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Old 09-02-2007, 08:54 PM   #1
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Apparently yesman065 is not the only one with reality problems

...the one who smelt it dealt it.....


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Old 09-02-2007, 09:04 PM   #2
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I'm not looking down my nose at her (in particular). I think the whole idea of beauty contests is ridiculous. Even more so when they try and make them out to be more than they are.

Very few of the women in those competitions are 'complete' women even though that's what they're marketed as.
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Old 09-03-2007, 05:48 PM   #3
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Very few of the women in those competitions are 'complete' women even though that's what they're marketed as.
Is increasing disinterest in Miss America also found in other beauty contests at all levels?
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Old 09-03-2007, 06:59 PM   #4
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It's pretty tough for the swimsuit competition to compete with internet porn.
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Old 09-04-2007, 02:25 AM   #5
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Is increasing disinterest in Miss America also found in other beauty contests at all levels?
I don't know. I'm not interested enough to find out.
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Old 09-04-2007, 11:03 AM   #6
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I don't know. I'm not interested enough to find out.
Miss America got upset when a college professor was able to predict the winner simply from physical dimensions. The pagent stopped providing some of that data. But the damage was done. Proven was what mattered. His data did not include anything related to brain size or percentages of gray and white matter.
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Old 09-03-2007, 12:39 AM   #7
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Huh. tw is no sweet-talker, that's fer shur.

Doesn't matter, tho. She won't notice and he won't care.

it's Bliss!



don't feel bad, tw. a LOT of men fall for the prom queen.
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Old 09-03-2007, 11:39 PM   #8
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Depends on the audience. I have never liked pageants. MomWolf, however, gets very excited around pageant time, makes endless lists of the candidates on their initial walk on the runway, and claims an 80% success rate at predicting the five finalists.

No consistent statistics have been kept related to her pageant acumen, and I actually do not care to challenge her on it because she's at least having some fun.
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