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"Question: How bad must your personality and interview skills suck..."
LAST EDITED ON 01-05-04 AT 10:53 PM (EST)

...if, as according to what Larissa said, she came in first in both the swimsuit and evening gown portions of her Miss USA competition but still finished in only FOURTH overall place?

Pssst... Larissa -- if you lost because you sucked incredibly bad on the parts of the competition where you were judged on something other than your body, I don't think that's something to be bragging about on national TV.

-SB

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 RE: Question: How bad must your per... ladro 01-05-04 1
   RE: Question: How bad must your per... SurvivorBlows 01-05-04 2
       RE: Question: How bad must your per... Lisapooh 01-05-04 3
           Poho, how do you know??? weltek 01-06-04 8
               RE: Poho, how do you know??? Lisapooh 01-06-04 10
                   RE: Poho, how do you know??? RollDdice 01-20-04 34
                       RE: Poho, how do you know??? Howard Dean 01-21-04 35
 My interpretation of scoring rules.... sleeeve 01-06-04 4
   Here's what happened at Miss USA 20... Howard Dean 01-06-04 5
       RE: Here's what happened at Miss US... kryp 01-06-04 6
           RE: Here's what happened at Miss US... Howard Dean 01-06-04 7
       RE: Here's what happened at Miss US... true 01-06-04 11
           RE: Here's what happened at Miss US... Howard Dean 01-06-04 13
       RE: Here's what happened at Miss US... SurvivorBlows 01-06-04 12
           RE: Here's what happened at Miss US... true 01-06-04 14
           RE: Here's what happened at Miss US... Howard Dean 01-06-04 17
               RE: Here's what happened at Miss US... SurvivorBlows 01-06-04 25
                   RE: Here's what happened at Miss US... Howard Dean 01-06-04 29
               RE: Here's what happened at Miss US... kryp 01-07-04 31
                   RE: Here's what happened at Miss US... Howard Dean 01-07-04 32
                   RE: Here's what happened at Miss US... SurvivorBlows 01-07-04 33
   RE: My interpretation of scoring ru... weltek 01-06-04 9
       RE: My interpretation of scoring ru... escapedude 01-06-04 15
           RE: My interpretation of scoring ru... SurvivorBlows 01-06-04 16
               "graceful" micci73 01-06-04 21
                   RE: "graceful" Chrissy gal 01-06-04 22
                   RE: "graceful" SurvivorBlows 01-06-04 23
                       RE: "graceful" micci73 01-06-04 24
                           RE: "graceful" SurvivorBlows 01-06-04 26
                           RE: "graceful" Chrissy gal 01-06-04 28
 RE: Question: How bad must your per... proofofnolife 01-06-04 18
   RE: Question: How bad must your per... Chrissy gal 01-06-04 20
   RE: Question: How bad must your per... Howard Dean 01-06-04 27
 RE: Question: How bad must your per... proofofnolife 01-06-04 19
   Got It. Thanks :) Howard Dean 01-06-04 30

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01-05-04, 11:13 PM (EST)
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1. "RE: Question: How bad must your personality and interview skills suck..."
I don't claim to be an expert on MissUSA rules (I probably havent seen it in more than 10 years), but isn't there a talent portion that counts a lot? Since she is an artist (paint/photography/tatoo/pottery????) she would be at quite a disadvantage in a stage performance.
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2. "RE: Question: How bad must your personality and interview skills suck..."
I haven't watched it in years either and forgot about the "talent" category -- but my original comments stand... if it's clear that you sucked so bad in the non-physical appearance parts of the competition that you finished 4th despite winning the two appearance-only portions, that's not something you brag about.


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3. "RE: Question: How bad must your personality and interview skills suck..."
It's scary that I know this, but Miss USA does not involve a talent competition. Miss America does.

Also in Miss USA, the interview portion is weighted much heavier than evening gown or swimsuit. Something like 40% of your total score.

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8. "Poho, how do you know???"
Well, I guess you are a princess.
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10. "RE: Poho, how do you know???"
LAST EDITED ON 01-06-04 AT 01:36 PM (EST)

weltek, sweetie - I live in Texas - you can't register to vote til you go through a pageanting course.


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34. "RE: Poho, how do you know???"
This interest in Beauty Pageants makes sense for LisaPooh. After all, in Texas hair spray is practically a food group.

But the rest of you are scaring the carp out of me. H. Dean I can understand; that actually answers some questions. But I am surprised at some other posters here.

When did Beauty Pageants get to be a RTW hot topic? Did I miss a meeting?



