When I first read the article I thought it was humorous that the subject of the article was a former Miss South Carolina so soon after the current Miss South Carolina Teen made her YouTube debut. But, the YouTube celebrity was part of the rival organization that doesn't pretend to be about scholarship and overall excellence.
[link|http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/us/24pageant.html?_r=1&oref=slogin|Broken Pagaent Promises]