I was making no judgements about the pagents, but so many people did.
I used to say the reason so many people seethed with hatred towards Patsy is that they saw her as an obnoxious, rich bitch living life through her daughter. I can remember the comments saying Patsey dressed JonBenet like a little whore.
In reality, she had balls and was not going to roll over and beg America to believe she was innocent.
What you say is on the mark. Lauren Green of Fox news was a Miss America (or Miss USA-forget which) runner up. I bet you are proud of your daughter.
Lauren was Miss Minnesota - I don't think (and I'm pretty sure) that she wasn't Miss America...don't know about Miss USA...