I heard Larissa blamed her loss on a "foot fault." She stuck her foot in her mouth up to the ankle.

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35. "RE: Poho, how do you know???"

Rolldice, as usual you're out of touch, pal.

>This interest in Beauty Pageants makes
>sense for LisaPooh. After all,
>in Texas hair spray is
>practically a food group.
>
>But the rest of you are
>scaring the carp out of
>me. H. Dean I can
>understand; that actually answers some
>questions. But I am surprised
>at some other posters here.
>
>
>When did Beauty Pageants get to be a RTW hot topic? Did I miss a meeting?
>
>

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4. "My interpretation of scoring rules..."
LAST EDITED ON 01-06-04 AT 02:26 AM (EST)

I spent about two minutes googling the scoring rules (does it strike anyone as weird that www.missusa.com does not disclose the scoring structure??) and here's the best that I can make it out:

All 51 contestants (50 states + DC) compete in three equally weighted competitions in front of the same set of judges (several days before television broadcast): swimsuit competition, evening gown competition, and a ten minute interview. All three scores from all judges are combined to determine the top 15 contestants... the rest are eliminated in the first few minutes of the television broadcast.

From this point on, scores are NOT cumulative, and the television judges were not allowed to observe the preliminary round, so they do not know previous results.

15 contestants compete in swimsuit competition... 10 advance, 5 are eliminated... the scores from the swimsuit round do not carry on to future rounds.

10 contestants compete in the eveningwear competition... 5 advance, 5 are eliminated... the scores from the eveningwear round do not carry on to future rounds.

5 contestants compete in a Q&A round... each is first asked a question about their charity (which they have had an opportunity to prepare for) and then is asked a question randomly drawn from a hat (different for each girl)... 3 advance, 2 are eliminated... the scores from the Q&A round do not carry on to future rounds.

3 contestants are each asked the same final question. Contestants are kept in isolation so they cannot hear the question before they are brought out on the stage, and they cannot hear other contestants answers... the scores for this final question soley determine the final winner of the competition.

In other words, Larissa may just have had one bad question... her previously high scores had no bearing on her sudden elimination, and interviewing skills DID factor into the judges decision to place her into the top 15, but had no bearing on her advancing to the top 5.

...then again... she might just be a pretty body... there is no way to tell from this comment .

...wow... that was a waste of my time, lol... at least now I'm a beauty pagent expert

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5. "Here's what happened at Miss USA 2001"
I watched Miss USA 2001 ... My girlfriend was a big Miss USA fan and knew some of the pageant contestants, and so I sat through the broadcast with her that evening. I used to hear a lot of the inside gossip about the contest from her.

What happened to Larissa Meek that evening is legendary ... or infamous ... depending upon your point of view.

As has been stated, she swept both the swimsuit and evening gown competitions. She did so well in fact that she seemed destined to become Miss USA 2001. All that remained for her was to answer some questions in the Final 5 and then the Final 3 round.

But in the Final 5 round she "froze" on a question that Billy Baldwin asked her: "Is the media's need for controversy bad for sports?"

Melissa knew nothing about sports, and the part about the media's need for controversy seemed to make it even more difficult. She froze up and couldn't do anything but stumble over an answer, saying finally that she hadn't a clue about sports.

It wasn't very graceful -- if nothing else Miss USA must be "graceful" lol -- and so she was eliminated.

By contrast, the questions the other contestants received were comparatively easy: the usual world peace, mom and dad and apple pie kind of stuff.

Of course, who gets what question is selected randomly. But ever since, people on Miss USA message boards have had one of two comments: (1) She was robbed by a horrible question, or (2) Her beauty was only skin deep, no personality.

I for one tend to believe the former. I think she has plenty of personality. We'll see how much as the show unfolds.

But it's nice to see her on Average Joe after what happened to her at Miss USA. Will the Average Joes have better luck with her than she did at Miss USA?

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6. "RE: Here's what happened at Miss USA 2001"
Larissa seems to be more genuine than Melana. She also has some definite sexual energy going and I think she is going to be more interesting to watch. And did I say she is wayyyyy HOT? Caramba, mi amore'!
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7. "RE: Here's what happened at Miss USA!"
I agree with you! I'm looking forward to the rest of Average Joe II.

>Larissa seems to be more genuine
>than Melana. She also has
>some definite sexual energy going
>and I think she is
>going to be more interesting
>to watch. And did I
>say she is wayyyyy HOT?
>Caramba, mi amore'!


