A Miss as Good as Her Smile (washingtonpost.com)The Good News: "The Miss Black America Pageant" is probably obsolete.

The Bad News: The winner actually said the following - "I've been aspiring for this goal since I was 6 years old," she said at the news conference afterward, looking out at the former Miss Americas present and beginning to cry. She apologized to her parents for being a Capricorn "perfectionist" and said she hoped that as Miss America she could become the "ultimate representative for all cultural diversity and inclusiveness issues."