BUT
BUT IN
BUT IN PAGEANTS LIKE "MISS USA"...NOT SO
MUCH.
MUCH.
MUCH. LAST NIGHT -- A NEW
WINNER WAS CROWNED
-- AND PARTS OF THE
COMPETITION -- DIDN'T
GO OVER WELL WITH
SOME VIEWERS.
SOME VIEWERS. AND WE WANT TO KNOW
WHAT YOU THINK --
ABOUT THE MISS USA
PAGEANT -- VOTE IN
TONIGHT'S POLL -- WE'LL
KEEP IT OPEN
THROUGHOUT THE
THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.
SHOW.
SHOW. ADRIENNE BROADDUS
ADRIENNE BROADDUS CAUGHT UP WITH A
LOCAL PAGEANT
LOCAL PAGEANT CONTESTANT -- ABOUT
WHY SHE FINDS VALUE
IN COMPETING.
IN COMPETING.
MISS
MISS AMERCA. MISS USA.
MISS USA.
MISS USA. MISS UNIVERSE. THE
LIST OF PAGEANTS
GOES ON.
GOES ON.
GOES ON. NATS FROM CROWNING
MOMENT
MOMENT
MOMENT MONDAY NIGHT MISS
>>>
>>> I
>>> I AM
>>> I AM RUNNING FOR MRS. PAGEANT 2017 -- 2018 MINNESOTA.
>> I THINK WOMEN SHOULD HAVE
ACTIVITIES TO DEFEND
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. >> DURING THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF
WOMEN NEGLECTED TO EXERCISE
THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
>>
>> YOU
>> YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT IS.
THAT IS.
THAT IS. I THINK WOMEN ARE PERFECTLY
CAPABLE OF EXPRESSING HOW THEY
FEEL.
>>
>> Reporter: IT WAS CRITICIZED FOR KEEPING THE TRADITIONAL
BEAUTY PAGEANT FORMULA AND
MIXING IN SOCIAL JUSTICE
TOPICS.
TOPICS.
TOPICS. ONE HEADLINE.
ONE HEADLINE. A USA TODAY COLUMN SAYS "MISS
USA PAGEANT IS A CRINGE WORTHY,
TONE DEAF AFFAIR FILLED WITH
BIKINIS AND HASHTAGS.
>>
>> THERE
>> THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT BEAUTY ASPECT STILL PART OF
PAGEANTS.
PAGEANTS.
PAGEANTS. IT'S NATIONALLY TELEVISED AND A
HUGE PLATFORM SO OF COURSE WHAT
YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IS
PHENOMENAL BARDIC -- PHENOMENAL
BODIES IN GORGEOUS SWIMSUITS
AND THAT BECOMES THE LIMELIGHT
OF THE PAGEANT.
UNFORTUNATELY SO BECAUSE YOU
HAVE BRAINIAC WOMEN WITH CRAZY
BACKGROUNDS THAT WANT TO SHARE
THAT STORY AND MAKE CHANGES IN
THIS WORLD.
THIS WORLD. >> Reporter: ANITA CHAMPION IS
ON A QUEST TO WIN THE MRS.
MINNESOTA PAGEANT NEXT MONTH.
THE 33-YEAR-OLD IS PASSIONATE
ABOUT EMPOWERING YOUNG GIRLS
THROUGHOUT THE TWIN CITIES AND
SHE WANTS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO
BE COURAGEOUS AND BRAVE.
>> I HAVE ALWAYS GONE BY THE
THREE C'S.
THREE C'S. COURAGE, CONFIDENCE AND CLASS.
I CATEGORIZE COURAGE AND
BRAVERY IN ONE, DOING THE BEST
I CAN DO AND NOT LETTING IT
SHOW THAT I MAY BE TERRIFIED.
MY LITTLE GIRL IS THE LIE.
I WANT HER TO SEE THAT WOMAN OF
COLOR, A.K.A.
COLOR, A.K.A. MOMMY IS DOING AMAZING THINGS
AND SHE CAN DO IT TO.
>> Reporter: AND ALONG THE WAY
SHE HOPES TO CHANGE THE PROJECT
-- THE PERCEPTION OF BEAUTY
PAGEANTS.
PAGEANTS.
PAGEANTS. >> A LOT OF WOMEN THAT GO
FORWARD WITH THIS STAND
PASSIONATELY BY A PLATFORM SO
THEY CAN BE AN ADVOCATE FOR
THOSE PLATFORMS AND THEY ARE
PUTTING THEMSELVES THROUGH A
CRAZY WINTER.
>>
>> ONE
>> ONE OF
>> ONE OF THOSE TOPICS NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE VISIT
IT GETS A LOT OF OPINIONS.
YOU ARE BOARDING NOW.
40% OF YOU DON'T CARE, 49% CALL
IT A WORTHWHILE TRADITION.
IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE THERE IS NO
MALE EQUIVALENT SO IT'S HARD
FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND THE
ARGUMENT OF MEASURING THESE
WOMEN.
WOMEN.
WOMEN. I
WOMEN. I THINK IT'S WE ARE MEASURING
THEM ON WHAT SHE CALLS BRAINIAC
QUALITIES, COOL.
QUALITIES, COOL. WHY ARE THEY IN SWIMSUITS?
>> SOME PEOPLE ARE HUGE INTO
BODYBUILDING.
BODYBUILDING. YOU HAVE THE ARNOLD CLASSIC AND
MR. OLYMPIA AND IT'S PURELY
BASED ON MUSCLE SYMMETRY.
>> THAT'S A SPORT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. THEY HAVE FITNESS THINGS FOR
WOMEN.
WOMEN.
WOMEN. I'M NOT DEFENDING IT.
WHAT I WILL DEFEND IS WE CAN
LAUGH AT THEIR ANSWERS TO THOSE
QUESTIONS AND SAY THAT WAS KIND
OF STUPID BUT WE KNOW WHAT IT'S
LIKE TO BE IN THE LIMELIGHT,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE NOT USED
TO IT.
TO IT.
TO IT. HAVE YOU EVER HAD THE DEER IN
THE HEADLIGHTS LOOK?
I FEEL BADLY FOR SOME OF THEM
ACTUALLY.
ACTUALLY.
ACTUALLY. >> I AM NOT MOCKING THEIR
ANSWERS.
ANSWERS.
ANSWERS. THEY WERE PUT INSIDE A PROGRAM
THAT WAS REALLY WEIRD.
GOING FROM SOCIAL JUSTICE
ISSUES TO YOUR BIKINI, TO A