‘Miss America 2020’ winner Camille Schrier says contestants should be unmarried and remain single to be efficient
‘Miss America 2020’, unlike the previous years, judged its contestants based on inspiration, talent, ambition and cultural revolution, taking a backseat from the usual focus on their external appearance. After the final round, Miss Virginia Camille Schrier emerged as the winner, followed by Miss Georgia Victoria Hill as first runner-up.
The competition, which aired live from Mohegan Sun Earth Expo and Convention Center in Uncasville, kicked off with 51 contestants, who were eventually brought down to the top three. Following the performance round, Victoria Hill representing Georgia, Simone Esters from Missouri and Virginia’s Schrier made it to the top three.
The next round on the contest included the ‘Social Impact’ segment, where each one of them had to present their cause and explain what drives them to do their jobs as Miss America. Esters, an advocate for Children Mentorship, emerged as the second runner-up bagging scholarship worth $20,000.
Hill and Schrier were the last two of the lot, vying for the winning title and the coveted crown. The panel of judges comprising Kelly Rowland, Karamo Brown and Lauren Ash asked the top two contestants of ‘Miss America 2020’ two questions, allotting 20 seconds for each.
While the first question to the contestants was about social media posts and privacy while serving as Miss America, the second one pointed at the much-prevalent controversy surrounding Miss America contest, which has not once in 93 years had a married woman or a mother participate in the competition.
The first runner-up, Hill, said only unmarried women should be allowed in the contest, and Schrier seconded her saying how a woman should not only be unmarried but also remain single to be able to do their jobs efficiently as Miss America. The duo collectively agreed that even bearing a child should limit women from contesting in the competition.