bobhic@aluxe.UUCP (ADOLT) (09/10/85)
Our local newspaper carried an AP photo with the following caption on 9-7-85. --------------------------------------------------------- FIRST ARRIVAL Miss Hawaii Jeanne Miyamoto from Honolulu arrives at her hotel in Atlantic City yesterday. Miyamoto, 25, was the first contestant to come into town for the Miss America Pageant. (now for the bizarre line) This marked the third year in a row in which a tradition of the 64-year-old pageant was broken by Miss Alaska not arriving first. ---------------------------------------------------------- W-E-L-L !!! I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm pretty ticked off. Is nothing sacred ?? Just how long in the ogling public going to tolerate this kind of attitude? I'm tired of putting asterisks on my score sheets. Does three years in a row establish a new tradition? If Miss Alaska arrives first next year (or some year in the future) will the old tradition be continued and this new tradition be broken or will this start another new tradition ? How can the Miss America Pageant survive with two compeating traditions? Sorry for the flame - but, I'm confused. ----------------------------------------------------------
andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) (09/12/85)
In article <813@aluxe.UUCP> bobhic@aluxe.UUCP (ADOLT) writes: >Our local newspaper carried an AP photo with the following >caption on 9-7-85. >--------------------------------------------------------- >FIRST ARRIVAL >Miss Hawaii Jeanne Miyamoto from Honolulu arrives at her >hotel in Atlantic City yesterday. Miyamoto, 25, was the >first contestant to come into town for the Miss America >Pageant. (now for the bizarre line) This marked the third >year in a row in which a tradition of the 64-year-old >pageant was broken by Miss Alaska not arriving first. That implies that there's been a Miss Alaska for all 64 years... how could that happen when Alaska's only been a state for 26? Is there a Miss Guam? AWR
carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft) (09/18/85)
In article <813@aluxe.UUCP> bobhic@aluxe.UUCP (ADOLT) writes: >FIRST ARRIVAL >Pageant. (now for the bizarre line) This marked the third >year in a row in which a tradition of the 64-year-old >pageant was broken by Miss Alaska not arriving first. >W-E-L-L !!! I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm >pretty ticked off. Is nothing sacred ?? Just how long in > (and more) Hey, wait a minute! Alaska isnt that old a state!!! Did they let Miss Alaska compete 'way back when it was just a frozen tundra possession, or what? ... Oh, I've just found out they took contestants back from 1979 to all years by renting a TARDIS. Darwin's Dad (Carl Witthoft) ...!{decvax,linus,ima,ihnp4}!bbncca!aoa!carl @ Adaptive Optics Assoc., 54 Cambridgepark Dr. Cambridge, MA 02140 617-864-0201 " Buffet-Crampon R-13 , VanDoren B-45, and VanDoren Fortes ."
hosking@convexs.UUCP (09/21/85)
> That implies that there's been a Miss Alaska for all 64 years... > how could that happen when Alaska's only been a state for 26? Well, there hasn't really been a Miss Alaska for all of those years. For a while, it was really "Miss Nome." "Miss Alaska" is really sort of a misnomer. (groan)
george@sysvis (09/24/85)
>> That implies that there's been a Miss Alaska for all 64 years... >> how could that happen when Alaska's only been a state for 26? > > Well, there hasn't really been a Miss Alaska for all of those years. > For a while, it was really "Miss Nome." "Miss Alaska" is really sort of > a misnomer. (groan) > The one that I saw was more appropriately known as "Miss Gnome".