Miss America 2010: Sarah Palin, Tiger Woods, Jersey Shore Zingers Usurp World Peace

The Miss America 2010 Pageant is over, and aside from Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron, the winner in Las Vegas was hot-button pop culture references. Miss Alaska made a quick and cheery Sarah Palin takedown, while other contestants skewered Tiger Woods and leathery Jersey Shore star "The Situation." Maybe it's too much to expect consistency in a pageant world that has Rush Limbaugh a counterpart of Perez Hilton, but what ever happened to World Peace? Most notably, Miss Alaska Syndee Waggoner launched a perky broadside at former governor and beauty pageant contestant Sarah Palin: Waggoner may have been angling to be the anti-Prejean by taking aim at the Wasilla Thrilla. Among the 23 people she follows on Twitter is Prejean-gate catalyst Perez Hilton. If so, the strategy didn't quite work out. Maybe she should have gone with it all the way and asked the panel of judges not to let her die, or resigned, mid-pageant, for the good of her state. >>>Next: Miss Georgia's Tiger Woods Quip Miss Georgia Emily Cook, meanwhile, issued an unsolicited denial that she had met recovering horndog golfer Tiger Woods: Tough crowd. She didn't win either, and it's likely that throwing in a "19th hole" reference would not have helped her cause any. >>>Next: Miss New Jersey on "The Situation" Finally, Miss New Jersey Ashley Shaffer tried to defend the Garden State's honor by dissing big hair, fist pumps, and "The Situation": I hate to contradict a fellow Jersey-ite, but Millstone is hardly "the real Jersey Shore." Still, I have to hand it to anyone who makes a New Jersey joke that doesn't include a Sopranos reference, or the words "What exit?" >>>Next: Miss Virginia wins! Here she is, Miss America! After all that, the winner was Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron, who didn't tell any late-night-comic-style jokes. While you watch her winning walk, you can sing along with Bert Parks' weirdly anachronistic victory song: There she is, Miss America...There she is, your ideal The dreams of a million girls...Who are more than pretty...May come true in Atlantic City Oh she may turn out to be...The queen of femininity There she is, Miss America...There she is, your ideal With so many beauties...She'll take the town by storm With her all-American face and form And there she is...Walking on air she is Fairest of the fair she is...Miss America Wow, Bert really painted them into a corner by centering the whole song around Atlantic City. Maybe Miss New Jersey should have said "Give us back our pageant!"To the quippy runners-up, I would remind them that all is not lost. From Carrie Prejean to Vanessa Williams, and even Sarah Palin, pageant losers often end up a lot more famous than the winners. Related: What Does Rush Limbaugh Look For In Miss America?

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