Wobbly platform.
For the past few years I have been competing in the Miss America Miss America
annually selected most beautiful young woman in America. [Am. Hist.: Allen, 56–57]
See : Beauty, Feminine
Miss America
winner of beauty contest; femininity high among virtues desired. [Am. Hist. system and was, in fact, fourth runner-up in the Miss District of
Columbia - For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss District of Columbia USA
The Miss District of Columbia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss America pageant. 2003 pageant pageant, modern dramatic spectacle or procession celebrating a special occasion or an event in the history of a locality. In medieval times the word pageant had meant the wagon or the movable stage on which one scene of a mystery or miracle play was performed. . I too was thrilled about the possibilities in
regard to the gay community of current Miss America Erika Harold's
antiviolence platform and was very disappointed when she began to focus
more on abstinence abstinence: see fasting; temperance movements. ["Bye-bye, Miss America's Lie,"
September 16].
My platform focused completely on gay rights and fighting violence
against homosexuals. I just wanted to let you know that there are those
of us out there who do care and wish to focus on issues regarding the
gay community rather than simply sweeping them under the rug.
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