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11. "RE: Here's what happened at Miss USA 2001"
HD is right, that's exactly what happened. (I was only watching cause she's local... )

Anyway, the question was a thinly veiled attempt to bring up the controversy going on at that time, and my memory is not great, but I think it was the whole flap over women being admitted to Augusta, though I could have my controversies mixed up. I'm pretty sure it wasn't just a sports issue, but a womens issue as well. She was clueless on both counts.

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13. "RE: Here's what happened at Miss USA 2001"
LAST EDITED ON 01-06-04 AT 03:26 PM (EST)

Interesting. I had never thought of the Augusta issue. But you're probably right. Something like that was probably their intent.

But all the question said was, "Is the media's need for controversy bad for sports?"

Perhaps if they had asked more specifically about Augusta or some other specific sports controversy that involves women, she could have given a more intelligent answer.

I think she's already demonstrated on Average Joe that she is intelligent enough to answer such a question.

The question was too general, too vague. And by contrast, the questions given the other contestants were softball. Larissa should have been given a better question, but that's life.

>HD is right, that's exactly what
>happened. (I was only watching
>cause she's local... )
>
>Anyway, the question was a thinly
>veiled attempt to bring up
>the controversy going on at
>that time, and my memory
>is not great, but I
>think it was the whole
>flap over women being admitted
>to Augusta, though I could
>have my controversies mixed up.
> I'm pretty sure it
>wasn't just a sports issue,
>but a womens issue as
>well. She was clueless
>on both counts.


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12. "RE: Here's what happened at Miss USA 2001"
LAST EDITED ON 01-06-04 AT 02:00 PM (EST)

Wow, thanks for the info... but knowing the situation only just now, even if someone doesn't know anything about sports, they should still be able to offer a general stance on "the media's need for controversy in BLAH" -- where BLAH is unimportant and what does it say about the larger issue of the media "needing" controversy in ANYTHING and exactly what is the role of media in society.

Certainly an extensive knowledge of sports is not required to be able to compose an adequate response to the question that she was posed.

>It wasn't very graceful -- if nothing else Miss USA must
>be "graceful" lol -- and so she was eliminated.

Clearly she also didn't seem to learn much from it -- because once again she was less than graceful during last nights telecast... and I'm not even talking about her rant after the men arrived, I'm talking about the clear cold-shoulders that she kept giving the men as the arrived once it was clear no hotties were coming -- that was flat out rude, impolite, and shameful.

>(2) Her beauty was only skin deep, no personality.

I don't believe she's stupid, from my limited knowledge of her background she seems to not be the stereotypical "model/actress"-type that Melana seemed to be. Instead, she, at least until recently, claimed to want to be become an animator (which for some reason she terms herself an "artist" -- perhaps based on a perception that society holds "artists" in higher regard than "animators") And she supposedly has some decent technical skills that are demostrated on larissameek.com (which she supposedly designed herself.)

...but I don't believe any of that means that she's still not a shallow person who's full of herself -- those aren't qualities restricted to only model/actress types -- and so far, those are the only vibes that have been coming across in both her pre-show press interviews and actions on the premiere. I've met plenty of unattractive smart people with no personality -- none of those attributes are mutually exclusive.

-SB

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14. "RE: Here's what happened at Miss USA 2001"
Her facial expressions as the men exited the bus, said it all. She really had a hard time hiding her disgust and disappointment, even though after the first couple, I think she was really trying!

I noticed that she really seemed to be put off by the larger guys.

I can't say as I completely blame her though. She WAS expecting guys who, in her mind, were good looking. The kindof guys she is most likely used to dating. They suprised her, and that shock showed.

I also thought it was funny how the camera kept getting a close up of the booted guys cold sore. LOL!

BTW, where was Kathy Griffin?

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17. "RE: Here's what happened at Miss USA 2001"
It's hard to disagree with your comments. They are certainly very reasonable. I guess I just see Larissa a little differently. We'll all find out when the series concludes. If you are right, I certainly wouldn't be surprised or disappointed. But I think there's a distinct possibility that something else might happen.

For one thing, she was a nerd when she was younger. She freely admits it on the bikini models website. There are even some photos of her from that time.

She knows how it feels.

Also, on the NBC website, she commented about how she found some of the studs who came later on in the show to be shallow and uninteresting. "There was nothing else there," she said.

By contrast, she says that some of the average Joes grew on her. In fact, that already appears to be happening with the bald guy, who not only hit it off well with her in the first episode, but is seen kissing her in the previews.

