Fall Out Boy Make America Psycho Again
For an organization based on women's empowerment, the by one-half-decade has been marred with a disturbing number of controversies and scandals for the Miss America Arrangement (MAO). Amid rebranding and restructuring, the competition plan has faced allegations of misogyny, leadership changes, revoked funding and accusations of bullying.
With a name like Miss America, you lot would envision an organizational structure based on upholding the autonomous standards of America. Unfortunately, events in recent years have put a much more than tyrannical face on the system, tarnishing its reputation. Permit's take a look at some of the hateful girls (and guys) causing some of the bug.
Sam Haskell Takes the Pageant Back to Atlantic City
After just nine months, Mallory Hagan passed on the Miss America title in September 2013 considering of schedule and location changes. In an email commutation between Sam Haskell, the pageant CEO, and his girl, Mary Lane, the 2 expressed affection for Hagan.
Lane wrote, "Here'south hoping you get another good one!" in reference to the upcoming Miss America 2014 broadcast. Haskell replied, "Information technology's going to be difficult to supersede Mallory, but I'm hopeful!" Meanwhile, Haskell was hoping the director of development at his production company, Brent Adams, would pursue a relationship with his daughter.
While Mallory Hagan was the reigning Miss America, she spent time at Haskell'southward abode, where she met Brent Adams, who supervised most aspects of Haskell's business and personal life. Fearing the impact a romantic relationship would take on their careers, they decided to date — simply not until after she passed on the crown.
Haskell was song about his disappointment with this development and tried to convince Adams to forget about Hagan saying, "All of this can be yours. You don't demand a piece of trash similar Mallory. Y'all demand someone with form and money similar my daughter."
Tammy Haddad Calls for Punishment of Dissenters
In May 2014, MAO board fellow member Tammy Haddad wrote an electronic mail to Haskell encouraging him to avoid getting riled up by erstwhile Miss America. She referred to them as a "pile of malcontents and has-beens who blame the program for non getting them where they call up they can go."
She farther commented, "80% of the winners exercise not have the class, smarts and model for success … You take to let them go. You don't need them. They need you. We also have to punish them when they don't appreciate what we do for them."
Kate Shindle Takes Shots at Sam Haskell
Meanwhile, in 2014, Kate Shindle wrote her memoir about her experiences as Miss America 1998. Titled Being Miss America, the book was set to be released in September, and she pointedly targeted Haskell. She expressed her objections to his $500,000 salary, despite MAO operating at a arrears.
Shindle also defendant Haskell of blacklisting anyone who disagreed with his leadership decisions. She alleged that he would have the national organisation phone call the land-level pageants with a listing of people they were non allowed to associate with if they wanted to continue participating in Miss America.
Gretchen Carlson Stands Her Basis Against Haskell and Haddad
Gretchen Carlson, Miss America 1989, had a history of butting heads with Haskell and Haddad over her desire to modernize the organization and her refusal to assail contestants. In a 2014 email sent to former Miss Americas regarding Shindle'south book, lath member Lynn Weidner asked, "Is information technology possible for each of you to speak out in defense of Sam and the organization?"
Carlson'south respond was, "It'south one thing to talk most your own personal experience equally Miss America … simply totally different to set on people individually." In response, Haddad replied privately to Haskell, "Serpent, but now u have no doubts as to her loyalty."
Things Go Ugly and Words Are Said
In 2014, Haskell wrote an email to Lewis Friedman, writer of the Miss America telecast, requesting a script modify: "Sharon [MAO President] and I have decided that when referring to a woman who was once Miss America, we are no longer going to call her Forever Miss America … delight modify all script re-create to reflect that they are Former Miss Americas!"
Friedman replied, "I'd already changed "Forever" to [the C-word]. Does that work for yous?" Haskell responded, "Perfect…bahahaha." Writing to Haskell, Friedman commented that Mallory was "preparing for her new career every bit a blimp in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade."
Haddad Plots Against Carlson
Sometime Miss America Susan Powell replied to Weidner's email with a supportive response. Haddad encouraged Haskell to use the email to badger Carlson. "Why don't you read Susan Powell'south email on the board call and say it's a shame that simply one Miss America has come frontward to offer help in any way."
