Miss America, perhaps the nation’s most historically successful pageant, was dropped by ABC last year after its television audience fell below 10 million. Last week, as Bellew was watching the televised show, a volunteer turned to her and said: “If I didn’t know the girls, I wouldn’t watch that for two hours.” Every former Junior Miss and volunteer in the room agreed.Īmerica’s Junior Miss is not the only distressed pageant. Yet even the program’s most devoted fans admit the show’s format was stilted. The contestants, she said, delivered the best reality they could. “They tell us they want more backstabbing,” Bellew said, “but ugliness and viciousness is a problem for us. This year, Junior Miss relied heavily on local taxpayer support, with the city and county of Mobile providing a third of the program’s $1-million budget.Īfter experimenting with a behind-the-scenes “reality” TV concept last year, the program was told it needed more cutthroat competition. Yet the show’s popularity has dwindled since its heyday in 1965, when it began a 23-year run on national television and was sponsored by Coca-Cola and Kodak. None of its winners had to turn in her crown after nude pictures popped up somewhere. Its contestants were girls just graduated from high school - not the more worldly women you would find over in, say, Atlantic City, at the Miss America contest. “We decided to draw a line in the sand.”Īmerica’s Junior Miss was a pageant meant to honor an age of innocence.
A little more than a week before, the ladies stepped out for the second annual Cameron Boyce Foundation Gala.īrowse through the gallery for more photos of Dove Cameron, Barbie Ferreira and more at the Kenzo fashion show.“We didn’t want our girls eating bugs or taking their clothes off,” Bellew said. The day before, Evan was seen stepping out for the Givenchy Menswear fashion show.Įarlier this month, Dove was out in LA supporting her longtime friend Kiersey Clemons at her The Flash premiere. The fashion show took place on the Passerelle Debilly, which is the footbridge over the Seine River that connects Palais de Tokyo to the close by Eiffel Tower.Īlso seen attending the fashion show were Barbie Ferreira, Noah Cyrus and Orville Peck, Evan Mock, Jordyn Woods and BF Karl Anthony Towns, Heartstopper's William Gao, Tyga and singer Rauw Alejandro. The 27-year-old singer and actress rocked the no eyebrow look, but blocking out her brows to match her fair skin tone for the Paris Fashion Week event, which had the perfect background of the nearby Eiffel Tower. Dove Cameron wears an oversized striped blazer while attending the Kenzo Menswear Spring/Summer 2024 fashion show on Friday (June 23) in Paris.
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