Miss America controversy

The Miss America pageant has been a tradition in American culture for 96 years. The annual competition has evolved into a scholarship program for women between the ages 17 and 24. Last week, leaked emails show several executives of Miss America making disparaging comments about current and former contestants. The fallout has been huge. The television producing partner Dick Clark Productions cut ties, Atlantic City’s mayor-elect plans to terminate its contract with the pageant, former Miss America winners are speaking out and three CEOs have resigned. In this hour, we talk with New York Times opinion writer, JENNIFER WEINER, HILARY LEVEY FRIEDMAN of Brown University andMALLORY HAGAN, Miss America 2013, about the controversy, the future of Miss America and pageant culture in America.