When BEAUTY Culture Turns UGLY; Miss USA, Miss Teen USA Relinquish Their CROWNS 

Bodybuilding shows are pageants

6:48 There is no way to appreciate beauty without being exploitative if the setting is a competitive one.

The women in these pageants go through a great deal, one would imagine, to prepare and train for these events, as well as the monetary and life sacrifices. For these women to suddenly "step down" is odd. Maybe something happened that they were not actually ready to take the leap or sell their souls. Not everyone will sell their souls for money or position. No one will know the truth except these young women and the pageant leaders.

Beauty comes from the inside LOL. Is that really what women think? Then why all the makeup and obesity gaslighting?

That organization needs to be removed and the new org should give title holders their tittles back

Except for the last two sentences in Noelia’s statement, the first letter of each sentence spells out a hidden message: I AM SILENCED.😮

To the larger lady in the blazer, we can say the same about you being a host/journalist. If you are harrassed, stalked, assaulted why should you be believed as its part of the job right being in the public eye? How insensitive and extremely rude of you to say in essence that Miss USA at 24 should question why she even entered as this kind of abuse is likely to occur! Says who?! This is supposed to be a female empowerment platform that celebrates all things we as women enjoy: Beauty, Brains, Charity, Fitness and Fashion! Just because you do not feel confident enough to enter doesn't mean other women shouldn't 'or its their fault '! Women like you should look in the mirror and ask yourself are YOU helping to empower women or silence them? This platform should be a fun, wonderful experience filled with opportunities to influence, encourage and impact others. It teaches women to represent themselves and their countries boldly and confidently without trying to be masculine! They deserve ti be celebrated not further abused by people like you. Fix the owners, and focus on exposing their abuse

I recall participating in the Miss Teen USA pageant decades ago (won the talent portion) and speaking with other contestants that had competed for multiple years. What struck me was one contestant noticed the type of look that won for previous years. That contestant purposefully changed their look to conform with that type and became the runner up the year I competed.

"Biches be crazy"- Rob Corddry, The Heartbreak Kid. 2007.

Miss USA put out a statement and the first letter of every sentence spelled out I AM BEING SILENCED

Pageants are about self motivation & being the best you can be. Dont forget we have Mr pageants too.

if pageants are outdated so are football and other sports because why are men wearing tights are running around on a field attacking each other and giving each other CTE just so they can play with a ball?

jessica is beautiful but her makeup clashes with her neck skin tone

If you want to feel beautiful and healthy, do something kind for someone less fortunate than yourself.

Noelia was sexually harassed and told to get over it. Noelia had no chaperone or security handler. I’m starting to believe that 1. Either Leylah Rose doesn’t have money in the budget or 2. The pageant is used to sell beautiful women to sponsors based by what other have alleged that Noelia experienced unwelcome advances.

Beauty pageants are for sure outdated.

The whole basis for this pageant realm is steeped in objectification and exploitation, beginning with the stage mothers who groom their children. They are essentially owned by those owners who use them to profit and it is a willing endeavor after the legal age of adulthood.

I did the Miss Arizona USA and hated the director Britt. The more money you spent with her sponsors, the more of a chance you had to win. I did Miss New Mexico USA with Laura and I loved it!! Btw I didn’t win either, but I placed the exact same with both, so I don’t favor one state over another.

4:52 - excluding the times where Miss USA had to resign her crown as a result of winning Miss Universe (this has been a rule since the pageant’s early days), this is the first time since 1957 where the current Miss USA either resigned on her own terms (like Noelia did a few days ago) and/or was stripped of her title!! Mary Leona Gage, who won Miss USA 1957, was stripped of her title shortly after she won after it was revealed that she lied about her age (she was 21, not 18), married, and the mother of two children (all of which were violations of the pageant rules at the time). The Miss USA 1957 title was then awarded to the first runner-up, Charlotte Sheffield of Utah. By the time the scandal broke publicly, the Miss Universe preliminary judging (in the early days of Miss Universe, the pageant took place literally a few days to a week AFTER the Miss USA Pageant) had already taken place, with Gage chosen as a semi-finalist and allowed to participate pending the results of the investigation. After Gage was stripped of her Miss USA title, she was disqualified from Miss Universe, and Mónica Lamas of Argentina, who placed 16th in the Miss Universe preliminaries, took Gage's spot in the semi-finals. All of this meant that it was too late for Sheffield, the new Miss USA, to compete, and it would be the only time the United States has not been represented at the Miss Universe pageant.

Jessica (a beautiful person) is 100% right about this. It is an outdated thing. I'll add that their concepts of beauty are...kind of freakish if I'm allowed to say that. The makeup and fake lips and identical smiles are becoming very uncanny valley. They all look like aliens to me now.

