We know feminists aren’t fans of the Miss America pageant, but check out the comments thrown at these young women from people of all walks of life during the contest’s question-and-answer segment. (Summaries of their answers here.)
Miss Virginia was asked about ISIS and she suggested a more robust UN effort:
https://twitter.com/jenniferweiner/status/511344966887821312
ISIS IS AN ABSOLUTE OUTRAGE
…said Miss Virginia as she twirled her hair.#MissAmerica
— Criminelle Law (@CriminelleLaw) September 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/thebenshow/status/511390441233600513
https://twitter.com/EPfromtheEP/status/511345029001256961
Miss Florida, with the easiest question of the night, on Ray Rice:
https://twitter.com/alanddd/status/511345759862947840
https://twitter.com/LixnotLex/status/511345303623331840
Miss Florida asked about Ray Rice. "I don't necessarily believe that he deserves a second chance." Hardball from Kathy Ireland. #MissAmerica
— Karen DaltonBeninato (@kbeninato) September 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/aabeaton/status/511344482416336896
Miss Arkansas was asked about guns and children:
https://twitter.com/jenniferweiner/status/511344220817620992
Hey miss arkansas, that was NOT a military machine gun. Nor was it the child's fault it was the instructors. Nice failure @MissAmericaOrg
— (((Bones))) (@drb0n3z) September 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/Texas_Gal/status/511344221500887040
https://twitter.com/thepaulhagan/status/511389914399641600
Miss Massachusetts was asked about rape at college and her answer involved education programs to encourage “safe drinking” on campus. (Of note, it looks like Miss Massachusetts received the most criticism of the night. Not just snark, but outright hate.)
gah miss Massachusetts had the opportunity to shed some real light about rape on college campuses and she hashtag blew it. *face palm*
— LAUREN SPEARS (@TheLaurenSpears) September 15, 2014
Literally still laughing about Miss Massachusetts answer. She basically said we need to take classes for safe drinking to prevent rape? #tf
— ɑɴɴiɛ✼ (@annie_smed) September 15, 2014
I would like Miss Massachusetts to explain wtf "safe drinking" has to do with rape prevention on college campuses. #missamerica
— Nani ?? (@lenubienne) September 15, 2014
recap: women should be blamed for staying w/ abusers and teaching "safe drinking" to college frosh will prevent rape. Awesome. #MissAmerica
— Sara (@saraakm7) September 15, 2014
And the ultimate winner, Miss New York, was asked about what issues should be important to women Senators and she answered rape in the military:
https://twitter.com/howdylindsay/status/511345018028957696
The new @MissAmerica wants Senators to focus on ending #MilitarySexualAssault http://t.co/igjboviwMm #Congress #military @SenGillibrand
— UCMJustice News (@UCMJustice) September 15, 2014
Atleast Miss New York accomplished one thing
Making every single viewer and person in the audience exceedingly uncomfortable
— Alexa Rape (@alexa_rape) September 15, 2014
Miss New York, they're asking about the senate. Not in the military. Kaloka. ??
— ianne (@iamiannew) September 15, 2014
It’s not easy answering these questions and all in all, these were decent answers.
The biggest blooper of the night, however, goes to the man or woman at ABC in charge of graphics. It’s “Jane Austen,” not “Jane Austin.”
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