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By Joe Amarante Published 9:00 am EST, Thursday, December 5, 2019
Mohegan Sun will host Miss America competition events for eight days. Photo: Mohegan Sun / Contributed Photo
Photo: Mohegan Sun / Contributed Photo
Mohegan Sun will host Miss America competition events for eight days.
Just remember, Miss America Competition is no longer a beauty pageant and there is no swimsuit competition. In fact, it’s in the second year of what is called Miss America 2.0 — when 51 young women compete as “candidates” for the title and to spend a year “advancing a social impact initiative at a national level,” say organizers.
And for the first year, the whole weeklong process will take place at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, starting Thursday, Dec. 12 and leading to the two-hour finale Dec. 19 that will be televised nationally by NBC.
Nia Franklin, who has held the job this year as Miss America 2019, used her time to bring attention to the importance of bringing the arts to disadvantaged youth. And organizers are proud of the production’s more-modern female roles. There will be a female director in Sandra Restrepo (“Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “Hamilton” on Broadway), a female co-executive producer in Meredith McGinn and a new choreographer in Danielle Flora (“Saturday Night Live”).
In a press release, Miss America President and CEO Regina Hopper called it a brand new show. “The new format is interactive, challenging and exciting and is meant to allow the judges, and the audience, to see who these incredibly smart and talented young women are. Miss America 2.0 is about a young woman competing for a job,” Hopper said. Each phase of competition is meant to highlight an important role of that job....”
The public will be able to attend several of the week’s events, some ticketed and a few free. Here’s a list:
The candidates arrive at Arena open box office concourse Thursday, Dec. 12th at 5 p.m. (free).
Preliminary nights competition Sunday and Monday, Dec. 15-16, 7-10 p.m., Mohegan Sun Earth Expo & Convention Center, $75-$100.
Miss America Foundation Scholarship Judging 10 a.m.-noon, Cabaret Theatre Tuesday, Dec. 17 (free).
Miss America Autograph Session 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, near the Cabaret Theatre (free).
Nia Franklin Tribute Show: 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 17 at Cabaret Theatre. $25.
Miss America Foundation Breakfast with The (former) Miss Americas: 9-11 a.m. Dec 19, Earth Ballroom A. $50.
Miss America Red Carpet: 6-7 p.m. Dec. 19, Sky Arena Entrance in Casino of the Sky (free).
Finals: Thursday, December 19 in Mohegan Sun Arena (also on NBC) 8-10 p.m. $100-$250-plus.
Miss America 2020 Competition After Party Post Broadcast: Vista Lounge. after 10 p.m. $60.
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