A few months ago, the Ms. Magazine blog posted an article about the Miss America Pageant discussing why more women aren’t protesting the pageant on the grounds that it is sexist and that the contestants are brainless beauties who only push Conservative “safe” issues for their platforms like abstinence-only sex-education, cancer prevention, world peace, etc. I’m sure many people recall Miss California Carrie Prejean’s public stance on “traditional marriage” and Miss America 2002 Erika Harold’s platform on abstinence-only-until-marriage.A few blog commentators even asked the question “Where are the pageant queens who would dare to promote a platform on abortion, birth control, and comprehensive sex-education?” That seems to be a question that more people are beginning to ask about pageants and their contestants.
