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Subject: What's going on in Maine? Author: No name [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 14:19:33 06/30/25 Mon Author Host/IP: NoHost/212.15.80.174 The outgoing Miss titleholder has posted 2 interesting Reels & a story on her personal Instagram with the following captions: First Reel Outgoing Miss Maine running down the hallway with "freedom" written towards the top of the video Caption: you've heard of runaway bride, but have you ever heard of runaway title holder? my mom said to me after crowning my successor, "was happier to see a new Miss Maine crowned than you" after the year I've had, you wouldn't blame me. Lots of people say it's bittersweet to give up your title. My year was bitter enough that last night was just sweet iykyk Second Reel Outgoing Teen shaking the hand of the outgoing Miss with text that says: A Teen titleholder who was told she wasn't allowed to be in contact with her Miss titleholder Outgoing Miss shaking the hand of the outgoing Teen with text that says: A Miss titleholder who is old enough to recognize manipulation tactics and abuse of power Caption: "Isolation is one of the most common tactics of abuse and coercive control. It aims to keep you from connecting with the outside world and seeing that something isn't right in the relationship. Isolation distances you from family and friends who can help you escape from or challenge the abuse." Text from her story: "However, I'm tired. The last year of my life was one of the worst. I want to be happy and not deal with this anymore. I've tried going up through the appropriate channels but these women remain in their positions. And be of that, the state of Maine and their women and girls will suffer. so of course, I continue to fight." [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date How awful (NT) No name (50.sub-174-233-81.myvzw.com/174.233.81.50) 14:42:30 06/30/25 Mon Is that why Maine had no 3 or 4 contestants? And what’s up with CT? Same thing…no contestants (NT) No name (c-73-142-196-158.hsd1.ct.comcast.net/73.142.196.158) 15:21:43 06/30/25 Mon CT had 11 Miss this year (NT) -- No name, 23:44:02 06/30/25 Mon (NoHost/217.114.38.126) Maine had 3 contestants this year & Connecticut had 11. (NT) -- fyi, 00:16:02 07/01/25 Tue (syn-097-104-014-136.res.spectrum.com/97.104.14.136) CT was a joke. A girl who has no ties with Ct wins? She graduated from QU in May but lives in NY. Why Brooke didnt win is shocking (NT) -- No name, 12:27:00 07/01/25 Tue (NoHost/140.209.200.163) If she graduated from QU, then she, by definition, has ties to CT and is eligible to compete. Let go of the sour grapes (NT) -- No name, 23:13:36 07/01/25 Tue (NoHost/100.17.37.204) Why didnt she compete in NY? She lives there fulltime. She is not a fulltime student and graduated. Why wouldnt you want to compete in the state you live in your whole life? The poor girl in white who dedicated so much time to the program should have won. Cayla was certainly not the best. Thats the ranking for you or the board who chose. Another pathetic showing from CT. -- True CT girls move on The board doesnt want you which is sad., 10:16:46 07/02/25 Wed (NoHost/140.209.200.163) Complain to the Miss Connecticut board about this (NT) -- No name, 12:09:57 07/02/25 Wed (139.sub-174-226-12.myvzw.com/174.226.12.139) It will fall on deaf ears! -- No name, 14:11:53 07/02/25 Wed (NoHost/140.209.200.163) What do you expect to happen to the current Miss Connecticut by complaining 3 times here? (NT) -- No name, 20:22:53 07/02/25 Wed (NoHost/73.115.5.46) Who are you to ask? People can post here for whatever reasons they want. We don't need a gatekeeper of what we can bitch about. And anyone with any pageant experience knows to NEVER go to the people you're complaining about expecting them to solve their problem. "We've investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong." (NT) -- you're condescending and that's being nice, 11:11:29 07/09/25 Wed (unn-37-19-221-154.datapacket.com/37.19.221.154) Ok, so what do you expect to happen exactly? No one can solve your alleged problem (NT) -- No name, 16:29:52 07/09/25 Wed (NoHost/100.17.37.204) Here's what you're getting wrong-- I don't expect anything to happen! I don't have any problem, lol. I like to come to a pageant gossip site to momentarily forget the world is burning. Do you realize how controlling you sound? You want to dictate what ppl complain about, or don't, on here. It's neurotic. I say this kindly, do yourself a favor and stop worrying about what others are doing or not. (NT) -- Pro tip: a life lived wanting to control others will make everyone miserable, 10:46:26 07/11/25 Fri (unn-37-19-221-167.datapacket.com/37.19.221.167) Says the person who posts incessantly about WHY Miss CT competed in CT, over and over, and over, and over again (NT) -- No name, 15:51:35 07/11/25 Fri (NoHost/100.17.37.204) I know NOTHING of the CT pageant, and haven't commented on it prior. What I