A Pageant that Truly Fetes Beauty- Miss America

The pageant judges every aspect such as beauty, talent, poise and social activism of every contestant before making a final decision and placing the valuable crown on that one fortunate contestant. The genuineness quality of Miss America pageant has made it a dream for every other teenager in the United States. Jury members of the Miss America pageant take full control of their decisive power before making any form of judgments as they are the ones responsible for giving America's future generations especially teenagers an idol who they can look up to.

Another significant aspect of Miss America pageant is the scholastic contribution made by the event towards women empowerment and education. This pageant isn't just held for the cause of honouring the beauteousness of women but to reward every woman in her day-to-day life by being a part of it through the scholastic programs. Miss America Organization and its state and local organizations had extended a scholarship assistance of $45 million recently. The pageant has always made its contributions in the other fields too like to the eco-friendly organizations, orphanages, old-age homes etc.

Though through the years Miss America pageant has faced a tough time because of the civil rights protestants, the pomp and glory of the event stays unaffected in every way. Miss America pageant extended its approval for participation of black beauties in 1970 and the first African-American woman to be crowned Miss America was Vanessa Williams. Every contestant taking part in Miss America pageant goes through many judgemental rounds like personal interview, talent competition, lifestyle and fitness competition in the swimsuit round, evening wear round that judges the poise of every contestant, and onstage questioning that judges the intellect of the contestant.

As contestant go through different phases of this pageant some of them tend to get baffled or tensed while some stand the stress in a perfect mode. Therefore, the pageant judges patience and coolheaded attitude of every participant too. Contestants participating Miss America pageant come from different walks of life, for instance in 2010 Miss America pageant the victor Caressa Cameron had been a broadcast journalism student at Virginia Commonwealth University. Many movies of Hollywood like 'Miss America' and 'Miss Congeniality' are inspired from and based on this glorious event and all of its aspects.