“Those icy bright eyes left her and shifted to his buddy. The frown didn't leave his face. "You look like hell." "And… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“There is no model, no actress, no Miss America contender that can outshine a happy, confident, secure woman.” — Mandy Hale Copy Share Image
“Suffragists had often staged political “pageants” in which they wore sashes emblazoned “Votes for Women.” But 1921, the year following the ratification… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
“We hear about every other kind of women- beautiful women, smart women, sophisticated women, career women, talented women, divorced women. But so… — Hannah Farver Copy Share Image
“The situation is established not only to provoke defensiveness but to sidetrack the reformer into answering the wrong questions.... In this, the… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
“WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I was so girlie and ambitious, I was practically a drag queen. I wanted to be everything at… — Susan Jane Gilman Copy Share Image
“I may want to sleep with Miss America, but I have no wish to hear her talk about herself and her family.” — W.H. Auden Copy Share Image
I want to be Miss USA or Miss America. I would bring the trophy back to Nebraska. My interests are agriculture and… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
I've reinvented myself many times in my life. I thought I'd become a concert violinist but burned out at 17. I thought… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
Only the likes of Piers Morgan would be opposed to a Miss America contest that promises to be more 'empowering' and 'inclusive.' — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn't that a… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
In place of equal respect, the nation offered women the Miss America beauty pageant, established in 1920-the same year women won the… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
In the Miss America system talent is worth 50 percent of a contestant's points so my mom encouraged me to give it… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
“Miss Fiona Castley of Paloma, Three.” A brunette with smoldering eyes this time. Maybe my age, but she seemed more . . . experienced.… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
At the demonstration of sixty feminists against the Miss America Pageant in 1968, when the women filled a trash can with bras,… — Hilda Scott Copy Share Image
This is a strange country we live in. When it comes to electing a President, we get two choices. But when we… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I wish we didn't have to be nude to be noticed... But given the game as it exists, women make decisions. For… — Caterina Fake Copy Share Image
I haven't watched Miss America since I was in middle school, and I was incredulous even then. — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
Hosting the Miss America Pageant is a job all TV hosts dream of one day holding. — Chris Harrison Copy Share Image
When people watch me on TV, they see part of my life. I wanted to let them know the real me behind… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
I joke that I reached the bimbo trifecta when I came to Fox News! In being a former Miss America, being blonde… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
In 1985 I graduated from Deshler High School in Tuscumbia, Alabama, and I was their first African American homecoming queen. You would… — Cynthia Bailey Copy Share Image
During the time I was Miss America, I had come to New York City because I had decided I wanted to try… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
When I looked at the state of women's MMA, what I saw was that it was missing rivalries or anything theatrical about… — Ronda Rousey Copy Share Image
When I feel that something I'm writing is going well, everything in my life is good and the things in my life… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