If epstein had models im gonna assume pageants are used for the same purpose

Noela & Umasofia resigned for personal reasons & thats their business .' Doesnt mean we shut down pageants after they had their belly full of fun

What is a beauty pageant? Clothing & makeup, figures & faces... ie: everything that appeals to the lust of our eyes. You can argue that the pageant includes categories like intelligence, articulation, passion projects, etc., but they're a token addition to disuade critizism of the hyper-focus on appearance. Reality check... how many would tune in to watch the pageant if there were no beauty category? There ya go.

This is like going into a restaurant named lobster house and leaving because "eating lobster doesnt align with my values."

I watched 90% of this before I realized it- Jessica is on set!

"It's like a dog show" - perfect comparison. Dogs would probably quit too if they could.

Why are those pageants still in existence?

You mean a contest that only focuses on outward appearance isn't all it's cracked up to be? Some of us had that figured out long ago.

The girl on the right that said Miss USA knew what she was getting into. 1.) the person she was complaining about, took over the organization after or around the same time as her winning Miss USA. This person wasn’t running the organization prior to her reign. 2.) Miss USA and Miss Teen USA are not the only ones to complain or quit. At least three organization employees also quit and released statements with similar wording as the resignation letters of Miss USA and Miss Teen USA… 3.) she’s silenced by an NDA…she can’t tell her side of the story unless the Miss USA organization releases her from it. Why would they hold her to it, if it didn’t make the organization look bad? 4.) if we are to assume that Miss USA and the others are telling the truth-was she supposed to just take the bad treatment? Was she supposed to just accept bullying and toxicity? According to you, she should have know what to expect… Or should people be able to walk away from toxic places?

We have to wait for THEY, HIM,HER America Pageant.

Jessica's world view is starting to show in her appearance.

NDA non disclosure agreement so they can't speak

Congratulations Jessica on your pregnancy and engagement

Beauty comes from the inside...that sounds so disingenous coming from a beautiful person. Also...is this the first time Jessica has been in studio?

I think we can all agree that Miss America is not a beauty contest.

Combination of corprate demands and commitments, and these ladies not realizing what they siged up for.

Matching shiny outfits look great

So, does Ozempic reinforce the notion that "Beauty comes from within"? Because afterall, as a drug, it works from the inside. Or does Ozempic reinforce the notion that "Beauty is only skin-deep"? 🤔

Beauty pageants have evolved beyond their original purpose of mere entertainment; they were not intended to serve as platforms for advocacy.

@9:28, lol, girls. You two have good chemistry. Today in particular. And OMG, WHAT a refreshing break from Briahna! 🙄 The two of you discussing monetary policy was excellent. Thanks to both of you for a great Friday Rising (even though I couldn't get around to watching until Sunday).

You can all get together and watch a Brad Pitt movie. Lol

The new owner is a nutcase

It's about time.

Nice!

Everything is exploited if it’s a competition.. Patrick mahomes is exploited by Jessica’s standard

Doesn't Donald Trump own or have investments in these pageants.

Maybe if Trump was still owner this wouldn’t have happened 😂

It probably financial disputes. They can't make side money when the offers pour in the money goes to the org. Their rewards, attention and a scholarship. They would make more bouncing around in lingerie on OnlyFs, showing little to nothing.

That was a dumb comment about women in pageants being seen as dogs in a dog show. Empowerment means you are allowed to do whatever you want in life without being judged. Many of those women are smart and beautiful. They decided that Miss USA could be the platform that would connect them to TV, cinema, and public relations. I don't think any of these girls signed up to be bullied, sexually harassed, or blamed for the hills just because they are beautiful and they participated in a pageant. Women should support women using victim-blaming language like "What did you expect?" it is not very smart at all

If you can't be a sitting pretty beauty queen without knowing it part of the job ... is too be pretty and pleasant...if you can't do that just let a winner 🏆 win the title that who really want to a crowning 👑 Beauty Queen or Teen ....

Well, this is nothing that we didn’t know before. At least they didn’t have Trump opening their mouth to check their teeth this time. They do not protect these young ladies.

The reason: they found Jesus. Amen.

Time to end it❤

It’s their choices.

20 years too late, but still kudos.

Who cares?

9:24

Socio goes with the SA

Beauty Pageant were better when Trump ran them...🤣

Taylor Swift🎉🎉

People still watch those things? Sad. Not winning.

Some people will never be happy.

you mean ... the WHITE BACHELOR/BACHELORETTE SHOW . which is just like the miss usa/teen show

This will decide the 2024 presidential election.

Plain English can be beautiful. Why have young Americans seemingly abandoned simple words?

It's always been like that. Everyone wants the spotlight. Remember it takes a certain type of person, usually a narcissist and a psychopath, to participate in the contest

Latinas don’t f’ around

Omg ... whine whine

It definitely feels like a dogs show!! Great observation

Oh please, spare us the victimhood "We're objectified like dogs in a dog show!" nonsense. First, it's elective. Nobody is forcing these women to participate in these shows. And secondly, men have their own version as well, bodybuilding competitions.. Which are basically beauty pageants, for men.

Myth America.

Stop being objectified