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Subject: Please click in Author: The verdict is still out. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 05:54:00am In reply to: Z 's message, "Good ol' Maryland" on Tuesday, June 27, 01:51:22am It's amazing, Miss America is a scholarship pageant. And based off of the comments on this Board, interview, talent or scholarship meant nothing in this current selection. What happened to the days when a young lady was well versed on current events, and could answer a question coherently. That college/university education wasn't just an acceptance letter, it was a proven academic track record. Agree with the talent comment, most never perform it again. But a few appearances doesn't make a valuable platform, or show true service. In the end, it seems like we would want to send the best representative, not just a beautiful face. The fact that we have placed 3 out of 5 years had nothing to do with who was handpicked. It is hard to argue that at least 4 of them were handpicked. Look at what 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2016 accomplished.Those young ladies made it their mission to be good reps, and it was proven in the awards they achieved outside . [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: To your note about academics and scholarship - don't expect to crown anyone intelligent in Maryland until Sherry rescinds her unofficial rule that requires titleholders to leave school for a year (unpaid) and God forbid, they attend school out of state. That's how we lose the smart girls with dreams beyond the pageant stage, and we get girls who are only experienced in pageantry. Author: Newsflash: That's not what Miss America is looking for. Start crowning the smart girls. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 06:15:28am [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: I think the trend now is to pick smart and accomplished women. Take a look at Miss USA and miss DC Author: Agreed! [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 08:27:49am [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Smart girls see beyond the sham that Sherry puts on - that's how Maryland lost Sam, Stephanie, Kati, Sara and plenty of others. Having a full-time titleholder is admirable, but not when the scholarship money is low, there is no consistent income or other board-secured benefits (apartment, car, etc.), and girls are shamed for pursuing academic opportunities out-of-state. Author: Over it. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 08:44:02am [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Are you serious. Hannah is extremely bright. So was Joanna Guy and so was Christina Denny would made the national interview DVD. All three very bright and very beautiful. So your argument about Miss Maryland being only about looks is pretty stupid. If Masek were dumb she would not have even made it to Hagerstown. GET REAL. Author: WRONG [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 08:49:33am [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: I completely agree about Joanna - although I do know that the conflicting expectations of the Miss Maryland board made the year difficult on her academically (for an organization that is supposed to be about scholarship). We have had five winners since Joanna, and intelligence or academic drive have not been salient qualities of these recent titleholders. Author: . [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 09:11:30am [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Absolutely right! Since Joanna there was no one who was a real role model. Author: Bimbo alert [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 09:37:40am Cristina nailed her interview but other than that....Hannah is smart, if you are a GI, she is right at that level. She definitely appeals to her base. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: *Please* enlist the emotional intelligence needed to edit what you post and show yourself to be a real role model. Each of the formers mentioned, our forevers, have exemplified service and scholarship promoted by the organization and regardless of the results of the national pageant, have continued to develop their education, careers, talents and friendships beyond. Maybe this character is what the judges saw in them. Author: Elle [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 12:47:41pm [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Hannah was a 4.0/Straight A student. Can we say the same about other Miss Marylands? Author: Hmmm [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 11:50:13am [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Feel free to come back and defend her grades when she has a bachelor's degree or higher and a legitimate job...like almost all of our forevers have Author: Reach higher [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, June 28, 01:25:24am [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Couldn't have said it better. Sad how this program is going down hill ever year. Author: Smart ones get out now. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, June 28, 05:50:01am [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: She is still a college student. A student that is working towards a degree. Most other formers were older when they won so they would have already graduated. Author: Stop trying to make a point that makes no sense. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Saturday, July 08, 04:51:45pm [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: It's a FUCKING BEAUTY pageant for crying out loud! You gotta stop making sad excuses for yourselves and just move on! Obsessing like this is not healthy! Do you have anything better to do with your lives? You do know pagentry is not the only way right? Author: Stop being insecure haters. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, June 28, 05:38:24am Keep using education to defend your argument or to make you feel better about yourself and your child losing. It's a fucking BEAUTY PAGEANT for crying out loud. Get it through your thick skulls. If you keep competing and haven't placed, move on! Why continue to make excuses for yourself or bring others down? MD has really stepped up their game in the last few years with choosing girls who actually look the part...... and frankly it's about time. Stop lying to yourself by saying beauty doesn't count. I'm sorry you feel shitty because you'll never be as beautiful as Hannah, Destiny, or Kathleen. The other forevers were beautiful too but not in a STRIKING way and that probably pisses you off. I believe they will all get very far in their lives. The ones that don't have their degrees have their own life experiences or personal reasons why they didn't get one. Some simply can't afford one. Who are you to look down on them for not having a degree? That doesn't take anything away from their intelliigence and at least they are not in student loan debt. Some of the most brilliant people in the world don't have their degrees because they caught on that having a degree is not the only way to success. Give me a break with this education nonsense and do something useful with your life, instead of working an average job and living an average life. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: It's a FUCKING BEAUTY pageant for crying out loud! You gotta stop making sad excuses for yourselves and just move on! Obsessing like this is not healthy! Do you have anything better to do with your lives? You do know pagentry is not the only way right? Author: LOL [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, June 28, 06:51:07am HAHA you are a fool. I like your low-key attack towards the winners before Destiny. You obviously do not know the previous winners. Stop degrading the other forevers. To say the past forevers were not strikingly beautiful is complete bull. I've known all of the former Miss Marylands back to 2010 and they all have been extremely intelligent, sweet, and hard working not to mention among the most beautiful women I've ever met. They all more than deserved their state titles as did the last 3 winners. But to say Hannah or Kathleen or Destiny are any more beautiful that the previous contestants is crap and just plain ignorant. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Agreed! Author: Jane [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, June 28, 07:22:59am Amen to that! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Where are these "grades" from? Author: uh what [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, June 28, 06:56:13am HAHAHAHA is that a joke? Where did Hannah get these "grades". [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/westminster-woman-crowned-miss-maryland/article_41d480aa-5959-11e7-b827-dbdb03f9a530.html Author: At this point all we can do is give her a chance. [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 10:37:13am [ Post a Reply to This Message ]