Miss America contestants complain that former FOX host Gretchen Carlson made the pageant too woke

Miss America has always represented the American dream, watching a young woman plucked from obscurity to become royalty-but, according to some former contestants, heavy lies the crown.

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Miss America contestants complain that former FOX host Gretchen Carlson made the pageant too woke

Miss America contestants complain that former FOX host Gretchen Carlson made the pageant too woke

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Miss America contestants complain that former FOX host Gretchen Carlson made the pageant too woke

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