This choice is an absolute scandal. It’s just not the scandal that the racist bigots think it is.
As an incredible affront to right-thinking Americans everywhere, the Miss American Pageant has chosen as our national representative to the Miss Universe competition an Indian-American woman who is … from New York! They chose a NEW YORKER over a CALIFORNIAN!
Miss California 2014, Crystal Lee, finished second. We should secede and send her to the Miss Universe pageant on our own.
I think I speak for Californians everywhere when I say that our Indian-American women are every bit as beautiful and talented as this Nina Davuluri contestant from New York. What’s wrong with California, pageant judges? We’re not surly enough for you? I protest. Furthermore, our contestant’s answer about what to do regarding Syria was arguably better than Obama’s — and certainly more brief.
Of course, some other protest is going around the Intertubes right now based on Miss New York somehow not being “a real American.” Some examples:
An Asian and an Indian?? I thought this was Miss America!?
How the fuck does a foreigner win miss America? She is a Arab!
This is Miss America … Not Miss Foreign Country!
Miss America ‘s name does not sounds very American…
Don’t listen to those people, pageanteers — they’re assholes. And if it takes our choosing a Miss New York for this honor to expose their ugly souls, and to piss them off — then I guess it may be worth it. So: congratulations on becoming Miss American, Miss … sigh … New York.
(P.S. Hey, you New Yorkers: if you can find vegetarian Indian food in 50 tries of random restaurants in Manhattan or Brooklyn that’s better that what you can get at Radhe’s Sweets & Catering in West Anaheim (Lincoln and Grand), I’ll be shocked. No, going to Jackson Heights in Queens does not count. (If you check Radhe’s out, tell them that the Orange Juice Blog sent you!)
Grand? In West Anaheim?
Sorry — technically it’s South Grand.
Look it up online. Grand is midway between Beach and Western. (And Western is midway between Beach and Knott, if you need the extra head start.)
When you’re right, you’re right.
Take a stupid bath this morning with the imbeciles at Fox News:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/16/fox-news-host-new-miss-america-nina-davuluri-doesnt-represent-american-values/
A gratuitous slap at Fox. The radio guy was commenting on his girl Miss Kansas getting bumped and suddenly he’s a racist. His comments were made before, not after the woman from Syracuse won. His comment was time-stamped.
The slanderous story by CNN was later edited to remove references to the Fox guy.
As for the unfortunate comments, those represent a broad and deep currrent of know-nothingism in America.
I never said “suddenly.”
It’s true that I can’t judge whether he’s a racist. But saying that Miss Kansas deserves to be crowned Miss America on the grounds cited is imbecilic.
I include it in this post because it’s generally on the topic of who should have won, not because he’s at the low level as the commenters.
The entire concept of beauty pageants is a silly anachronism and, dare I say it? Sexist.
Yet racism and xenophobia are not anachronistic at all, alas.
This Hispanic American man remembers a time when I thought that racism in America was a thing of the past. A called that first phase of my life “Before Stan Knee and company”
I hate to correct you Greg, but I don’t think Miss America goes on to compete in the Miss Universe contest. I believe that would be Miss USA’s gig, so our country’s “fine reputation” is still save.
Miss World then? I’m sorry if I erred; it’s been a long time since I competed in these sorts of contests. (OK, technically they weren’t even these sorts of contests.) (OK, technically, that’s not even “technically.”)
I have never “technically or otherwise” ever participated in these sorts of contests either, but I think Miss America is pretty much as high as it goes for these young ladies. And not sure I want to find out what “sort of contests” you did actually compete in!
I ran for the 29th State Senate District.
It used to be, at least, that it was Miss American and Miss USA going onto Miss Universe and Miss World, or I could have those backwards, but I’m not sure which was headed where. When Donald Trump bought one of them I pretty much lost all interest.
Campaign for political office… beauty pageant….. ok, I’ll accept the close comparison.
I dunno, pageant contestants have to give somewhat coherent answers to the questions presented. Candidates to political office merely need a nice smile and friends with enough money to stuff mailboxes filled with answers manufactured by a spin master, intended to appeal to the demographic the mailing list targets. I say we start reversing the contests. We let the beauty queens run the government (cannot possibly do worse than Kris Murray) and we force the politicians into the swimsuit, evening gown, and talent competitions. Oh God, wish I hadn’t done that, the mental image of Shawn Nelson in a french-cut one piece is something I am never gonna unsee now….. And after the commercial break, we will return with Todd Spitzer and Gail Eastman doing a tuba duet, so stay tuned folks.
You might have a good idea there. At the very least it would raise attendance at candidate debates.
Wash out your keyboard with soap, madam!
I never heard of a Miss World… I thought Miss Universe was the grand finale…In my opinion, they need to ditch that contest as well as the other “beauty contests” moms enter their young daughters in. Parading women around in swimsuits is degrading. I never watch that crap.
Doesn’t Donald trump own the Miss America business? He is a perfect example of what is wrong with capitalism… he’s an egotistical bag of wind who enjoys bullying others to make himself feel better.
“He is a perfect example of what is wrong with capitalism…”
Wrong. He is what’s wrong with American pop culture.
There’s more: http://bit.ly/1aOOmQR
Subracism on Twitter (paraphrased): “She’s an Indian not an Arab, you moron!”
As if her being an Arab would have made the racist screeds more legitimate.
there is no ability to measure the depth of some peoples stupidity, especially when they open their mouths for everyone to see
whoever said that the winner is not American, hasn’t read the latest stats. Caucasians are now the minority. Younger generations marry who they love and that includes people from other races. More and more children will be mixed races and no less American.
I still think these contests degrade women and girls.
National self-criticism can be productive, but it’s best mixed with national pride when we are doing better in some respects than other countries — including celebrating racial diversity. For example, this: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/09/19/miss-america-is-too-dark-to-be-miss-india.
Someone also suggested to me that the new Miss America is perhaps being conflated in the public imagination with 2010 Miss USA winner and Lebanese Muslim Rima Fakih — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rima_Fakih — about whom you can watch a commentary here: http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,87977530001_1991831,00.html. (Warning: she looks smashing in a bikini.)