Miss USA...thoughts

I watch Miss USA every year. Each year I hope to see strong, confidently beautiful women. Each year I'm both surprised and disappointed. Each year I hope that it will be less a beauty contest and more a contest about a woman's selflessness and mind. I think this may be the first year where I have seen this occur.

1. Thank you Miss USA officials for not putting any women in the top 10 that had fake breasts. I understand that it is a woman's right to choose to go under the knife: but what message does that send young women everywhere who are struggling with their small/ large breasts? One that the only way to be a perfect Miss USA is to go under the knife? So thank you for that.

2. Thank you for asking relevant questions that you tailored to each contestant: kind of. Miss Alabama got a sports question: but didn't know anything about Muhammed Ali: and that's ok. She tried to give a diplomatic answer and I applaud her for it. Maybe a question about the upcoming olympics would have been more appropriate? Economic inequality is an issue everywhere: not just in California: but the contestant struggled with an eating disorder: maybe her question should have been tailored towards how we address mental illness in our communities? She flubbed her question big time. Maybe it was nerves. Maybe it was that she hasn't really thought about it in a deep fashion. Either way: it made her and all the other contestants look bad. Lets move on to the question for Miss Hawaii: 1. She didn't answer who she would vote for. She is not a politician. Why did she get the question guaranteed to basically start a riot? And it's illegal to ask someone who they are voting for on a national platform if they are not a politician. That's discrimination. She may have lost Miss USA for that reason. Finally: the question for Miss District of Columbia could not have been more tailored to her. It was the perfect question for her to give the perfect response. And her response was perfect.

3. Thank you for crowning a Miss USA who embodies service and service to our nation. I think she will be a wonderful ambassador.

4. I ask that in the next few years: we have women from not only diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds: but women who show the beauty of different sizes. Having a "plus size" model backstage : shows that you don't think she would have been respected hosting because she is plus size. It may not have been your aim: but from most people's stand points: it looks bad. Lets try to diversify a little more from girls with perfect busts, tiny waists, and perfect butts: to women who are confidently strong and beautiful.

5. Please take into account the message you send to women everywhere. The only way to be Miss USA is to be perfect. It is a mindset of service, physical health and mental toughness. If you would also focus on mental health: as it seems quite a few of your contestants may struggle with mental health disorders.