Blog 13: Answer 1

What is most important when participating in the Miss America Organization?
Answer 1: Knowing what Miss America represents is important for anyone that is associated with the organization.
Evidence: Miss America represent not only the Miss America Organization, but she also serves as a goodwill ambassador for the Children's Miracle Network.
Source: Missamericaforkids.org


What is most significant when perceiving beauty within the U.S.?


 Answer 1: The media


Evidence: The media dictates what we perceive as a "normal", beautiful person. When our society see's someone that is not stick thin, and doesn't have a perfectly shaped face, its hard to see them as beautiful. The media has transformed what we see as beautiful by showing thousands of advertisements of women who have been photo shopped to be the ideal beautiful women. Our society usually bases a persons beauty off of what they see in the media, advertisements, ect. and if the person does not fall in line with what we are contantly being told is beautiful its hard to see the beauty in them.


Source: online, "Beauty and Body Image in the Media"
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/women_beauty.cfm

Blog 12: Service Learning

For service learning, I am participating in the Miss Covina Scolarship Pageant.
My contact is Katrina Moramarco, the executive director of the pageant.
As a participant of this pageant, I go to practices every Saturday for 3 1/2 hours, where we go over everything we need to know for the pageant. We learn interview skills, walking patters, as well as how to fill out our resumes and write our platform papers. So far I have gone to 2 of these meeting, along with a 2 hour orientation, and I've spent about 3 hours with Katrina putting up flyers for the pageant and finding advertisment for our program book.
I've completed a total of 11 hours.

Blog 11: Third Interview Questions

1. What do you think is the most important thing Miss America does throughout her year with the title?
2. What is the most important thing you've done with your title?
3. What is one thing that most people don't realize Miss America does? (ie: working with Children's Miracle network)
4. How can winning a title change the life person?
5. What new things have you learned since you've won your title?
6. If you won Miss America, what would you be most excited for?
7. Who does Miss America serve as a role model for?
8. What do you think are the most important factors a girl needs to win a title at the local level? is the state level any different?
9. Whats your favorite thing that you've done since reciving your title?
10. If out president represents our country, then who do you think Miss America represents?