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Mrs. America Pageant is a beauty competition that was established to honor married women throughout the United States of America. Each of the contestants representing the 50 states and the District of Columbia range in age from their 20s to 50s and earns the right to participate in the national event by winning her state competition. These state events are under the direction of Mrs. America state directors. The winner goes on to compete in the Mrs. World pageant.〔(Mrs. America website )〕 Mrs. America, Inc., celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2011. The pageant has been televised on networks including PAX and WE (Women's Entertainment); in May 2011, it was carried by the My Family TV network. On August 29, 2014, the pageant was held in Lowes Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Arizona. Although it was not carried by a national television channel, the program was accessible via live streaming for a fee of $19.99. During the 2014 pageant, Mrs. America, Inc., announced that it would be participating in a joint Russian-American contest to be held in Sevastopol, Crimea.〔 This has caused some controversy,〔(Salon News "Mrs. America goes to Crimea: The pageant that once tried to be trailblazing is a disaster" Sep 5, 2014 )〕〔(Russia Today "Mrs. America 2015 to be held in Crimea, Miss Ukrainian Diaspora pageant objects" Sep 6, 2014 )〕〔(Moscow News: "Mrs. America Defies Politics and Brings Beauty Pageant to Crimea" Sep 5, 2014 )〕 since Crimea is recognized by most countries in the world as Ukrainian territory that has been annexed by Russia.〔(UN Website )〕 The 2015 joint pageant was supposed to mark the 25th anniversary of a joint U.S.-Soviet Mrs. America contest held in Moscow in 1989 to foster good will between the two countries; however, organizers announced that due to the devaluation of the ruble against the American dollar, the pageant would have to find a new site. The current titleholder is Mrs. Madeline (Mitchell) Gwin of Alabama. ==Events== 2004: Traci Clemens, Mrs. Rhode Island, competed while six months pregnant with twins. She was the first visibly pregnant woman to compete in the nationally televised event.〔(''Pageant News Bureau'' )〕 〔(Desert Sun'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mrs. America」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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