What Next: Why Miss USA is Imploding
When Miss USA abdicated her throne, people noticed that the first letters of each sentence of her resignation letter spell out \u201cI am silenced.\u201d Shortly thereafter, Miss Teen USA stepped down with a letter that opens with a quote from Nietzsche.\xa0\n\nWhat\u2019s going on at the Miss USA organization? Has the idea of a national pageant outlived its usefulness?\n\nGuest: Constance Grady, senior Culture correspondent for Vox.\xa0\n\nWant more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking \u201cTry Free\u201d at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices