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Show Page D2 THE DAILY HERALD, Prove, I tah, Friday, September 20, 1996 J til d c$ es' choice didn't seem to satisfy the audience By JANET HART Daily Herald Lifestyle Editor : This time last week, I was in Atlantic City, N.J.. getting ready for the annual Miss America parade and speculating on who would win the title the following night. Like almost everyone else along the board walk, I had jotted down a fewtnames I felt certain would make the Top Ten and had a few more I wasn't quite so sure about. - But when the only woman left standing on stage was Miss Kansas Tarji Dawn Holland. I was more than a little surprised and by every indication, so were a lot of other people. Let me elaborate. When the winner was announced, I was sitting in a small room in the back of the convention center known as the press room. Consequently, I was surrounded by members of both the television and press media a cynical group at best. The press get to know the contestants fairly well during pageant week. Anyone with an approved press credential can request to interview any of the 50 state representatives during their daily lunch breaks and after each of the night's of preliminary competition. Although I did not request an interview with Holland, I saw her visiting with many other press representatives. By the comments that were made as her name was didn't announced, the make a very good impression. One man from a magazine that focuses , uwv on pageants said, "Good luck, it's going to be a long year." Twenty minutes after winning this year's title, Holland entered the press area for her first press conference as Miss America. What struck me about her entrance was the notsble absence of applause or sense of welcome. Now, it must be taken into consideration that I have only attended two Miss America Pageants so I am not up to speed on all pageant traditions. But last year when Miss Oklahoma Shawntel Smith won the crown, rousing applause greeted her at her first press conference even though she was a surprise winner to the majority of the press corps. Lest you think I'm basing my observations solely on the reaction of the press, I have two other examples that illustrate everyone's surprise and possible dislike of this year's Miss America. Before I headed to the area of the convention center where Holland would hold her first press conference, I finished watching the television broadcast. Yes, I saw the typical passing of the crown and Holland's jubilant walk down the runway. But once she got back to the stage, I saw something 1 didn't notice last year or in the years that I've watched the pageant from my living room. Instead of coming over to congratulate Holland, the majority of the other contestants (See PAGEANT on Page D3) , 1 J ' ; S -- 1 ! fit J&. Jft"zn i f'.-.- I I r W ? ) ! ! t I t II n jI i' r i j e S a .r . !" Si ; Daily Herald PhotosJanet Miss America 1997 Tara Dawn Holland is introduced at the press conference immediately following this year's Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, N.J. Holland spent three years trying to win the title of Miss Florida and finally moved to Kansas and won that state's title. Her platform for her year of service is illiteracy and she's written a book to help illit- erate people find jobs. Although the eight judges, seven in Atlantic City and the American public, chose Holland as this year s win- - This Fall a I 5 xtffiftT""" Pf ISO!! H Featuring f. tEie EZ-- 1 Portable Spa. This week only at $2,380! 1 - I Above, Miss America 1998 Shawntel Smith smiles during a press conference at this year's Miss America Pageant. Smith, who won the title as Miss Oklahoma, was the most successful Miss America in terms of appearances and monetary lompensation for those appearances. 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