Posted on 06/27/2014 2:09:30 PM PDT by SMGFan
Amanda Longacre was riding high as the new Miss Delaware, looking forward to competing in the 2015 Miss America pageant in September -- until officials stripped her of her crown due to an age violation. You must be 17-24 to compete in the Miss America pageant.
While Longacre is 24 now (and will be at the time of the 2015 Miss America pageant), she turns 25 in October and apparently that is not allowed. However, Longacre says that pageant officials told her that as long as she was 24 at the time of the pageant, she was fine.
What is so upsetting to Longacre after winning and then losing the crown is that at no point in the process did anyone say a word, despite checking her driver's license, Social Security card and birth certificate prior to the pageants she competed in on her way to Miss America.
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haha. but apparently that is not part of the talent assessment.
Ever drive through Delaware? I did it once, through the chicken farm areas near Easton. Holey Moley. Most slack-jawed, mouth-breathing, inbred-looking area I’ve been in, including Pittsburgh. This woman is a true Delaware beauty queen, regardless of her age.
My best girl is from Wilmington - voted most unfriendly city in the US. Its very cliquey in Delaware. Everyone knows one another or at least is 3 degrees from someone.
That was Ms. Teen Delaware.
Actually, it’s the Miss America pageant corporation. Still one thing not under control of government.
The word "apparently" means they're just guessing.
She should claim she is trans-age, and identifies as 23.
Then she could threaten to sue for cis-age discrimination. What right do they have to deny a person the age they identify with?
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