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Mrs America Pageant today

simplyfriends — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:59:51 GMT

**UPDATE 8.29.24** Great effort Katia.... Hope it was fun!

New Mrs America Hannah Wise from Tennessee

** CORRECTION - Apparently there is a Mrs America pageant and a Mrs American pageant. Katia is a contestant tonight in the Mrs America pageant so we don't know the winner yet at 8:45PT. Sorry for the confusion. The lady below won the Mrs American pageant held earlier today. Good luck Katia!

Kim and Mary were talking about the pageant this morning and hoping Katia would win. The winner is from Washington, Heidi Stephens. She is a nurse who is now a stay at home mom with 2 kids. Husband was a Merchant Marine but is now a cruise captain (I think that's what I heard).

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SharkE — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:23:46 GMT

Good for her.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:25:58 GMT

Shucks, I had my fingers crossed for Katia.

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simplyfriends — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:33:55 GMT

@Kachina624 I did too

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SportyShorty07 — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:11:44 GMT

Katia and the winner are both very beautiful ladies. I hope that Katia tries out for it again next year- I really think that she could win!

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MissRose722 — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:27:01 GMT

Just to clarify:

There are three pageants in the Mrs. America Pageant system:

Miss for America Strong
Mrs. American
Mrs. America

All three pageants are held at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The Miss for America Strong pageant was held this past Monday, August 26 and the winner was Jacklyn Drake, representing North Dakota. The Mrs. American pageant was held yesterday, August 27 and the winner was Heidi Stephens (pictured above) representing Washington state. The Mrs. America pageant (the pageant that Katia is competing in) is being held tonight. Hopefully the winner of Mrs. America will be announced soon - crossing my fingers for Katia.

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simplyfriends — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:29:29 GMT

@MissRose722 Oh wow thanks for clarifying. Maybe I should delete my post.

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MissRose722 — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:34:05 GMT

@simplyfriends wrote:
@MissRose722 Oh wow thanks for clarifying. Maybe I should delete my post.

@simplyfriends Thank you for your reply and you're welcome- it's up to you, but perhaps you can edit it instead.

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simplyfriends — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:49:55 GMT

@MissRose722 I corrected it (I hope it's not too confusing). I didn't realize there were so many pageant's. Thanks again for letting me know.

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beach-mom — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:54:15 GMT

@MissRose722 wrote:
Just to clarify:

There are three pageants in the Mrs. America Pageant system:

Miss for America Strong
Mrs. American
Mrs. America

All three pageants are held at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The Miss for America Strong pageant was held this past Monday, August 26 and the winner was Jacklyn Drake, representing North Dakota. The Mrs. American pageant was held yesterday, August 27 and the winner was Heidi Stephens (pictured above) representing Washington state. The Mrs. America pageant (the pageant that Katia is competing in) is being held tonight. Hopefully the winner of Mrs. America will be announced soon - crossing my fingers for Katia.

I think we're all rooting for Katia!

Just curious - what is the difference between Mrs. American and Mrs. America?

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MissRose722 — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 04:33:20 GMT

@beach-mom wrote:
@MissRose722 wrote:
Just to clarify:

There are three pageants in the Mrs. America Pageant system:

Miss for America Strong
Mrs. American
Mrs. America

All three pageants are held at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The Miss for America Strong pageant was held this past Monday, August 26 and the winner was Jacklyn Drake, representing North Dakota. The Mrs. American pageant was held yesterday, August 27 and the winner was Heidi Stephens (pictured above) representing Washington state. The Mrs. America pageant (the pageant that Katia is competing in) is being held tonight. Hopefully the winner of Mrs. America will be announced soon - crossing my fingers for Katia.
I think we're all rooting for Katia!

Just curious - what is the difference between Mrs. American and Mrs. America?

@beach-mom The Mrs. America Pageant was created in 1938. The pageant was an annual event before it ceased operations in 1968. In 1977, David Marmel and his wife Elaine resumed the pageant. Interesting fact - Mrs. America 1992 was none other than Dr. Doris Dalton, creator of Doll 10 Beauty; she represented Pennsylvania.

The Mrs. American pageant was created in 2019 as the Marmels felt it was not enough to only honor 51 women in one pageant. Therefore they created this second pageant, Mrs. American, to honor 51 more women.

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beach-mom — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:20:02 GMT

@MissRose722 wrote:
Just curious - what is the difference between Mrs. American and Mrs. America?
@beach-mom The Mrs. America Pageant was created in 1938. The pageant was an annual event before it ceased operations in 1968. In 1977, David Marmel and his wife Elaine resumed the pageant. Interesting fact - Mrs. America 1992 was none other than Dr. Doris Dalton, creator of Doll 10 Beauty; she represented Pennsylvania.

The Mrs. American pageant was created in 2019 as the Marmels felt it was not enough to only honor 51 women in one pageant. Therefore they created this second pageant, Mrs. American, to honor 51 more women.

Thanks for explaining @MissRose722! It's still a little confusing for me. They are basically the same pageant, with a very slight alteration of the name.

I always thought Miss America was the "gold standard" of pageants. I would always look for the picture on the front page of our newspaper of the new Miss America dipping her toes in the Atlantic Ocean the morning after she won! Of course I watched from the time I was young.

We watched Miss USA and Miss Universe too, but they weren't as interesting. Then there was Miss Teen USA, Little Miss America, etc. I haven't watched any of them in a very long time!

As I type this I hope Katia has won. But my track record was never good with Miss America. The young woman my mom and I thought should win usually came in 4th runner up!

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Tinkrbl44 — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:40:37 GMT

I didn't know they still did beauty pageants.

What is the purpose, anyway? It seems so ... outdated.

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catter70 — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:23:54 GMT

Why so many?

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candys mine — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:56:04 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 I'm not sure why As my deepest delving into the world of pageants is the movie "Miss Congeniality" It's a fun movie.

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cheriere — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:55:27 GMT

I hope Katia remembers she's a lovely lady regardless of any beauty pageant results. We love ❤️ watching her on QVC!

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MissRose722 — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:02:00 GMT

@simplyfriends wrote:
@MissRose722 I corrected it (I hope it's not too confusing). I didn't realize there were so many pageant's. Thanks again for letting me know.

@simplyfriends Thanks so much and your edited post looks good - and thank you for including the new Mrs. America 2024 Hannah Wise. Although I was also rooting for Katia, she indeed made a great effort.

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DottieBlue — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 18:29:35 GMT

Mary Beth Roe was a "Mrs. Minnesota." I don't remember what year.

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Estellee — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 19:23:12 GMT

@DottieBlue wrote:
Mary Beth Roe was a "Mrs. Minnesota." I don't remember what year.

@DottieBlue I remember hearing that 1989, I just checked

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songbird — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:09:16 GMT

Pageants have always been one of few ways for women to get in to TV journalism, or films. Looks count, so it's natural way for women to get in them.