Miss America can fool itself into thinking that it only searches for women of the utmost pristine character and that beauty happens to be a secondary asset but I'm not buying it.

I don't see what crowning a beauty queen has to do with raising awareness about specific issues. The people behind the curtain do it so that the public will listen to a pretty face telling them what to do when they could just do it themselves and donate money or time to helping these issues.

It's a dog and pony show that makes women climb over eachother to get into the spotlight. There is nothing great about beauty pageants.