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Subject: Absolutely LOVED competing at my state Mrs. International pageant-BUT... Author: No name [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 03:52:26 04/04/26 Sat Author Host/IP: syn-035-150-243-219.res.spectrum.com/35.150.243.219 In reply to: 's message, "What was your BEST experience at a pageant (now that we have the "worst experience" thread going.)" on 23:16:28 01/08/26 Thu I am not too keen on Mary Richardson. I had emailed her many years ago about possibly adding a Ms. division and I got a very curt answer back that was borderline rude. Also a friend of mine attended the national pageant (to support a friend that was competing) and she was told to *take off her crown and banner from another system.* She is a principled person-she refused and walked out. Good for her!! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date I mean, taking off your crown and sash from another system is actually the norm. Even Miss America has banned crowns and sashes from competing systems at state pageants (NT) No name (pool-72-74-53-82.bstnma.fios.verizon.net/72.74.53.82) 11:35:09 04/06/26 Mon Banning crowns and sashes from other systems is ridiculous. Pageantry is a fading sport - how do we expect to grow the industry if we are showing in our actions that we don't actually care about women's empowerment; we're showing we care about system/business empowerment. (NT) -- No name, 14:06:29 04/06/26 Mon (syn-098-146-193-169.res.spectrum.com/98.146.193.169) Umm, yeah, pageantry is a business. If you really care about it, you would understand the rule and the reason for it. You want audience members to enter the pageant and tell their friends and family to enter the pageant. Anyone you refer to Miss All-American Princess Queen of the 4th Night of September or whatever else is one less girl who is competing in YOUR pageant (NT) -- No name, 18:10:50 04/06/26 Mon (pool-72-74-53-82.bstnma.fios.verizon.net/72.74.53.82) Which is RIDICULOUS. If you only care about women joining YOUR program - you don't care about empowering women in pageantry. You care about your business making money. Both can be true when there are millions of women involved, and not every system is for every woman. My state systems enacted bans on each other's crowns and sashes in photos and at pageants, and engagement in every single system is down. Maybe if we all encouraged women to do the best pageant for them instead of MY pageant, everyone would succeed more. (NT) -- No name, 15:53:59 04/07/26 Tue (Gen-Staff-Wireless-NAT.net.wsu.edu/134.121.18.254) Pageantry needs to be welcome to visiting royalty from all systems. AFAIK Mrs. International is the only system that does not allow visiting royalty to wear their crown/sash (NT) -- No name, 21:54:12 04/12/26 Sun (syn-035-150-243-219.res.spectrum.com/35.150.243.219) Miss America doesn't. Miss Volunteer doesn't (NT) -- No name, 08:23:39 04/15/26 Wed (pool-72-74-53-82.bstnma.fios.verizon.net/72.74.53.82) Some states in MAO are being stringent on not wearing their sashes and crowns in photos with other systems. Mrs and princess pageants seem to be the worst (NT) -- No name, 17:57:42 04/15/26 Wed (NoHost/172.56.202.3) Totally agree-the titleholder you ban from wearing her crown today could be your delegate for a FUTURE pageant!! (NT) -- No name, 13:24:20 04/25/26 Sat (syn-035-150-243-219.res.spectrum.com/35.150.243.219) Our titleholders can't wear crowns if Miss State is wearing hers. F***** ridiculous. At a local pageant, no little girl wants to take a picture with a sash. (NT) -- No name, 13:21:53 04/14/26 Tue (23.29.80.195.bbc.net/23.29.80.195) Everyone there is supporting the MAO and its local pageants and contestants. They are the headliners. Nothing should be competing for its primacy there. A brooch commemorating another title is appropriate; a crown and/or sash from another program is not. We wouldn't say a MAO woman would find a fit at another pageant; and visa versa. I went to a MAO local where a competing titleholder wore a larger crown than the MAO local crown. It made the MAO crown seem insignificant; yet it should have been the star of the show. (NT) No name (syn-071-073-205-179.res.spectrum.com/71.73.205.179) 22:51:08 04/12/26 Sun Haven't you ever noticed that the smaller the title, the bigger the crown.? (NT) -- No name, 00:26:22 04/14/26 Tue (47.sub-174-216-0.myvzw.com/174.216.0.47)