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Subject: Social Media Author: No name [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 19:16:36 05/12/26 Tue Author Host/IP: NoHost/172.56.66.54 How seriously is social media taken in your state? Are contestants required to or heavily encouraged to post several posts leading up to the state pageant, or is it not a heavy requirement for your state? Curious to know as in my state it seems to overwhelm contestants but still be a heavy priority. So much that I am hearing that girls are paying people to run their social media accounts. It seems as if the front runners always have it down, but new girls seem to struggle with keeping up with posting. And to add all of the intricate graphics and reels these girls are making must take so much time? As if Miss America was already too much enough for some girls who just do not want or have that much time for all of it. I personally dont think that how much someone posts online should have any bearing on the results, but many seem to think differently. Want to know thoughts on this. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date MAO has a SM contract that requires contestants post 3 - 5 times week, or close to it. (NT) No name (syn-097-105-043-098.biz.spectrum.com/97.105.43.98) 19:33:53 05/12/26 Tue my opinion is, with all the concern of online safety, they need to back OFF. Especially the teens. The internet is a DANGEROUS place.....Social media overuse has been proven to lead to anxiety and depression. It also opens them up to be bullied. (NT) I HATE IT (24-230-142-219-dynamic.midco.net/24.230.142.219) 20:57:08 05/12/26 Tue I mean, NY literally crowned an influencer. Like a professional influencer who makes her living off posting on social media. Very few of her posts (relatively speaking) have anything at all to do with the MAO. She has some pageant content, but even that isn't specific to the MAO. The girl has over 300K followers, most of whom are likely teens and young adults (given channel demographics) on You Tube and she's posting videos about spring cleaning, nighttime routines, and getting a new cat and repeating the same drab content on Instagram. It's the literal definition of a marketing fail (NT) No name (pool-72-74-53-82.bstnma.fios.verizon.net/72.74.53.82) 21:43:28 05/12/26 Tue Why are you attacking Lauren Norris here? That is not what this post was about and also NY did not crown her as you say she was originally the 3rd runner up so your point there is invalid. Also have you thought about how this was her profession that has paid her bills since before she ever thought about MAO? Despite NY having nothing for her to do, she has to continue making her living. She seems to post what she can about MAO. (NT) -- No name, 21:56:51 05/12/26 Tue (NoHost/172.56.66.54) I'm not criticizing Lauren. I'm saying the NY Org (and MAO) missed an opportunity with Lauren. NY had the girl who won Miss A and the crown went to a professional influencer. If the Org had hired a professional PR firm, the first thing they would have said was that Lauren should be producing about 10X more content about the MAO, even if she has to start a new channel to do it (like the Miss NY official instagram). Lauren could have literally vlogged her entire year, each video ending with "here's how you can compete." Instead, it's spring cleaning videos. I get that Lauren has a channel to pay her bills. But 10 years ago, Miss States took on the role of Miss State as a full-time job. And with Lauren's experience, there's no reason at all that she couldn't do the same -- speaking engagements, schools, performing her talent, traveling the state. She could have grown her own channel or created a new one to show off what being Miss State is really about. Missed opportunity (NT) -- No name, 22:21:26 05/12/26 Tue (pool-72-74-53-82.bstnma.fios.verizon.net/72.74.53.82) Her followers know she is Miss New York No need to bash (NT) -- No name, 01:36:38 05/13/26 Wed (255.sub-174-227-73.myvzw.com/174.227.73.255)