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Friday, December 22, 2006

Miss USA's a Skank? Color Me Shocked


I think it's hilarious that this country can
get so worked up about the bad girl behavior
of Miss USA, Tara Conner. For God's sake, people,
she's a beauty pageant winner, not a nun. She
lives in freakin' New Jersey, not Mecca. So she
gets hammered and makes out with Miss Teen USA.
That's just hot. Am I really supposed to be
surprised that she isn't a paragon of virtue? Conner's
been a beauty queen since she was 6 or so. Her
entire life she's been judged primarily on her
appearance (don't give me any BS about the interview
and talent portions of these contests, it's all about
the flesh), she's young and attractive so why SHOULD
she act any differently than she has been what with
the drinking and slutting it up?

The only reason she should behave a certain way is
because she has a kind of employment contract, that's all.
As a winner of flesh admiring contest, she's supposed to
pretend for a year that she isn't a skank. I and the rest of
America don't depend on her for guidance. We don't look
up to her or her ilk. Most of us don't watch her pageant
and didn't know who she was until the news of her bad
behavior broke. So who really cares? Who is really affected?
Am I really supposed to be impressed with The Donald
for giving her a second chance? He's about a scumbag
any way. Can you imagine kissing that good night? I'd
much rather kiss Rosie O'Donnell while she's doing
her racist Chinese imitation.

What I'd really like to see is an honest contest. Miss Skank
USA or Miss Blue America. Let's be honest with ourselves
and our pageantry. No one tunes in to admire these women
for being 50s style icons. It's soft porn and that's it.

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