Normally I try to stay out of the GC fray but I have to say for the love of all that's good and pure..... STOP TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE PETITE THING!!!!!"
I wanted to talk about the pageant, the dresses, the bad answers to the interview questions, all the stuff that's fun about a pageant. The discussion about Miss America didn't turn into a rant. This one shouldn't either. There are already threads on GC that deal with the woes of being petite. Let keep those woes in that thread!!! If we want to talk about height, let's be in awe of their height (I mean, I am just FLOORED at how many broke the 6'0" mark!).
In conclusion: there are plenty of women how win pageants in this country and others who are not tall. I competed for years and got beat by plenty of people who were not as tall as me. Even with their heels on and mine off I still towered over them. It all comes down to the presentation!! And that's what is really the fun part to talk about!
I now step off of my soapbox... we may now return to the regularly scheduled programing.
ETA: for those who have already said something similar to this, I say thank you. If I tick anybody off I apologize. I just got a little pissed that this thread was being hickjacked about a topic not even remotely close to what the thread was about.