my competition
>>sisters. The only other drawback I would see with her
>>is her saying several times now that she has no
>>talent. I knew this would be debated and will for
>>some time to come, but MAO is still putting an
>>emphasis on talent. For her to come out and say that
>>she has no talent and still won is not convincing.
>>
>>As far as the “competition” itself, I felt like I
>>was waiting for 2 hours for something to get started
>>that ended without it getting started. That in no way
>>resembled anything but a competition show. And most
>>competition shows these days like AGT, DWTS, The
>>Voice, American Idol-it is about talent and not
>>throwing a few short speaking “competitions” where
>>everyone is talking like they inhaled helium to try
>>and get it all out as much as they can. At least come
>>back to where it was last year-the first hour sucked
>>but once evening gown got going and talent, it was
>>much better than this. Things really have to change.
>>If someone is willing to pay for this to be on the
>>air, then there will be a place for it. And the
>>ratings were better than most of us originally
>>thought. But that doesn’t mean that people will
>>tune in next year. I couldn’t even imagine the
>>Hallmark Channel with it’s so-called “traditional
>>values” wanting to take this on and pay for the
>>rights to it. I think it will stay on the air as long
>>as someone else pays for it. But there’s limits,
>>and I predict that in 5 years a telecast ceases to
>>exist. And with the way numbers are down, no money,
>>no sponsorships and poor leadership, Miss America will
>>likely limp to its 100th year and disappear. I do
>>wish this class the best and I am sure that we will
>>start to hear what their years have been like sooner
>>or later. What the public saw on competition night is
>>not going to fly. It gave no entertainment value to
>>anyone. And what executive does not realize that
>>talent shows while solid in the ratings aren't exactly
>>what they used to be? Hell, American Idol is on its
>>second network now. What used to be the biggest show
>>on TV. I half thought that perhaps if Simon Cowell
>>was a judge that maybe people would tune in. But he
>>would have to be paid well to do it, and I highly
>>doubt he would be interested in a speaking competition
>>like this.
>>
>>I also think NBC dropped the ball. In the beginning we
>>were led to believe that they were going to distribute
>>all talent videos, although some said that it was
>>smoke and mirrors because they didn't want to pay for
>>talent clearances. I have no reason to doubt the
>>latter. But those videos were never edited or
>>released. To be fair, NBC was not paying the MAO, the
>>MAO was paying them. But they did not do much of
>>anything as far as promotion. It's still somewhat on
>>them if the show is a disaster and from public
>>opinion, it was.
>>
>>Now, what say you? I've read a lot about this, but I
>>am curious to hear some more opinions. Specifically,
>>who did you have winning throughout the night? I
>>changed several times.
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