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WOWNEWS IK BAT Tali IHK bait A lion 7 A Wednesday, September 10, 2003 e ot Beauty Woes (Jay 21 states have never won me Miss America pageant K a,te /^‘^ B y J o h n C u r r a n b»e bombing arc ' J \ vote to lift 1 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rench veto ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - iss Vermont never wins, either does Miss North akota. Miss Montana or Miss ew Mexico. In the Miss America pageant, t’s usually women from Southern tales or populous ones — where tate-level competition is the tiffest — who triumph. Through 82 years of Miss merica contests, there are still 1 states that have never had a epresentative win the crown, xperts say it’s a combination of actors, including a contestant’s ageant experience and the level to lift the strciBof competition she faced before accepted re?, getting to Atlantic City. Parry told the: Those w ho grow up in places Libya has •? where pageants are big tend to tantial sum ob get involved earlier and achieve he relatives c::: more once they do. “Down in the South, there is a remendous beauty pageant cul- ure," said fonner pageant televi sion producer Angela Osborne, ordered. .And . cooperate erbie inve need tenonar rbie familiesC author of “Miss America: The on each whet Dream Lives On.” mst Libya arc “It has to do with the culture ited States i of being pretty and feminine and s against Lib; winning pageants. There are receive an U.S. list of errorism. the) vnal $2 milliot itates that have huge numbers of f Libya is rerjfchild pageants. It’s a huge busi ness and it promotes the idea that cor Iwomen are bom to be pretty, rom infancy,” said Osborne, a former member of the pageant’s television production staff. There are other factors. Studs AbroilV| Pageant organizations with Double Yd/ deep roots in the community, Employme r steady sponsorship and a history OjDportunifo | 0 f success j n Atlantic City tend Abroad/nRusst W° * are we U when their women re*; I-866-3W-* reach Atlantic City. “The ones that succeed are he ones with good foundations t the state level, the ones with §tron £ executive boards who run iMthe. pageant like a business,” aid Lois Elaine Smith-Zoll, a iss Washington Scholarship 1 Pageant board member. “You i/vTC* see t * 1 ‘ s ' n T exas ’ you see it in VUOTc; South Carolina. These are states 93 -168'' w ' t * 1 a P ro ^' e P a 8 eantr y” ranee! Boyd Vote Continued from page 1A Makers Breaker irsatiotfi adershif iblic Lift Sept. 13,20(1! Tt. to 2 p.m. The group’s announcement ppeared timed to blunt any neg- tive action against Sloan by the 3-member faculty senate, arlier Tuesday, one senator, ho spoke on condition of nonymity, said Sloan critics dieved they had the votes to ass the no-confidence vote. Chuck Weaver, the senate’s i immediate past chairman, said kM Universit) i he did not know what action the Student Cenif! senate would take. )om 292 Tfie meeting came amid lounting pressure from some )te speakersMpircles for Sloan, who has Qates Presiiki ^ eat * e ^ t * ae wor ld’s largest S<M University j Ba Ptist university for eight er, Austin B«t| ,e " s ' toste P do ) vn ' , in recent days, five ot Baylor’s 36 regents and three former regent chairmen have called for Sloan’s resignation. as Morning0 anelists p. Fred Brown | listrict 14 iy Lawson, ! tor, University Reli^! e McNeely, cat columnist, wrican-Statesman y Borders, Lufkin Daily Neitt is, Class of'87i lent body preside:* lins, Class of lent body preside* 1 ffy, Class of'87 alion editor in chit cer, Class of’95; alion editor in chid ; registration ttalion.tamu.edu 5 p.m. Wednesda) The difference is evident in the numbers. This year’s Miss Texas pageant had 47 women. Texas has had three women win Miss America. This year’s Miss California pageant had 52 women compet ing. California has had six Miss Americas, the most of any state. By comparison, the Montana pageant had eight, despite being an “open” pageant, meaning anyone who wants to can com pete. In bigger states, contest ants must win preliminary pag eants to try for the state title. Miss Montana Amber Shipman acknowledges that many of the other 50 women in the Sept. 20 pageant have better chances. “These girls are here to win, they really want to be Miss America, and so do I,” said Shipman, 19, of Glendive, Mont. “But I don’t have that competitive nature from com peting so many times like some of them.” Miss Wyoming Tamara Kocher, who beat out 10 other women to win her state title, said she didn’t get the kind of financial support winners from big pageant states get for model ing coaches, trainers and other pageant preparation experts. “You don’t have that knowl edge and you don’t have the money to get all the training you need to compete successfully,” said Kocher, 22, of Gillette, Wyo. “Plus, it’s hard to get your state to support you when your state has never been very suc cessful (in Atlantic City) in the past,” Kocher said. Miss Texas Sunni Cranftll says she’s a better contestant for having bested 46 others for her title. The fact that it was her fifth appearance in a state pageant — three in Texas, two in Arkansas — also may help her. “I’m seasoned, I guess you could say,” said Cranfill, 23, of Hooks, Texas. “I know the ropes. I know what to expect, but I don’t know the judges. I wish I could say I have an advantage, but at this point, you can never tell.” Sloan said Monday he remains committed to Baylor. “You don’t deal with prob lems by running away from them,” he said. “1 actually feel very confident of the support of Baylor regents. I’m very confi dent of the support of Baylor students, faculty, staff and our alumni. So, I’m really, I“m very optimistic about the future.” Regents Carl Bell, Mary Chavanne-Martin, Toby Druin, Jaclanel McFarland and John Wilkerson called for Sloan’s dismissal Monday because of what they described as “mounting challenges and problems” that were exacerbat ed by the summer’s problems in the basketball program. 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