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Sep. 5th, 2003 04:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sisyphusshruggedNYTV recently caught up with one of the judges of this year’s Miss America Pageant: Her name is Greta Van Susteren.
"I think it’s sort of fun," the host of Fox News’ On the Record told NYTV recently, considering the Sept. 20 gig. As a legal analyst, TV journalist and book author, Ms. Van Susteren said she felt qualified.
"It’s not like the U.S. Supreme Court, where you had to go to law school," she said. "You just have to have a sense of fairness and do a good job. I take it seriously, though. It’s an important scholarship for a lot of women. When I told Henry Kissinger about this, he lit up. He thought it was interesting. He loved it. People may think it’s out of character. I may have a fancy education, but I’m no snob. I admire people who can engage in a competition and who can do well.
"I haven’t been hired to commit armed robbery," she added. "I’ve been hired to engage in something with a rich cultural history."
All right. So how does one judge the swimsuit contest?
"That’s a good question. There are certain aesthetics involved. It is one of many parts of the competition. That is only one thing. If you did the best in the swimsuit, you’re not going to win the contest."
Ms. Van Susteren said she really liked these women, tooÑbetter than "some of my so-called elite-snob friends who are drinking white wine and eating Brie. I’m not a snob. I appreciate what these young women are doing in the contest. When I hear someone make a crack about Miss America, I look at them and say, ‘Well, what are you doing? What are you accomplishing?’ They’re learning to sing and dance, and some of them went to Harvard."
Um.
Does the fact that her friends are still hanging on like limpets to a two-decade-old fad mean anything, or was the Reagan administration the last time she had elite friends?
Are Harvard dean's list veterinarians not elite, or do they just slide culturally when they put tape on their boobs and vaseline on their teeth?
Is Dr. Kissinger really not one of her elite friends, or does he just prefer merlot?
Fancy education?
It must be tough being Greta van Susteren.
"I think it’s sort of fun," the host of Fox News’ On the Record told NYTV recently, considering the Sept. 20 gig. As a legal analyst, TV journalist and book author, Ms. Van Susteren said she felt qualified.
"It’s not like the U.S. Supreme Court, where you had to go to law school," she said. "You just have to have a sense of fairness and do a good job. I take it seriously, though. It’s an important scholarship for a lot of women. When I told Henry Kissinger about this, he lit up. He thought it was interesting. He loved it. People may think it’s out of character. I may have a fancy education, but I’m no snob. I admire people who can engage in a competition and who can do well.
"I haven’t been hired to commit armed robbery," she added. "I’ve been hired to engage in something with a rich cultural history."
All right. So how does one judge the swimsuit contest?
"That’s a good question. There are certain aesthetics involved. It is one of many parts of the competition. That is only one thing. If you did the best in the swimsuit, you’re not going to win the contest."
Ms. Van Susteren said she really liked these women, tooÑbetter than "some of my so-called elite-snob friends who are drinking white wine and eating Brie. I’m not a snob. I appreciate what these young women are doing in the contest. When I hear someone make a crack about Miss America, I look at them and say, ‘Well, what are you doing? What are you accomplishing?’ They’re learning to sing and dance, and some of them went to Harvard."
Um.
Does the fact that her friends are still hanging on like limpets to a two-decade-old fad mean anything, or was the Reagan administration the last time she had elite friends?
Are Harvard dean's list veterinarians not elite, or do they just slide culturally when they put tape on their boobs and vaseline on their teeth?
Is Dr. Kissinger really not one of her elite friends, or does he just prefer merlot?
Fancy education?
It must be tough being Greta van Susteren.
