Miss America - Homages and Parodies

Homages and Parodies

  • Sesame Street parodied the Miss America pageant as the "Letter Of The Day" pageant hosted by Guy Smiley; the five finalists were the vowels and the pageant winner was the letter E.
  • In the Seinfeld episode The Chaperone, Jerry dates one of the finalists albeit with his neighbor chaperoning.

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