ice castles

why was TRIO airing the 1983 Miss America Pageant tonight?

 

why couldn't i stop watching?

 

barbara mandrel anyone?

 

all these women in blinding evening gowns with hair like my mom.  women in their early 20s looked a lot older in the early 80s.  the orchestra segued from "the theme from ice castles" to "memory" (i can still hear my sister playing those songs on the piano...) as all these women paraded up the mic and announced their intentions in life. 

 

miss kentucky:  "i'm studying the science of sending messages electronically...!"

 

of course, eventually miss new york steps up: vanessa williams.  a musical theater major from syracuse, hoping to make her way to the bright lights of broadway.  wonder if she ever dreamed of being queen of grouchland?

 

didn't she have to give up the crown for posing nude somewhere?  i guess nobody cares if the queen of grouchland posed for playboy.

 

my family used to gather round and watch these pageants when i was growing up.  there were less channels on tv back then.