Regarding the question about media and sports ... It's certainly easy for someone in the media -- or people who follow the media -- to look at a theoretical question about the media and perceive it to be easy.

I'm not sure that would be the case for other people.

At any rate, it certainly wasn't a typical Miss USA question. If the other contestants had received questions like that, Larissa might still have won.

Does that mean that beauty queens in general are shallow?
Some people might think so, but I don't see all beauty queens as fitting into the same jock-worshipping, nerd-hating mold. Melana may have been an example of that, but it seems to me that Larissa is not.

Notice that the guys Larissa eliminated last night were not necessarily the most geeky, just those who had the least amount of confidence in talking to her.

What women want varies from woman to woman. Some of it is physical, and some of it is emotional. Either way, what they look for is not always what men think they want. I know that from personal experience.

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25. "RE: Here's what happened at Miss USA 2001"
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>I just see Larissa a little differently. We'll all
>find out when the series concludes.

I agree -- first impressions can be wrong and hey, I have no problem if she turns out to be a sweet, honest, sincere, caring, deep, thoughtful woman. But I don't think it's likely -- and I think the producers intentionally stacked the deck against that by twice in a row casting former beauty queens (whom almost have to be "vain" by occupational requirement -- and if your vain, it's not a big trip to "shallow.")

>For one thing, she was a nerd when she was younger.
> She freely admits it on the bikini models website.
> There are even some photos of her from that time.
>
>She knows how it feels.

I just spent some time reviewing her whole entire bikini.com subsite (the things I do in the name of "research!" ) and I'd have to say I have to disagree with the statement that she was a nerd.

For starters, from the photos I saw and what I read, among other things, she was a attractive high school cheerleader -- she might have had some "nerd-like" hobbies and interests, but I truly doubt she was ever ostracized or unpopular or "felt" anything like the typical high school nerk/geek. That is unless she went to Bizarro High.

>Also, on the NBC website, she commented about how she found
>some of the studs who came later on in the
>show to be shallow and uninteresting. "There was nothing
>else there," she said.
>
>By contrast, she says that some of the average Joes grew
>on her.

Do you have a link for this? The only NBC.com interview I saw was only 4-5 questions and that was none of them.

>In fact, that already appears to be happening with the bald guy,
>who not only hit it off well with her in
>the first episode, but is seen kissing her in the
>previews.

I don't know if you watched the first series, but Melena kissed probably about half a dozen of the joes. And we know how that ended.

>Regarding the question about media and sports ... It's certainly easy for someone in the media
> -- or people who follow the media -- to
>look at a theoretical question about the media and perceive
>it to be easy.

>I'm not sure that would be the case for other people.

I can understand this... but according to her Bikini.com interview, Larissa lists "the news" as her favorite television program. And talks of how one of the reasons that St. Louis is a great town is because it's a good "sports town."

I don't see how someone who claims the news as their favorite TV program can't be familiar enough to speak on the media's role in controversy.

>At any rate, it certainly wasn't a typical Miss USA question.
> If the other contestants had received questions like that,
>Larissa might still have won.

I agree, she clearly got the "harder" question. I guess I just don't agree that it was a "hard" question.

Especially not for an organization that prides itself on how well-rounded their young women are...

>Does that mean that beauty queens in general are shallow?
>Some people might think so, but I don't see all beauty
>queens as fitting into the same jock-worshipping, nerd-hating mold.
>Melana may have been an example of that, but it
>seems to me that Larissa is not.

I think almost by need, they have to be extremely vain. And if your extremely vain, I think it's likely that you're also likely to examine others in the same manner as you examine yourself... which probably results in the "shallow odds" being pretty good.

I certainly don't think all beauty pageant winners are all that way... but I don't think it's unreasonable to claim that "in general" they are probably shallow... or at minimum more shallow than the average non-pageant contestant. And being shallow isn't the worst thing in the world -- for example, being shallow and denying it, is, among many other things, far worse.

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29. "RE: Here's what happened at Miss USA 2001"
Good points all. I understand what you are saying about beauty queens and in general you are right. I think Larissa might be a little different, though. We'll see as the series unfolds.

On the geek issue, you must have missed the photos of her in Junior High when she wore glasses and was about as geeky as can be. She talks about it too. Look again on the Bikini website.

As for the comment about the guys on the show, the link for that on the NBC website is:

http://nbc.com/nbc/Average_Joe:_Hawaii/about_larissa.shtml

Here are the comments:

NBC INTERVIEWER: How important is physical chemistry when you’re dating someone?