Carlson wasn't featured on the Miss America broadcast, which was unusual because her prominence. Presently after that, she resigned from the MAO board, reportedly because Haskell and other lath members were maligning her integrity and telling others she could not be trusted.
Lewis Friedman Has a Death Wish
In Dec 2014, one-time Miss America 1959, Mary Ann Mobley, passed away. Lewis Friedman sent an email of condolence to Sam Haskell writing, "And then sorry to hear well-nigh Mary Ann Mobley." Sounds overnice, right? Except the subject line read: "Information technology should accept been Kate Shindle."
Haskell replied, "Thank you so much, Passenger vehicle … fifty-fifty in my sadness, you lot can brand me express mirth … how was the Kennedy Center Honors? Love you and appreciate y'all! Sam." Friedman was a long-time screenwriter for the Kennedy Eye Honors and had earned ii Emmy Honor nominations for Outstanding Writing for his piece of work on them in 2010 and 2012.
Haskell & Visitor Grow More Picayune
Sam Haskell and other board members for the Miss America Organization connected to captivate over Mallory Hagan's relationship with Brent Adams in 2015. On Jan 25, Lynn Weidner sent a photograph of Hagan with three other "formers" to Haskell. His response was, "OMG, she is huge … and gross … why does he want that?????"
He then forwarded the e-mail to future board COO and President Josh Randle and other MAO board members forth with the comment, "Look at MH in this photo … OMG … Why does he want that?" Tammy Haddad replied, "Mallory is barely recognizable."
Sam Haskell, Bully or Victim?
By the end of 2015, Haskell was feeling "viciously and cruelly" attacked by Hagan on a daily ground and wrote an email to Haddad, Weidner and others asking for help. Haddad replied, "I am so deplorable. It is ridiculous, just she is not going to finish. She has no command. I think you should hire an investigator to go something on her."
Haskell responded, "Threatening her won't work, and we already have 'plenty info on her' to shut down Ft. Knox … I really recall the best way is to shut down her social media and convince the Formers to ostracize her."
Weidner Incriminates Herself in a Demolition Plot
While it is unclear how Mallory Hagan was allegedly attacking Sam Haskell, Tammy Haddad called them "inflammatory character attacks." Lynn Weidner referenced cyberbullying in her December email response to the group.
"I wish I had an easy answer to this dilemma. If we tin prove a direct connexion between MH and specific instances of cyberbullying, we could at least threaten her with a lawsuit, right? I do believe that our anti-coaching initiatives are already impacting her business and that our policy of ignoring her is driving her crazy!"
Ending Hagan's Career
It appears that the national Miss America Organization established a policy against the use of coaches to directly target Hagan'south business. After her reign, Hagan was working in New York as a pageant coach for the interview portion of the competition.
The national organization informed contestants that they would need approving from their local and country pageant directors to use a coach. Those pageant directors were then given an informal list of banned coaches that included Mallory Hagan's name on it. Before long, her business organisation dried up, and she had to return habitation to Alabama.
Whistleblowers or Insurrection Strategists
In Baronial 2017, sometime Haskell employee, Brent Adams, and one-time MAO lath fellow member, Regina Hopper, decided to approach Dick Clark Productions with the previously cited emails. Dick Clark Production execs, Amy Thurlow and Mark Bracco, who also held seats on the Miss America board, met with the duo and thanked them for the emails and started their own investigation.
Thurlow and Bracco approached the lath with the emails expecting decisive action, only they were met with ambivalence. Lewis Friedman remained the writer of the Miss America pageant telecast that September.
Failure to Act
Instead of taking activeness regarding the derogatory emails, the Miss America Organization had their law business firm present Brent Adams with a finish-and-desist letter: "Your deliberate actions constitute a clear violation of the Not-Disclosure Agreement you knowingly and willfully entered into … the letter of the alphabet directed to the Chairman of the Lath of Dick Clark Productions, dated September 13, 2017, noticed us of your illegal disclosure of information, which includes several internal email communications."
Refusing to exist silenced, Adams and Hopper decided to contact the media with their prove. This led to the story breaking on HuffPost in December.
