Miss America 2013

[carnation]

nyapbp: Susan Akin of MS Beta was Miss America in about 1980!

[nyapbp]

1986! Yep, you're correct. (I looked up the Jackie Mayer info in the coffee table book and there's a picture of Marilyn Van Debur as well as Susan Akin. I just didn't see either picture. Time for new glasses!)

[mellymoo]

I'm late to the discussion on twirling but wanted to add that people make fun of it, but it always amazes me. Indiana was also a twirler and didn't get to perform last night but there are some cool youtube videos of her including this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFvh5nnfNIg

[PhiAlpha05]

Originally Posted by Xidelt

My wish was Miss Washington would stop singing.

Totally agree!

Originally Posted by Sister Havana

Wow, Miss Maryland didn't make it through. Talent doomed her.

Miss Oklahoma made it though. So three Greeks still in the running.

ETA: All three of the tappers and both pianists - go figure!

I was actually really impressed with the tap dancers, surprisingly--not at all with either of the pianists (being a pianist myself)--really bad technique on Miss Wyoming; like I wanted to go see a chiropractor afterward (your pinkies shouldn't look like they do when you're sipping tea--that is a really bad sign and usually means your thumb is locking up). Miss SC had fewer obvious technique issues but I wasn't a fan of the arrangement.

[IrishLake]

Originally Posted by nyapbp

Well, it's been 50 years since our last Miss America, so I think Pi Phi was about due. (Jackie Mayer, Miss America 1963, is an initiated member of the Pi Phi chapter at Northwestern.) I'm late to this rodeo seeing that it's Sunday morning and I saw the news on a Pi Phi friend's facebook page, but I think Mallory was the only Pi Phi in the competition.

(I am editing this since I completely forgot about Susan Akin, Miss America 1986, A Pi Phi at Ole Miss. I'm sorry for the lapse of Pi Phi knowledge ;-)

Jackie Mayer and I share a hometown. There's a few things there named for her. I didn't know she was a Pi Phi! Very cool!

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by mellymoo

I'm late to the discussion on twirling but wanted to add that people make fun of it, but it always amazes me. Indiana was also a twirler and didn't get to perform last night but there are some cool youtube videos of her including this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFvh5nnfNIg

MerriBeth is the Purdue Golden Girl. At the party I attended, there were two Miss Indiana volunteers in the room and after they showed us some footage of her twirling. She looked like she did more complicated tricks than the other twirler who did get to perform. They were both annoyed with me because in her intro she mentioned Purdue, so being a rival IU alum, I threw my allegiance behind Miss Kentucky and Miss Louisiana the two Sigma Kappas.

[nyapbp]

I put together a post about the Greek affiliations of the Miss Americas over the years. (It wasn't on my list of things to do, but this GC discussion got me going on it.) My favorite tidbit is that there were two Ole Miss Chi Omegas who became Miss America. Miss America 1959, Mary Ann Mobley, crowned her chapter sister Lynda Lee Mead, Miss America 1960.

The list is at http://wp.me/p20I1i-zK

[AZ-AlphaXi]

Interesting list, thank you.

You missed Laurie Lee Schaefer, Miss America 1972 who is an Alpha Xi Delta

[IndianaSigKap]

I think it's been discussed on here before that Heather Whitestone pledged AOPi but never initiated. Is that true AOPi friends?

[carnation]

My daughter, an alum of the chapter, was told that she never initiated.

[als463]

Originally Posted by nyapbp

I put together a post about the Greek affiliations of the Miss Americas over the years. (It wasn't on my list of things to do, but this GC discussion got me going on it.) My favorite tidbit is that there were two Ole Miss Chi Omegas who became Miss America. Miss America 1959, Mary Ann Mobley, crowned her chapter sister Lynda Lee Mead, Miss America 1960.

The list is at http://wp.me/p20I1i-zK

Cute idea! If you're ever looking for ideas, you could do the Miss Whatevers of each State that were Greek.

Ex:
Phi Mu: Miss Alabama (2012), Miss Georgia (2012)

or

Ex:
Miss Alabama
*Phi Mu: Anna Laura Bryan (2012)-Samford University


Miss Vermont
*Chelsea Ingram (2012)-Alpha Delta Pi (School Affiliation)
*Carolina Bright (2010)-Chi Omega (School Affiliation)


I think that would also be a really cool list! Thoughts?

[nyapbp]

Thanks, I've updated the list along with a Tri Delta that I overlooked, too. It would be wonderful to have a state by state list, but I don't think it's in me to do. This list nearly did me in!

[carnation]

And then there would be Miss State (America) and Miss State (USA). That would be a major project!

ETA: do you suppose that Leanza Cornett was a Tri Delt at the U of Jacksonville in Florida? Jacksonville State doesn't have a chapter of DDD.

[nyapbp]

ETA: do you suppose that Leanza Cornett was a Tri Delt at the U of Jacksonville in Florida? Jacksonville State doesn't have a chapter of DDD. __________________

Error corrected. Thanks Carnation!

[ChioLu]

Originally Posted by justabostongirl

Stumbled on this thread seeing who was Greek in the Miss America pageant and wanted to add that Miss New York is a Pi Phi from Auburn.

So 4 of the Miss America 2013 Top 5 are Greeks?