December 20, 2006

• Tara Connor got her Christmas gift early: She gets to keep her crown.

  

  It’s old news by now that, despite allegations of under-aged drinking, drug use, whoring, faking homosexuality for attention by making out in public with Miss Teen USA, and testing positive for cocaine, Donald Trump didn’t say “you’re fired” to Miss USA Tara Connor–thus allowing her to continue to be “savvy, goal-oriented and aware…with the hope of advancing [her] careers, personal and humanitarian goals” in order to “improve the lives of others.” Yes, the Miss America Pageant’s tradition of providing opportunities for these female “role models” lives on!

  And why not? As Donald Trump said:

  “Tara can serve as somebody more important than Miss USA. She is a great example for troubled people throughout this country…that have problems with alcohol…problems with life.”

  …Oh please–dump that bucket o’ sh*t elsewhere, Donald. Tara Connor is only a “great example” of a troubled person who got caught–she’s not an example of a woman who is intelligent enough to protect herself from making serious errors of judgment, nor is her experience something that will help other “troubled people” because the message she is sending is: It’s okay do compromise your dignity and morals as long as no one finds out.

  And no, I’m not going to consider the fact that a lot of girls have probably done the same, or worse, things. Those girls are in the wrong as well, but they’re not recognized on a national level as being the epitome of a strong, intelligent woman. When Tara Connor entered the Miss USA Pageant, she was accepting the possibility that she would win the title and all the responsibilities that came with it—the most obvious and important one being that she would be a role model for girls everywhere, and give them the belief that they could someday be like her. And having that knowledge meant that she could not do things that would compromise her image—even if those activities are done regularly by people just like her. She lost her anonymity, her right to be scrutinized equally, when she accepted her crown—and thus she shouldn’t have been given a second chance.

  Plus, I’m sure there were runners-up who do have a sense of dignity and morals, and who would have better respected the Miss USA title. Those are the types of women I would want my daughter (if I had one) to look up too—not some crack head slut who wasn’t capable of taking care of herself.

   

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