Mathman said:Oops, I meant "Kasey" on my previous post. (Edited now.)
Doggygirl, that's such an interesting observation about the Miss America contest. (Did you know I was in the Miss America pageant in 1963? This is true.)
I think that Title Nine (the law that says schools have to give equal opportunities to women's and girl's sports programs), combined with the feminism of the 1970s, has done its work. If you look at women's sports, there is no "powder puff" football any more. Women's tennis, basketball, volleyball, etc., play almost by the same rules as men, and with just as much muscle and vigor.
The sport of cheerleading, for instance, has progressed from eye candy to serious team gymnastics over the last 40 years.
Maybe we are seeing the same thing happening in figure skating. The days are numbered when its major appeal to (male) fans is a micro skirt that flips up with every turn.
But the downside is that now figure skating has to compete with other serious sports for its fan base. Look how thrilling the Master's golf tournament was yesterday, with Tiger's ball hanging on the lip of the cup through two or three verses of the Hallelujah Chorus, before dropping in for a birdie. That's what figure skating has to be able to match.
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Mathman said:(Did you know I was in the Miss America pageant in 1963? )
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http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~pennband/DSCF0301.JPGDoggygirl said:Well, first off - WE DEMAND PICTURES!!!!!!
Thanks for editing your previous post Math. I reread the whole thread, thinking now what did I say. Thanks for thinking about me, if in fact it was me you were thinking about.Mathman said:Oops, I meant "Kasey" on my previous post. (Edited now.)
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you wanna talk robbing, MISS ALASKA NEVER WINS!
Mathman said:Neither has Miss Washington. Last year's Miss Washington was Allison Porter, cum laude graduate from Harvard in astrophysics, fluent in Spanish, a bantum weight intercollegiate boxing champion, soocer player, violinist and pianist. To be in the pageant she took a leave of absence from her position at the Hutchingson Cancer Research Center, and she entered the University of Washington Medical School last winter.
BTW, I read recently that in order to make the pageant more attractive to the networks they are thinking of having it over several days, with viewers calling in to vote contestants off, like American Idol.
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I think Tanith Belbin could swing it!Joesitz said:Now how many of you are going to Atlantic City for the annual pageant and then staying for Skate Amercia? You could win a tiara at the pagaent; a gold medal at SA, maybe in a bundle at Trump's Taj Mahal. tempting?
Joe
Mathman said:I think Tanith Belbin could swing it!
Heh. Tanith isI think Tanith Belbin could swing it!