Monday, January 26, 2009

How the heck did she win?

I've watched my fair share of beauty pageants in my time (thanks to cousin Shauna). But I've never seen a winner quite like this one. My girls and I watched the Miss America Pageant on Saturday night. Natalie had mentioned she voted for Miss Indiana on line, so we kept an eye out for her. I liked her, too. Until she opened her mouth, that is. I couldn't believe how absolutely awful her talent was!! So, how did she win? Maybe they went by this old scoring system from the 1920s:

In the 1920s, pageant judges used a literal breakdown of female features in calculating who should be the next Miss America. The young woman who was closest in adding up to 100 points would win. From head to foot, these categories were:

Construction of Head: 15 points
Eyes: 10
Hair: 5
Nose: 5
Mouth: 5
Facial Expression: 10
Torso: 10
Legs: 10
Arms: 10
Hands: 10
Grace of Bearing: 10

Except, I take of points for the eyes- there were times in this song her eyes creeped me out. I also take off a couple of points for hands and arms for her very corny hand gestures. Lucky for her, there is no score for voice!

6 comments:

Megan and Jon said...

I wanted to watch this but missed it.. Darn it. I always love to watch these, I wish I could see the rest. Maybe i'll go look for a re run.

Natalie Kay said...

This may explain part of it...

LAS VEGAS -- Katie Stam of Indiana was crowned Miss America on Saturday night, fighting off a throat infection, laryngitis and 51 other contestants to win the 88-year-old pageant.

Source: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/national_world&id=6623652&rss=rss-kgo-article-6623652

That still doesn't explain the bride of Frankenstein dress.

The Brown Family said...

Cindi,

I'm glad to know that I am in good company with my year of the DOG!

We missed the pageant, but just watched the winning song, as well as Miss Hawaii's tahitian dance. Wow, we missed a lot of critiquing that night!

Love,
Kim

Carrie and Jeff said...

wow...interesting. I've never been much into the pageants, but I'm glad you put that video on there. I wanted to hear and see what you were talking about.

Whitney said...

MEANY MOMMY!!! First of all, the video got deleted by the user. Second of all, I don't like that. That's all.
From Whitney


P.S. I think Whitney's gone crazy. I mean, she's calling you mean and it's not even your falt! I think she's a stinker. lol

Love, Kyrie

Whitney said...

I LOVE U!!!! & kyrie is a meany!! Did u know that? See ya soon MAMAROOH!!!