[Red State] An iconic American institution has declared another champion, and this one’s especially historic.In case you’re unfamiliar with New Hampshire’s Miss Greater Derry beauty pageant — officially known as the Miss Greater Derry Scholarship Program — here’s an explainer from MissDerry.org:
The Miss Derry Scholarship Program was created in 1986 as a community service project and incorporated in 1996 (*dba Miss Greater Derry). It’s success has been greater than we imagined. In 2000 we awarded over $16,000 in scholarships, making us the 3rd highest awarding local pageant in the United States. In 2003 we awarded $28,450.00. … Since our inception, we have awarded $328,310.00 in scholarships.
Our board of directors and membership consists of volunteers who donate their time and resources to furthering our mission.
“The Miss Greater Derry Scholarship Pageant,” the site points out, “is a preliminary event to the Miss NH and Miss America Pageant.”
As reported by South Carolina’s WPDE, the pageant welcomed a unique contestant this year: 19-year-old biological male Brían Nguyen. Brían went head-to-head with females in the areas of — per Miss Greater Derry — “scholastic aptitude, talent, character, community service and poise.” And in the end, entrants with uteruses were no match for the prostate-possessing person.