LARISSA: I think it can go both ways. I think there are certainly instances when all you have is physical chemistry with somebody. It’s also something that can grow on you, which I think is definitely the case with some of these guys. Maybe you look at them and they’re guys that wouldn’t normally catch your attention; but, when you get to know them, you start feeling that chemistry.

>
>I don't know if you watched
>the first series, but Melena
>kissed probably about half a
>dozen of the joes.
>And we know how that
>ended.
>

I did, and your comment about Melana is very true. But now it all depends on where Larissa is coming from. We'll see.

-HD

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31. "RE: Here's what happened at Miss USA 2001"
One thing I like already about Larissa is that she doesn't mask her true feelings and thoughts as well as Melana did. We saw the blurb where she regrets some of her initial reactions. She also doesn't seem to be as PR savvy as Melana. So, I think the men she actually ends up liking will have a genuine chance at having a relationship with her. Another thing, as was pointed out in the first show, everything is heavily edited. We never see a continuous shot of her reactions. It's a cut to her making faces. Who knows when they got that shot. One of the hunks in the first show complained that they made it seem like he was crying about only being valued for his looks when in actuality he said he was crying over his daughter and a failed relationship with her mother.
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32. "RE: Here's what happened at Miss USA 2001"
Very well stated! I couldn't agree more.

>One thing I like already about
>Larissa is that she doesn't
>mask her true feelings and
>thoughts as well as Melana
>did. We saw the blurb
>where she regrets some of
>her initial reactions. She also
>doesn't seem to be as
>PR savvy as Melana. So,
>I think the men she
>actually ends up liking will
>have a genuine chance at
>having a relationship with her.
>Another thing, as was pointed
>out in the first show,
>everything is heavily edited. We
>never see a continuous shot
>of her reactions. It's a
>cut to her making faces.
>Who knows when they got
>that shot. One of the
>hunks in the first show
>complained that they made it
>seem like he was crying
>about only being valued for
>his looks when in actuality
>he said he was crying
>over his daughter and a
>failed relationship with her mother.
>


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33. "RE: Here's what happened at Miss USA 2001"
Another thing, as was pointed out in the first show, everything is heavily edited. We never see a continuous shot of her reactions. It's a cut to her making faces. Who knows when they got that shot.

As I mentioned earlier in this thread -- you can explain away the facial expressions with possible "editing" -- but you can't explain the clear body language that she was exhibiting when they showed the wide shots of her greeting the guys... to the point that with a couple of them, she almost appeared to be stepping back from them or greeting them rather shabbily and basically just "waving them over" to toward the door to the house.

I'm not saying she's a horrible human being, just that there's only so much you can explain away as being due to alleged "editing."

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9. "RE: My interpretation of scoring rules..."
Maybe you and Pooh can watch this year's competition together and do your nails and facials.


-OMH! That mental picture is heeeelarious!

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15. "RE: My interpretation of scoring rules..."
>>>>>Clearly she also didn't seem to learn much from it -- because once again she was less than graceful during last nights telecast... and I'm not even talking about her rant after the men arrived, I'm talking about the clear cold-shoulders that she kept giving the men as the arrived once it was clear no hotties were coming -- that was flat out rude, impolite, and shameful.<<<<<<<<<

Due to the fact that she was PO'd...

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16. "RE: My interpretation of scoring rules..."
>>>>>>Clearly she also didn't seem to learn much from it -- because once again she was less than graceful during last nights telecast... and I'm not even talking about her rant after the men arrived, I'm talking about the clear cold-shoulders that she kept giving the men as the arrived once it was clear no hotties were coming -- that was flat out rude, impolite, and shameful.<<<<<<<<<
>
>Due to the fact that she was PO'd...

Yes, clearly... but isn't maintaining your composure when "PO'd" part of what would be considered parting of the meaning of "graceful?"

Anyone can remain charming when things are going good...

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21. ""graceful""
Didn't anyone else notice the strange editing? I mean, yes she was making faces, but not at the guys. When you saw her close up, she looked like she might throw up, but when you saw her over the guys' shoulders she was smiling at them. Editing, people! Don't tell me you're still trusting NBC to present things as they are.
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22. "RE: "graceful""
True editing was used heavily to show her making faces, but I also saw her making faces a couple of times after the guys had turned to head for the house. She really didn't have her game face on and the producers didn't need editing to show that.

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23. "RE: "graceful""
>at them. Editing, people!
> Don't tell me you're
>still trusting NBC to present
>things as they are.

