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AMERICA, 1997
The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 12, 1997 - 7
two-piece suits for the first time
By Janet Adamy
Daily Staff Reporter
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Miss
land Jamie Fox broke a 50-year
t tion when she walked across the
stage of the Miss America Pageant in a
bikini Tuesday night.
Although pageant officials changed
the rules this year to allow contestants
to wear two-piece suits, the majority of
contestants have chosen not to bare
their stomachs.
Miss Michigan Kimberly Stec - an
Engineering senior - opted for a
white, full-piece suit with mesh cutouts
buse she said the one-piece style is
m e flattering to her figure.
"I'm just more comfortable in a one-
piece - on stage, at least," Stec said.
The new rule change has focused
considerable attention on the controver-
sial swimsuit competition, which
counts for 15 percent of each contes-
tant's overall score.
Despite their personal choices, con-
pageant officials were permitting biki-
nis this year.
"I think it's about time they gave the
girls the choice. It brings us into the new
age of the pageant." said Miss California
Rebekah Ann Keller, adding that she
opted for the two-piece because it is the
kind of suit she would wear to the beach.
"The whole point of the Miss
America Pageant is to be yourself," said
Miss Wisconsin Nicole Loey. "I think
it's great that they're showcasing who
these women really are."
Pageant officials said they agree with
the rule change.
"My opinion is that it's their choice, as
long as everyone keeps it in good taste,"
said Miss Alabama board member
Walter Hill. "They should feel comfort-
able."
Miss District of Columbia Sonya
Gavankar said she chose to wear a tra-
ditional, bright-pink, one-piece suit out
of habit.
"I've never worn a two-piece before,
do it," Gavankar said.
Miss Connecticut Merissa Starnes
said her short legs kept her from sport-
ing a bikini.
"I wouldn't be caught dead in a two-
piece," Starnes.
A swimmer and a lifeguard, Fox said
she chose the two-piece because she felt
confident about showing off her stom-
ach.
"I really feel comfortable wearing a
two-piece," said Fox, who further
updated the competition by compli-
menting her bikini with shoes that
resembled sandals more than the tra-
ditional high heels.
The audience at Wednesday's pre-
liminary competition reacted posi-
tively to the rule change, cheering
louder for contestants who bared
their midriffs.
So far, the judges don't seem to have
a favorite swimming suit style:
Tuesday's preliminary swimsuit winner
wore a one-piece, while yesterday's
winner wore a bikini.
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Miss North Dakota Shantel Swedlund and Miss Hawaii Erika Kauffman compete in the swimsuit competition. Kauffman won
the swimsuit portion of the contest Wednesday night.
testants said they were pleased that and it seems like n
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In an effort to emphasize sincerity, Pageant CEO Leonard Horn
told judges this year to penalize contestants' scores if they detect
that a woman is being phony.
This new addition to the scoring method shouldn't hurt Miss
New Hampshire Michelle Lamontange, who embodies the
image of the updated, down-to-earth contestant: The front
woman for a rock band, Lamontange breaks all the Miss
erica stereotypes.
amontange, whose fellow band members celebrated her
crowning with a "kegger," is proud that she doesn't conform to
the Miss America Pageant stereotype.
"It's a whole new audience I'm bringing in," Lamontange
said. "It's kind of neat to show them this side of reality."
Wearing leather boots and a chartreuse suit, she brought the
audience to their feet during the talent competition as she sang
4 rock version of the song "Route 66," which she chose because
is lyrics incorporate numerous states.
Lamontange said she does not take the competition too seri-
e :, adding that some of her favorite parts of the pageant
ia ide getting free food, free T-shirts and gambling.
Contestants are also required to have a platform on which
they answer questions during the personal interview and
evening gown portions of the competition. "It's a program that
believes in women, and it's a program that has evolved," said
Holland, who has worked to promote increased literacy.
While devoting the last year to her literacy campaign,
Holland inspired a 65-year-old man to learn to read motivated
a mother in a correctional facility to educate herself for the sake
of her children and, Holland believes, was instrumental in bring-
the issue of literacy into the spotlight in Washington, D.C.
th e emphasis shifing toward goals and personality, con-
testants said they had mixed feelings on the issue of whetlter the
swimsuit and evening gown competitions are outdated.
"As much as people say that they don't, looks can count as
mouch as your personality can," said Miss Connecticut Merissa
Starnes. "It's not beauty as much as how you present yourself."
ow is not the time to
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honors were given to Miss California Rebekah Ann Keller for
her hot-pink bikini and Miss North Carolina Michelle Warren
for her vocal performance of the song "And I'm Telling You
I'm Not Going."
The 510,000 Quality of Life scholarship was awarded last
night to Miss Minnesota Jennifer Ostergaard for her efforts to
curb child abuse in her state.
Although preliminary winners are putting certain contes-
tants into the spotlight, Stec said she feels winning the crown
is still "anyone's game."
"I don't really see people getting overconfident because
they won a preliminary award," Stec said.
The end of the preliminary rounds have made the reality of
the pageant set in, Stec said.
"Now it's not just a bunch of rehearsals," Stec said. "It's a
bunch of rehearsals for the biggest night of your life.:
Miss New York Lisa Esler, who calls Stec her "long lost
friend," said she thinks intelligence and personality will make
Stec a contender for the crown. -w
"That's really what's important for Miss America to have,"
Esler said, adding that her parents will be rooting for both her
and Stec.
Stec's own family cheered her on from the audience last.
night, wearing buttons of their loved one that beamed with,
the contestant's warm, genuine smile.
Her immediate family members - three of whom are
University of Michigan alumni - said Stec's confidence,
charisma and gentle personality have made her stand out dur-
ing the competition.
"She has represented the University of Michigan %ery
well," said Kim's mother, Arlene Stec.
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Miss Colorado Regina Flores said although she thinks Miss
America's appearance in an evening gown is still important,
how she looks in a bathing suit is irrelevant. "You've never seen
her pose in a swimsuit after the pageant," Flores said.
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