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Date Posted: 07:59:05 02/23/09 Mon
Author: just me
Subject: reply to personal rant

First, you obviously don't know a lot about the Nebraska pageant. It has absolutely nothing to do with Nebraskaland Days. They are two separate events that just happen to fall in close proximity on the calendar. Two. Why is it in North Platte? It is a small enough community to pull lots of people and businesses in to help with it that you don't get in a large city, and yet big enough to host it. It's also small enough to be the focus of a large portion of the town for that week. If you had it in Omaha, Lincoln, even Grand Island, it probably wouldn't even make the front page of the newspapers except on Sunday after the crowning. The press of North Platte keeps it visible all week. Third, what do you think is done with these girls after they are crowned, that they're left high and dry? Nebraska spends some big bucks looking for clothes, getting coaching from pageant professionals like Bill Wolfe for talent and others for interview, modeling professionals for walking and posing, and so on. Gretchen's dress for talent this year was extremely expensive and it was one of the most beautiful in Vegas. So why wasn't she noticed? Why wasn't Ashley? Why, why, why? If we knew that answer, we would bottle it and sell it to the 25-35 states that always are just in the background. Every year when the contingency goes to Miss America, they always hear how amazing Miss Nebraska is and she's gotta be in the top 10, and yet when the announcement is made, she isn't. It is frustrating to all. It has absolutely nothing to do with the board, in my humble opinion. It's the judges. We all know that at every local and state pageant, you could have three different panels of judges watching the same show, and you'd have three different winners. Personally, I don't think Nebraska and some of the states are taken seriously as they haven't got a stellar past full of winners. South Dakota finally broke into that this year, but their girl was so tall, how could she not be noticed and watched? Before you go accusing state boards, and thinking you know what's what, you'd better check your facts. That's my personal rant

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