Topic: miss america

Gabby Rivera (Salon Talks)

Gabby Rivera's joyful Marvel revolution

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst, Miss America 2019 Nia Franklin, Miss Teen USA 2019 Kaliegh Garris (AP/Noah K. Murray/YouTube/Miss USA)

Why black pageant queens matter

D. Watkins
Megyn Kelly; Gretchen Carlson (AP)

Carlson accused of Miss America bullying

Rachel Leah
Gretchen Carlson (Getty/Dia Dipasupil)

Carlson on Weinstein, Cosby and #MeToo

Rachel Leah
Mallory Hagan (Valenci Adair)

A Miss America's #MeToo bid for Congress

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Miss America of 1943 Jean Bartel, center, poses with finalists of the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 11, 1943. (AP Photo)

Miss America's #MeToo reboot

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(AP/Salon)

Kellyanne pitching to an audience of one

Max Cea
Miss Texas 2017 Margana Wood (Getty/Donald Kravitz)

No special credit, white people

Chauncey DeVega
(AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Miss Texas schools Trump

Taylor Link
This Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 photo shows Miss America contestants at a welcoming ceremony in Atlantic City. The first night of preliminary competition in this year's pageant begins Tuesday night, Sept. 6, 2016, with the new Miss America being crowned on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) (AP)

Miss America 1968

Paige Welch - The Conversation
(Reuters/Mark Makela)

Miss America apologizes

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Prachi Gupta

Prachi Gupta
Kira Kazantsev (Reuters/Adrees Latif)

Violence isn't glamorous

Andi Zeisler
Kira Kazantsev (Reuters/Adrees Latif)

A progressive past

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Kira Kazantsev (AP/Mel Evans)

Social media strikes again

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Associated Press)

Prachi Gupta
Robin Thicke (AP/Alex Brandon//Salon)

The year in sexism

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

Down with trailer park shaming

Cary Tennis

Prachi Gupta
(Reuters/Jason Reed/AP/Wendi Hammock/photo collage by Salon)

No, they can't fix racism!

Brittney Cooper
Nina Davuluri, Mallory Hagan (AP/Julio Cortez)

Prachi Gupta
Nina Davuluri (AP/Mel Evans)

Miss America beats the bigots

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Prachi Gupta