Why Miss USA is Imploding

Why Miss USA is Imploding

When Miss USA abdicated her throne, people noticed that the first letters of each sentence of her resignation letter spell out “I am silenced.” Shortly thereafter, Miss Teen USA stepped down with a letter that opens with a quote from Nietzsche.


What’s going on at the Miss USA organization? Has the idea of a national pageant outlived its usefulness?


Guest: Constance Grady, senior Culture correspondent for Vox.


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