Active Duty Army Officer wins title for the first time in history

[Anonymous]

Miss Colorado Madison Marsh was crowned Miss America, becoming the first active-duty military service member to win the title in the pageant's nearly 100-year history, according to the U.S. Air Force.

There is no way this is real!!! (This is the DODFD - make this happen)

[Anonymous]

I can’t believe we still have beauty pageants.

[Anonymous]

Maybe we can be more supportive of our first woman president.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe we can be more supportive of our first woman president.

When -- in four years? What makes you think she couldn't be the first or second woman president?

[Anonymous]

I'm embarrassed for her.

[Anonymous]

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/miss-colorado-comp.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&170490804


here's another pic. Pagent competitons are outdated and messy but good her

[Anonymous]

She’s in the Air Force. That’s different from the Army in this country. (In some other countries, it’s not.)

[Anonymous]

She’s a pilot, a Harvard graduate student, and Miss America. I hate pageants but you have to be in awe of her well-rounded talents and time management skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She’s a pilot, a Harvard graduate student, and Miss America. I hate pageants but you have to be in awe of her well-rounded talents and time management skills.

She’s an Air Force Academy grad, has a private pilot’s license, in fighter pilot training, founded a non-profit for cancer advocacy, and attends the Kennedy School at Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Once upon a time, it was prohibited for any military servicemember to support or participate in beauty pageants in their official capacity - meaning using their position/uniform. That even included being uniformed "escorts" for beauty pageants as they walk down runways. The military uniform is not colorful window dressing for entertainment events.

The biggest reason is that the military used to prohibit this is they believed in the whole-person concept, and that people should not be judged on their looks. Not to mention the sexist/misogynistic elements especially for women's contests.

Self-aggrandizement used to be antithetical to military service. Since social media took hold of society, it's been an enemy the military services have not been able to hold back.

Another reason was the appearance of the military endorsing the organization. Photos of on official duty (in her taxpayer-funded aircraft and uniform) are the prime example.
If the pageant comes out with a political or social stance, will Miss American be making supportive statements? As a military member she is not supposed to be political in her official capacity.

Last but not least is the "hero" factor. When you put someone in a uniform up against all the other civilian contestants, there is a definite bias to judge that person as more worthy of winning since they are a "hero."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She’s a pilot, a Harvard graduate student, and Miss America. I hate pageants but you have to be in awe of her well-rounded talents and time management skills.

She’s an Air Force Academy grad, has a private pilot’s license, in fighter pilot training, founded a non-profit for cancer advocacy, and attends the Kennedy School at Harvard.

She can’t be in fighter training and at Cambridge. She may have been selected for it but she just graduated from the academy. As impressive as she is, she can’t do pilot training remotely. Doubt Kennedy is online and pilot training is intense. You don’t get a masters degree at night while in pilot training.

Non profits are completely unimpressive now. Everyone has one. Tell me how many people it’s actually served and what it’s done for them. Most have done nothing.

[Anonymous]

She sounds pretty bad ass! I still hate beauty pageants though.

[Anonymous]

Why am I paying her to do this nonsense.

As it is she is in school (getting paid to be a student). Now she wastes time in a Beauty pageant??!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why am I paying her to do this nonsense.

As it is she is in school (getting paid to be a student). Now she wastes time in a Beauty pageant??!!

Good point. How serious can she be about being a fighter pilot?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She’s in the Air Force. That’s different from the Army in this country. (In some other countries, it’s not.)

OP doesn't know the difference.