Wow thanks... these show's are edited?!?! Thank god you came along...

For the record, I'm not talking about close-up facial expressions -- I'm talking about her body language -- and which included stepping away from and "waving in" a couple of the guys directly to the door.

"NBC" can't edit that...

-SB

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24. "RE: "graceful""

>Wow thanks... these show's are edited?!?!
> Thank god you came
>along...
>
That was a little harsh.


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26. "RE: "graceful""
>That was a little harsh.
>

So was "Editing, people!" -- reap as you sow

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28. "RE: "graceful""
Welcome to SB, Micci. You have now been initiated!

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18. "RE: Question: How bad must your personality and interview skills suck..."
As a long time pageant watcher - I remember Larissa's night at Miss USA. She was of course absolutely beautiful and was queen of the the night up until the questions. Now mind you the questions are incredibly stupid and sometimes it is hard to feed the world, save the earth, and attain world peace all in one answer. Larrisa should have just said "this question is really stupid" and moved gracefully on. I doubt if the judges question could be taken seriously in any area of pageantry, politics, or 6th grade debate class. Anyway, the eventual winner was a stunning tall blonde from Texas (the first blonde in a number of years), who went on to finish second runner up in Miss Universe. Larissa is still revered on pageant message boards to this day. She is close to being an icon in the pageant world. Anyway, since I have no life except for reality t.v, pageants, and figure skating, I am quite sure my 2 cents will mean absolutely nothing to anyone, but it is fun to read everyones posts and observations!
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20. "RE: Question: How bad must your personality and interview skills suck..."
>>I am quite sure my 2 cents will mean absolutely nothing to anyone<<

I can't speak for everyone here, but your 2 cents means something to me even if I don't really understand beauty pageants.

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27. "RE: Question: How bad must your personality and interview skills suck..."
I agree what you. If you get a chance, read my post above entitled "Here's what happened at Miss USA 2001."

>As a long time pageant watcher
>- I remember Larissa's night
>at Miss USA. She was
>of course absolutely beautiful and
>was queen of the the
>night up until the questions.
>Now mind you the questions
>are incredibly stupid and sometimes
>it is hard to feed
>the world, save the earth,
>and attain world peace all
>in one answer. Larrisa should
>have just said "this question
>is really stupid" and moved
>gracefully on. I doubt if
>the judges question could be
>taken seriously in any area
>of pageantry, politics, or 6th
>grade debate class. Anyway, the
>eventual winner was a stunning
>tall blonde from Texas (the
>first blonde in a number
>of years), who went on
>to finish second runner up
>in Miss Universe. Larissa is
>still revered on pageant message
>boards to this day. She
>is close to being an
>icon in the pageant world.
>Anyway, since I have no
>life except for reality t.v,
>pageants, and figure skating, I
>am quite sure my 2
>cents will mean absolutely nothing
>to anyone, but it is
>fun to read everyones posts
>and observations!


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19. "RE: Question: How bad must your personality and interview skills suck..."
Further proofofnolife wanted to add that the same thing happened in this years 2003 pageant to a beautful woman from Tennessee, who after sweeping everyone off their feet the whole night- inexplicably finished as fourth runner up. Her pic, along with some of Larissa can be found at www.globalbeauties.com. You can explore the site yourself, or go to links, scroll down to the message boards and click on pageant fans hq.
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Thanks for the link.

http://www.voy.com/14733/

There were also some interesting comments there:

"Other faves was Miss USA Kandace Krueger of Texas. A controversy of sorts erupted during Miss USA 2001, when Larissa Meek of Missouri, who won both the swimsuit and gown competition, ended up in 5th place in the judges’ question, and thus was cut out of the top 3, paving the way for Kandace to take it all. After this, this year’s Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA, there was no cut to a top 3. The question portion originally designed to narrow the field became a simple interview portion which went unscored; thus it only allows the judges to see if the remaining 5 ladies have any sort of brainwave activity.

In any case, Larissa Meek became the last victim of the judges’ question segment, where the front runners who seemed poised to take the crown were suddenly shot down in flames. Past casualties included Carolina Iszak of Venezuela, Voni Delfos of Australia, Namrata Shirodkar of India, Leah Sexton of Missour at Miss Teen USA 1996, Jennifer Prodgers of Georgia (USA 1992), Verna Vasquez of Curacao, Denny Mendez of Italy, Angelia Savage of Florida (USA 1997), Kelly Hu of Hawaii (USA1993) and Desiree Lowry of Puerto Rico."


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