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Subject: Up north Author: History buff [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Sunday, April 14, 09:40:04am I recently had the opportunity to drive through Allegheny County and stop in Cumberland and Frostburg for work, and I started thinking about Miss Maryland history. Particularly, how did such a mostly small-town area become the epicenter of pageantry in Maryland? One thought I had was that pageant queens are most well-received in small towns (parades, festivals, etc.) Miss Small Town may be beloved and cherished by the Small Town community, but Miss Large City may just not have the same opportunities or community recognition. What other factors may contribute to the immense popularity of pageants in that part of the state? Finally, this is not a “bash” on that part of the state as I truly enjoyed my visit. Rather, I’d love to take this conversation and use it to generate ideas to improve the popularity of pageants in other parts of the state. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Great topic! Throughout the history in the 80's, and 90's for sure, larger towns and counties had many appearances for their titleholders and I think its because of who sponsored them. There were several titleholders that represented the Baltimore area including Miss Baltimore's Best and Miss Baltimore which was run for a very long time by the great Miss Willa Bland. There was a Miss Annapolis, Miss Ocean City, Miss College Park, Miss Greenbelt, Miss Prince George's County. Sertoma, Lions Club, Legions, were sponsors. Author: I think the service groups helped the popularity [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Sunday, April 14, 11:51:35am [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: The small towns are somewhat frozen in time. Author: Former [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, May 06, 08:15:55am It’s almost embarrassing for someone who inspire to have an impressive career in a large city to be a “pageant queen”. Guys these days are looking for the successful partners with great education and impressive jobs and not for the trophy wives. That is if you are talking about east coast major metropolitan areas. It’s just my experience that people who are aiming high (in professional world) think that pageants are ridiculously outdated and sexist. Look at how many news anchors are lawyers these days! It used to be beauty queens, now values are different. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]