Miss America 2019 Nia Franklin is crowned by Miss America 2018 Cara Mund during the 2019 Miss America Pageant at Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall on September 9, 2018- Source: Donald Kravitz / Getty
Miss America Rep says there’s no ban on mothers.
Stuart J. Moskovitz, an attorney for the Miss America pageant, clarified that there is no ban on mothers, but contestants with legal dependents are ineligible to compete, as their responsibilities for their child’s welfare take priority.
“In other words, if you are responsible for the daily welfare of the child, that welfare must take precedence over wishing to compete in the contest,” he clarified. “The rule has nothing to do with any attack on motherhood. It is solely to protect the welfare of minors dependent on their legal guardians,” Moskovitz continued. “Miss America stands apart from other such contests. Miss America is a more than century-old institution that observes the highest standards of conduct, ethics, etc. That sometimes puts us in conflict with those who do not share those standards. Protecting the welfare of children is consistent with those standards.”
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