Ehhhhh she's alright, probably a 7.5

This year's Miss America pageant has been the cause of some controversy. Some right wing bloggers are saying the winner, the gorgeous Rima Fakih, was judged more leniently because of her Muslim roots. Conservative blogger on middle eastern affairs and thorough d-bag Daniel Pipes said that the sudden increase of middle-easterners winning beauty pageants make him, "suspect an odd form of affirmative action". Although I have a thing for darker women, I think that Pipes' statement may have an ounce of truth in it. Historically the winner of the Miss America pageant has been a blond woman with large breasts (the 60 year old male judges swear it's a coincidence). It seams odd that the pattern would break in a time when we are in serious conflict with the Middle East. On the other hand though, I'm guessing that there are more Muslims in America who want to "compete" for the Miss America crown than ever before. If so, the chances of a middle eastern woman winning would be higher. I also think it is possible that racism prevented women of color from from winning the crown in the past. At the end of the day I don't really care about the Miss America pageant. However, I'm not down with racism and only occasionally think affirmative action should be used. What do you guys think? Is this actually a sign of an odd form of affirmative action? Is it a sign of a slow news week when I post about a beauty pageant? If you have anything to say about this topic or something that's even slightly related to it, POST!