Dick Clark Productions Deals a Crippling Blow
Meanwhile, Dick Clark Productions was disgusted past the MAO lath's determination to support Haskell and Friedman and decided to end their understanding with the organization. In a statement issued to HuffPost, the visitor stated:
"Several months agone, Dick Clark Productions was fabricated enlightened of a portion of the emails. We were appalled by their unacceptable content and insisted, in the strongest possible terms, that the Miss America Organization board of directors conduct a comprehensive investigation and take advisable action to address the situation. Shortly thereafter, nosotros resigned our lath positions and notified MAO that nosotros were terminating our relationship with them."
The Accident Out and Backlash
In the aftermath of the leaked electronic mail scandal, Miss Due north Carolina 1991, Jennifer Vaden Barth, started a petition calling for the resignation of all board members involved in the appalling behavior. Mallory Hagan along with more than 40 quondam Miss Americas signed it.
Haskell was promptly placed on break pending an investigation, and inside days, Haddad and Haskell resigned, effective immediately. Josh Randle and Lynn Weidner voluntarily resigned from their positions as President and Chairman, respectively, but agreed to remain for up to ninety days to assist with the leadership transition.
Haskell's Last Defense
Haskell defended himself: "Much of what was reported is dishonest, deceptive and despicable. The fabric is based on individual emails that were stolen … The story is then unkind and untrue and hurts me, my family and the stewardship of this not-profit. I was under stress from a total year of attacks past two Miss Americas…"
"This was non the CEO of an organization laughing at inappropriate jokes. This was a begetter whose family was existence attacked, and a man whose character was being assassinated daily, and that impaired my judgment when responding to the inappropriate emails. For that, I deeply apologize."
Caressa Cameron Speaks Out
Former Miss Americas, such every bit Caressa Cameron who was crowned in 2010, noted that the organization's problems were a lack of respect and leadership and not language. Cameron revealed that just 30 days into her reign, she experienced problems with Haskell.
When she wanted to invite her previous jitney to her homecoming party, she recalled, "Sam Haskell said I was not to invite her. She could non come up. He basically threw a temper tantrum, and then he didn't come up." She was besides prevented from participating in events related to her HIV/AIDS prevention platform.
Gretchen Carlson Seizes an Opportunity
Among the nigh vocal of the former Miss Americas, Gretchen Carlson and Kate Shindle both fabricated themselves targets of Haskell and company'due south attacks. Both took to Twitter to telephone call for a "thorough housecleaning of the board."
A growing consensus wanted Carlson and Shindle to take the helm and run the MAO. Carlson was elected Chairwoman of the Lath of Directors on January 1, 2018. Old titleholders filled the remaining board openings on an interim footing while Carlson was supposed to behave a national search for the new CEO.
Regina Hopper Gets Her Mode
On May 17, 2018, a new form of scandal hit when Gretchen Carlson installed Regina Hopper, one of the electronic mail whistleblowers, every bit President and CEO of the Miss America Organization. State organizations and former Miss Americas were upset that a national search had not been conducted, as Gretchen promised. In effect, a leadership coup had occurred within the organization.
As function of the restructuring, Carlson pushed for a Miss America 2.0 that would no longer be a pageant but a scholarship "contest," featuring "candidates" instead of contestants. She also removed the swimsuit competition from the program.
Pushing People Out
Nearly half of the nine-person MAO board was pushed to resign later fewer than half dozen months in the position. Erstwhile winners Kate Shindle and Laura Kaeppeler Fleiss resigned in June, citing "toxic civilization" equally the reason backside their difference.
The previously signed resignation letters from their interim roles were used against Former Miss North Carolina, Jennifer Vaden Barth, and Former Miss Maine, Valerie Crooker Clemens, to force their resignations. They reported to The Wall Street Journal that Carlson issued a letter stating they were trying to gain command of the organization in gild to strength them out.
The Bikini Has to Go
While the swimsuit competition had long been a sticking betoken for pageant protestors, many felt that removing it in light of the #MeToo movement was a cop-out. Miss Due south Carolina 2011, who has recovered from an eating disorder she adult during her competition days, said:
"I think the Miss America Organization could have done something a little chip dissimilar and embraced people of all shapes and sizes. To me, taking it away completely says, 'If you're non that size, you don't belong in a swimsuit.' We have to change people'south mindsets and let them know women are cute at all shapes and sizes."
A Scholarship Competition Without Scholarship Funds
In the weeks leading up to Miss America 2019 (held in September 2018), Miss America 1991, Marjorie Vincent Tripp, resigned as head of the Miss America Foundation. In role, she made the determination because she claimed the scholarship money awarded to Miss America was the foundation's responsibleness.
