Miss America group asks former winners to help it reform after email scandalThe Miss America group is seeking the help of former pageant winners and directors, after a scandal over vulgar emails disparaging contestants. Executive director Sam Haskell, president Josh Randle, and other board members resigned over the scandal. "At this time all remaining members must step aside so we can take our beloved program back," 1977's Miss America, Dorothy Benham, told AP. They need to step aside quickly and allow new leadership to save the Miss America program." The outrage that followed the leaked emails cost the Miss America Organization its main sponsor, Dick Clark Productions, which cut ties with the pageant.

Source: VietNamNet News December 28, 2017 09:22 UTC