Miss America

Faithful Follow Miss America to Las Vegas - Yahoo! News: "Cast off by ABC in 2004 for its low viewership, its bank balances dipping dangerously low, the nonprofit Miss America Organization announced plans last August to hit the road. The idea was to cut production costs and resuscitate interest in the show, which was a network staple for 50 years and drew 33 million viewers a year as recently as 1988 before bottoming out at 9.8 million in 2004.
The selection of Las Vegas caught many pageant watchers by surprise, in part, because of the contrast between prim and proper Miss America and the anything-goes culture of a city that boasts 'What happens here, stays here' and views debauchery as an art form.
The marriage of these unlikely partners, accompanied as it's been by the switch to a cable network whose demographic appeal aligns more closely with Miss America, is starting out like a honeymoon.
Promoting her like a new star, Country Music Television has run commercials, taken out billboards � including one in New York's Times Square � and talked up Miss America in a way no one has for years.
'ABC viewed us as a one-time-only event,' said Tamara Haddad, a Miss America Organization board member. 'CMT is one of the most highly rated cable channels, and you'll see Miss America at every CMT event.'"

Well I'm a little sad about this because I don't get CMT so I won't be able to watch the pagent. I have fond memories of watching the Miss America Pagent when I was growing u with my mother and sister. One of the highlights I'll never forget is the night Miss Michigan won in 1970! She was from my home state AND she was a beautiful ballet dancer! For an 11- year-old dance student it doesn't get much better than to have your state win for her ballet performance!!

I really hope that they can save the pagent and that eventually I'll be able to share this with my daughters. Izzy is almost ready but since we can't watch it, I didn't even mention it to her. Maybe next year. Pin It