The problem with that is fifteen state directors reported their winners were refusing to sign the competition contract because of the clause that says scholarship money is "contingent upon availability of funds in any given twelvemonth." Miss America 1984, Suzette Charles, said, "It's a joke. You tin go on any game show and win more than what Miss America is offering."
Cara Mund'south Slip of the Tongue
In July, Miss America 2018, Cara Mund, made a annotate at a New Jersey Dairy Queen appearance: "It'due south been a tough year. There take been a lot of things I can't control. It has felt like I wasn't always heard or utilized or appreciated."
She claims she was notified within 72 hours of her punishment for speaking out. "I was told my concluding farewell as Miss America would be cut to a total of 30 seconds for the national telecast." She went on to write a letter of the alphabet revealing the torment and bullying she suffered at the hands of Carlson, Hopper and Adams.
Cara Peels Back the Curtain
In her alphabetic character to past contestants, Cara Mund asserted that "new leadership delivered an important message. At that place volition exist only one Miss America at a time, and she isn't me." Instead, Gretchen Carlson would be the focus of all Mund's public talking points, including the claim that the "#MeToo movement started with Carlson's lawsuit."
The movement actually started with Tarana Shush in 2006 and was additional to viral status in 2017 past Alyssa Milano. Past the stop of her reign, Mund was but allowed to mail on her ain personal social media sites. MAO posted for her on all Miss America accounts.
Blaming the Victim
The organization responded to Mund's claims by saying she had opportunities to give her opinion and manage her own social media accounts. However, they also issued the statement, "Information technology is disappointing that she chose to air her grievances publicly, not privately."
In a Twitter response, Carlson denied the accusations of bullying and blamed Mund's letter for costing the organization a $75,000 scholarship. An independent external review attributed "miscommunications and mixed messages" as the heart of the issues between Mund and MAO: "Communications surrounding branding, clothing and appearance were less than clear and created confusion and frustration."
The States Raise Objections
Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, along with nineteen other state pageant organizations, called for the resignations of Regina Hopper and Gretchen Carlson as well as the entire board in a vote of "no conviction" for "lack of transparency and adherence to all-time practices."
Among their allegations were claims that leadership lied when they said ABC would not telecast the competition unless the swimsuit program was eliminated. State directors besides objected to the contract clause that gave Hopper the unilateral correct to "cause any state titleholder to forfeit her state title" without due procedure or the right to appeal.
Ruling with an Fe Fist
With the revolt of state organizations and a GoFundMe folio started by Jennifer Vaden Barth to raise funds to legally replace the lath, the Miss America Organisation took decisive action, retaliating in a shocking style past swiftly terminating the licenses of 7 states.
U.s. cutting off included Georgia, New Jersey, New York and Tennessee. The terminations required them to replace their current leadership and turn scholarship banking concern accounts over to the Miss America Organization. They also began threatening 15 other state organizations with probation and were quick to praise the states that were even so supporting the current MAO leadership.
Doubling Downwardly on Poor Word Choices
A September 2019 press release for a new scholarship doubled-downward on the swimsuit controversy past stating, "In reaching out to the Miss America Organisation, the donor made clear the of import reason for the generous gift. Every bit a young adult female who wanted to compete in a local Miss America competition in the 1980s, she was discouraged by her parents because they believed 'Miss America does non wait like us, and an educated woman does not parade around in a swimsuit.'"
Cara Mund responded via Instagram, "Female person empowerment doesn't hateful insulting, alienating and discrediting the thousands of women who paved the way." Seize with teeth the hand that feeds yous much, Cara?
Gretchen Carlson Resigns
Afterward securing a new network partnership with NBC, Gretchen Carlson resigned from her position as board chairwoman in June 2019. She stated, "The fourth dimension is ideal to requite new leadership the opportunity to movement forward with what has been accomplished."
Carlson was replaced by former South Dakota secretary of state Shantel Krebs with attorney Brenda Keith serving as vice-chair. Later instituting new leadership in the terminated state organizations, all 50 states, plus D.C., were eligible to compete in the 2020 contest on Dec 19, 2019. The swimsuit and evening gown portions of the event are even so non part of the competition.
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