"ALL IN" COVERAGE, LIVE FROM FLINT, MICHIGAN.
FLINT, MICHIGAN. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS FROM THE
MISS AMERICA PAGEANT.
THE MICHIGAN CONTESTANT --
>> FRESH WATER BUT NONFOR ITS
RESIDENTS TO DRINK, I AM MISS
MICHIGAN, EMILY SIOMA.
>> THAT GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION.
SIOMA DESCRIBES HERSELF AS AN
ACTIVIST, WORE A BLACK LIVES
MATTER T-SHIRT TO REHEARSALS,
WANTED HER TEN SECONDS TO COUNT
FOR MORE THAN HERSELF.
DROPPED SIMILAR SUITS IN FAVOR
OF BUSINESS SUITS.
CONTESTANTS JUDGED ON ACTIONS.
SHE’S A SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT, ADOPTED A PLATFORM
CALLED I BELIEVE YOU.
AND MISS MICHIGAN, EMILY SIOMA
JOINS ME NOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> THAT MOMENT GOT A LOT OF
ATTENTION BECAUSE I THINK THE
CONTEXT, PEOPLE WERE NOT
EXPECTING SOMETHING THAT SORT OF
INTENSE AND ACUTE TO CUT
THROUGH.
THROUGH. >> YEAH, I THINK PEOPLE HAVE THE
STEREO TYPE THAT, YOU KNOW,
WOMEN IN THE MISS AMERICA
ORGANIZATION ARE THE ONES
SITTING IN THE CAR IN THE PARADE
WAVING, BUT THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO DO WHAT WE
DO THE OTHER 364 DAYS WE’RE NOT
ON TELEVISION COMPETING FOR THE
TITLE OF MISS AMERICA THAT WE’RE
SERVANT LEADERS IN OUR
COMMUNITIES, RAISING THE VOICES
OF OTHERS AND, YOU KNOW, USING
THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO
REPRESENT NOT JUST THE GREAT
THINGS, BUT ALSO THE HARDSHIPS
THAT THE COMMUNITIES WE
REPRESENT ARE FACING.
>> YOU KNOW, THIS WAS
INTERESTING, GRETCHEN CARLSON, A
FORMER PAGEANT WINNER AND BLEW
THE WHISTLE ON ROGER AILES, SHE
WAS BROUGHT BACK INTO THE
PAGEANT TO CONSULT AND THINK
ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS THING IN
THE ERA OF ME TOO, IN THE SORT
OF ERA OF SORT OF CALLING THE
PATRIARCHY FOR WHAT IT IS.
DO YOU THINK IT WORKTD?ED?
>> WELL, I THINK THE WOMEN IN
THIS ORGANIZATION ARE THE SAME
NOW AS THEY’VE BEEN FOR YEARS,
THEY’RE BRILLIANT LEADERS,
THEY’RE DETERMINED, SOME OF THE
MOST WELL EDUCATED WOMEN YOU’LL
MEET.
MEET. AND REGARDLESS OF IF WE’RE IN A
SWIMSUIT OR A BUSINESS SUIT,
WE’RE DESERVING OF RESPECT AND
WE’RE DOING THE HARD WORK THAT
WE SEE NEEDED TO BE ZOENDONE IN
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. WE’VE BEEN DOING SOCIAL
PLATFORMS AS LONG AS THE
ORGANIZATION HAS ALLOWED US TO,
AS THEY’VE ADDED THE NEW
PORTIONS.
PORTIONS. OF COURSE I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO
COMPETE IN SWIMSUIT.
BUT I THINK PEOPLE NOW ARE
WILLING TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATION, SINCE WE’RE IN THE
MEDIA SO MUCH, THEY’RE SEEING
THESE WOMEN ARE NOT THE LEADERS
OF THE FUTURE, THEY’RE THE
LEADERS OF TODAY.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT A SOCIAL
IMPACT INITIATIVE AROUND
SURVIVING SEXUAL VIOLENCE OR
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
SEXUAL ASSAULT. I BELIEVE YOU.
WHICH SEEMS REALLY, REALLY SORT
OF CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS
PARTICULAR MOMENT.
PARTICULAR MOMENT. WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO THAT?
>> IT’S VERY TIMELY.
THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING I’VE
BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT.
I AM A SURVIVOR, MYSELF, OF
SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
SEXUAL VIOLENCE. AND I REALIZED, YOU KNOW, BEING
A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN’S CAMPUS, THERE WEREN’T
ENOUGH RESOURCES FOR SURVIVORS.
AND OUR COMMUNITIES WEREN’T
DOING ENOUGH.
DOING ENOUGH. AND BEING ABLE TO RENAME AND
CREATE A PLATFORM CALLED I
BELIEVE YOU JUST THAT STATEMENT
ALONE, KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE
SOMEONE THAT BELIEVES YOU, IT
MAKES THOSE LONELY MOMENTS FEEL
A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
AS WE KNOW IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN, THE LARRY NASSAR
SCANDAL, SO MANY WOMEN HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BELIEVED
THEM WHEN THEY FIRST CAME
FORWARD, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN
PREVENTED.
PREVENTED. >> MICHIGAN STATE IS AT THE EP
CENTER OF THIS RIGHT NOW.
HUNDREDS OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
ARE SAYING THIS HAPPENED TO ME
AND IT KEPT GOING.
>> THIS ONE HAPPENED TO BREAK
NEWS BECAUSE IT WAS ALL ONE PERP
PERPETRATOR.
PERPETRATOR. IT HAPPENS TO ONE IN FIVE WOMEN
AND ONE IN TEN WOMEN, ESPECIALLY
ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
WE NEED TO HAVE THESE
CONVERSATIONS ALL THE TIME ABOUT
WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION AND THE
CHANGE THE WAY WE TALK TO
SURVIVORS, THE WAY WE BELIEVE
THEM AND GUIDE THEM ON THEIR
JOURNEY TO RECOVERY OR THEIR
JOURNEY TO PROSECUTION.
IT’S UP TO THE SURVIVOR HOW THEY
WANT TO INTEGRATE THAT INTO
THEIR IDENTITY.
THEIR IDENTITY. ONCE YOU’RE A SURVIVOR, YOU’RE
NEVER NOT.
NEVER NOT. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
>> THAT’S AN INTERESTING POINT.
THERE’S SO MUCH FOCUS ON
ACCOUNTABILITY.
ACCOUNTABILITY. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS
HOW WE THINK ABOUT.
BUT IT’S GOOD TO THINK ABOUT THE
PERSPECTIVE OF THE SURVIVOR.
>> I WAS FACED WITH A SITUATION
WHERE I HAVE A GREAT SUPPORT
SYSTEM, BUT I KNEW THAT I WASN’T
GOING TO HAVE THAT MUCH SUPPORT
FROM THE LEGAL SIDE IF I DECIDED
TO COME FORWARD.
SO I NEVER REPORTED MY ABUSERS.
AND I DON’T REGRET THAT, BUT I
DO KNOW THAT NOW GOING FORWARD I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY WOMAN
OR ANY MAN WHO FINDS THEMSELVES
IN THE SITUATION HAS THE SUPPORT
AND KNOWS THAT THEY WILL HAVE A
COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE THAT EVEN
THEY DON’T KNOW WILL SUPPORT
THEM ON WHATEVER PATH THEY TAKE.
>> EMILY SIOMA OF MICHIGAN,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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