THE MISS AMERICA PAGEANT IS A SLICE OF PURE AMERICANA.
ALTHOUGH THE TV RATINGS HAVE DROPPED IN RECENT YEARS, WHICH IS A SHAME, IT IS STILL PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS BEAUTY CONTEST IN THE UNITED STATES, POSSIBLY THE WORLD.
THE 1933 MISS AMERICA PAGEANT WILL ALWAYS STAND AS THE BENCHMARK FOR MOST DISASTEROUS MISS AMERICA PAGEANT EVER.
IN THE 1933 CONTEST, THE FOLLOWING OCCURED.....
MISS WEST VIRGINIA HAD TO DROP OUT BECAUSE OF STOMACH PAINS AFTER SHE ATE LOBSTER WITH HER ICE CREAM.
MISS NEW YORK COLLAPSED ONSTAGE FROM AN ABCESSED TOOTH.
MISS OKLAHOMA WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR AN EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY.
MISS ARKANSAS WAS REVEALED TO BE MARRIED.
MISS IOWA, MISS ILLINOIS AND MISS IDAHO, WERE ALL DISQUALIFIED BECAUSE THEY DID NOT ACTUALLY RESIDE IN IOWA, ILLINOIS OR IDAHO, RESPECTIVELY.
15-YEAR-OLD (!!!!) MISS CONNECTICUT WAS FINALLY DECLARED THE WINNER.
THE CROWN WAS SO BIG, IT CAME RIGHT DOWN OVER MY EYES, SHE SAID, IT MADE ME LOOK RETARDED.
THE CROWN WAS STOLEN THE NEXT DAY AND NEVER RECOVERED.
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