can't stand are those here that chastise ppl for airing dirty laundry on Voy rather than "tAkE tHe aPpRoPrIaTe aCtIoNs" elsewhere, or whatever. My point is there are ppl here who have an agenda to shut down any sharing of what's REALLY going on within the MAO,. Look at what's happening in NY state right now. (NT) -- No name, 14:07:59 07/15/25 Tue (unn-37-19-221-167.datapacket.com/37.19.221.167) What outcome do you want by repeatedly complaining? (NT) -- No name, 01:21:32 07/11/25 Fri (NoHost/73.115.5.46) Because she chose to compete in CT. She has every right to do that. Again, stop sucking on sour grapes. They're not taking her crown (NT) -- No name, 14:12:47 07/02/25 Wed (NoHost/100.17.37.204) It is pretty clear that this is written either by Brooke herself, aka the “girl in white” or one of her friends/family members. Throwing a tantrum that the winner wasn’t eligible is reflecting more poorly on you and Brooke than anyone else. She didn’t win and I know that is hard, especially when you are certain it is your year, which clearly she thinks, but (NT) -- No name, 01:10:29 07/11/25 Fri (NoHost/217.114.38.129) I am assuming (NT) -- No name, 07:41:55 07/09/25 Wed (NoHost/217.114.38.126) She should have never won. I am sure one of the other contestants would have been grateful to have been Miss Maine. (NT) No name (120.112.180.107.host.secureserver.net/107.180.112.120) 15:36:29 06/30/25 Mon Thank you, Maine ED. Now settle down so we can find out why your titleholder is accusing you of being an abuser (NT) -- No name, 23:14:13 07/01/25 Tue (NoHost/100.17.37.204) never shouldve won... what a joke. -- No name, 02:14:42 07/08/25 Tue (c-73-60-68-186.hsd1.nh.comcast.net/73.60.68.186) She’s the biggest joke, can’t take her seriously No name (2.sub-174-224-160.myvzw.com/174.224.160.2) 17:11:59 06/30/25 Mon Anyone have details on this? What happened? (NT) No name (NoHost/100.17.37.204) 21:13:45 06/30/25 Mon I don’t think a lot of people realize how difficult it is to be a titleholder with a board of directors who doesn’t support you & is only in it to have bragging rights is. I hope the former titleholder is ok. (NT) No name (201.sub-174-204-1.myvzw.com/174.204.1.201) 21:39:06 07/01/25 Tue What bragging rights do you think these Maine volunteers have ever had? What support was missing that made being Miss Maine so difficult? While the instruction to not have contact with each other seems very odd, it also seems unenforcable and unless the Miss and Teen were besties before they competed it can hardly be considered isolationist. I suspect the sentence(s) before and after they were told to stay apart would reveal the motivation for such an absurd mandate. (NT) -- No name, 11:56:29 07/09/25 Wed (NoHost/172.59.78.72) Your saying they should endure the board's threats bc they're unenforceable is insane. Titleholders don't deserve to have to go through a gauntlet of unhinged behavior from directors, just to hold the title. (NT) -- when you IMMEDIATELY malign the girls, you're the problem, 10:53:32 07/11/25 Fri (unn-37-19-221-167.datapacket.com/37.19.221.167) Does the National Office look into any of this? (NT) No name (NoHost/50.207.243.5) 20:27:53 07/02/25 Wed No (NT) -- No name, 18:18:46 07/06/25 Sun (ip72-212-36-167.ph.ph.cox.net/72.212.36.167) WHAT national office? (NT) No name (136-32-197-127.googlefiber.net/136.32.197.127) 10:15:17 07/09/25 Wed It saddens me to see this 28 year old adult career woman with an impressive full-time job publicly whining about her hobby making her miserable as if she had no control over the situation. I can understand putting up with just about anything to finally get to the Miss America stage, but that was 6 months ago. Why didn't she come home, quit and get back to her real life instead of choosing to waste half a year being unhappy? And, if the titleholders were being so abused why the heck didn't the 14 year old teen's parents get her out of that toxic situation? (NT) Inquiring Minds Want To Know (NoHost/172.59.78.72) 12:22:52 07/09/25 Wed Right, and if she would’ve quit you would be on this same board calling her undedicated and a waste of the title. How old are YOU to be spending time on these message boards saying negative things about a young woman. THIS is why MAO is failing. (NT) -- No name, 15:07:29 07/09/25 Wed (NoHost/98.50.107.168) Well, perhaps wrongly, but in my mind if she had quit she would have made it perfectly clear why she took that action leaving no room to criticize the decision. I fully support women who refuse to tolerate disrespect in any form and I think that goes for the majority of posters here. (NT) -- No name, 22:34:07 07/10/25 Thu (NoHost/172.59.75.138) But then other posters would complain about her giving up her crown wondering why she competed in the first place (NT) -- No name, 16:23:11 07/09/25 Wed (NoHost/73.115.5.46) Miss NY Teen posted a similar tik tok “running” to take off her crown. Thoughts?? (NT) No name (host139.fpamm.com/209.215.92.139) 23:40:37 07/12/25 Sat