Damn HJR2 and Damn My Scruples!

I’ll Never Be Mrs. Idaho America

for the record i can't stand beauty pagents - the only one i ever enjoyed was the one in the sandy bullock movie (name escapes me) - however - i would stand up for the right of anyone to be able to enter the beauty pagent

so - Joan - i'd be happy to be one of your sponsers <VBG>

Thumps up Joan..very unique pagent and laugh..:)

Hysterical! If they had a humor and irreverance category, you'd win, mannish-like hands down. I have a visceral dislike of pageants, but I'd buy the swimsuit if you decide to go for it.

Wait, no, it's a SCHOLARSHIP pageant remember. This is for your future education at Harvard or Stanford or, I don't know, Barbazon. Let me help you with your interview question. Just remember the old standby: My dream is to be a veterinarian because I've always loved children.

In this day and age, why are these pageants still being held? Talk about a cattle call. And does the Mr. Idaho pageant have the same restrictions? There IS a Mr. Idaho, isn't there? OH, YES, and please, let's not forget it's a scholarship opportunity. I say go for it if you want to, Joan. I'll buy you the hiking boots to go with your bathing suit. And don't forget, you're in the pageant because you want world peace.

Hilarious, but scary column, Joan! If there were supplements or injections that could substantially increase beauty, mold a killer body, and boost "fitness" levels (I use that term loosely), beauty pageants all over America would have doping scandals the likes of which the Olympics has never even dreamed about. But there's no cure for an 80 IQ. So, Joan, while you would make an extraordinary Mrs. Idaho, please don't go there. You know how I feel about genuflecting before the Beauty Beast.

Interesting pageant opinions. Unfortunately, after reading the previous posts, considering spelling alone, the supportive pageant haters cannot possibly have IQs of over 80 either. If someone can't spell, can't they at least hit the spell check button? Also, the article references the Mrs. Idaho America system which is not a scholarship based program. Too bad, you could've "gone for the crown" then used that money to buy your readers dictionaries.

People have a tendancy to mock things they don't understand. To me, this is just as bad as one of us writing and article on how dumb it is to be gay, and mocking your lifestyle choice. Just b/c you don't understand something or don't participate in it does not give you the right to judge it. Isn't that what you are always telling us?

Too funny, Joan! And, I want to sincerely thank you because forever more, when I read or hear about these silly pagents, I'll be thinking about how the judges will determine how Miss, Ms, Mrs., or Mr. are really who the claim to be :-)

The first one that gets three X's or O's in a row wins!

Quote: "... And does the Mr. Idaho pageant have the same restrictions? There IS a Mr. Idaho, isn't there? ..." -- Mr. Idaho? Would Mr. Idaho also be know as Mr. Potato Head?

T.J.,
Mercy, I hardly know where to begin. People who participate in beauty pageants have chosen to do so. It's a silly decision, but they decided.

People who are gay are just gay. They came that way. A person doesn't decide to be gay. (If you're going to argue with that, I can't help you.)

There is a difference between humorously mocking people for making the vapid choice to participate in beauty pageants, and mocking people for being born white, gay, black, left-handed, or any number of traits which occur naturally in the human race.

Jill, was Anne Heche born gay or straight or did she make choices? Isn't it more likely that some people just know while others go through a process of discovery that is guided by events, attachments, and decisions?

Having been subjected to pageants throughout most of my childhood and my best friend being a pageant girl who is entirely cool and normal and not a bleach blonde I might add. (we taught karate together for years) . don't work yourself up too much about not fitting the quo, you aren't missing anything, its stupid. And for the scholarship programs, those girls or rather their sponsors actually end up spending more than they are awarded. Rock climbing, playing in the dirt and beating up boys is much more entertaining.

Donnae you have to be pretty to be in a beauty pagent?

Joan, good article!
Years ago I tried to enter the Miss Boise pageant, for which the grand prize was an undergrad scholarship to BSU. After they let me enter, they kicked me out! Because they 1. Didn't want a journalist documenting the pageant and 2. I had publicly said I wanted second place -- a cash prize, since I already had an undergrad degree.
So NOW I resent pageants. Bahahahahaaha

As with karate, and dance (both of which I do), pageants are an outlet. You get to take a few days, dress us, be pretty, and enjoy being around other women. It is what you make of it, just like everything. Some people dont like Middle Eastern dance, some people say karate is best left to the culture it came from. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, certainly. However, I debate the wisdom of criticizing something you do not understand.

GADS! The leader for the "I'm an angry butch-hair cut blame my diaviant behavior on the world lesbo" lives here in Idaho. I did not know that. I wonder if her credentials as a hate-monger were earned, learner, or just passed down genetically the same as her desire to eat bush?

just a thought...

One more thing...If Joan ever opens her mind to others the way SHE DEMANDS others accept her life-style, the world will have changed for the better. Until then...Joan, please continue to exposed the lesbo-nazi agenda for what it truly is...nuts!

Although I agree with most of the contents of this article, I do not agree with the author's chastising and personal attack on Ms. Feely. Joan - you have no idea what her views are on gay/lesbian issues and it is apparent you didn't bother to ask. Although she is following the rules of and participating in a pageant that you so obviously disdain, you have absolutely no idea what kind of "grace" and "aplomb" with which Ms. Feely carries herself. It is not her fault we live in a country full of hypocrites and homophobes. And the angry resentment with which you lashed out on Ms. Feely is distasteful and ignorant. It is such actions that leave those of us who side with your other views embarrassed and ashamed to be stand next to you in defense of gay/lesbian rights. I agree that beauty pageants reflect a shameful shallow side of our society, however, it's my opinion that if you would have left Ms. Feely out of your attack and your article would have been more appealing.

i want to enter the mr. idaho pagent and want to know how i do it?