Miss California 1988 Crowning Controversy

[MrJumong2010]

she was just bitter that she didnt win hehe

[ltsings4u]

Michelle was a joke from the 1st day. She was very uncomfortable & non-feminine at all. I thought she was a guy & I told my ED this. The protesters really knew how to select an infiltrator to represent them. I was one of the top 10 finalist & the one in the red dress that snatched the banner was Miss CA Lisa Davenport crowning runner-ups. The funny thing was that Michelle in all her glory got tackled off stage by a guy more feminine than her. Not hard to do. Being there rocked.

LaTonya

[shane802]

@ltsings4u If that's you in the red dress. You did awesome! I loved it! You should have decked the b****!

[moviesmusicvidfan]

That girl in the red dress was ready to kill the protester Hahahahaha Look at her grab that banner!

[JuezMaldito]

Michelle Anderson was just a poor little moron

[Laceydog]

Michelle Anderson was wrong then, and she is wrong now.

[edegrooves]

what the hell are they wearing?

[krrrruptidsoless]

Too bad............a wider angle lense could have given free America an UNcensored look at this. Ohhhh... the sheltered life they think we should lead. Please please I ama a learninga toa reada englisha. Whata dida the signa saya. No no nota being tolda Ia wanta toa see ita witha my owna eyesa. Thata isa why Ia came to americ..a. Why why the censor huh. What am I a child. It ain't nothing but a sign. America censors this....what else do we not see if this is too much for us. Censor.HA.

[gzus4eva]

The sign the women in the background was carrying out said: PAGENTS HURT ALL WOMEN.

Probly some kinda protest that all women are beautiful and that there shudn't be a contest for it....idk...just guessing.

[gzus4eva]

OMGOSH to those shoulder pads!! YUK!

[Scrlett2009]

Hugh Hefner held decades long orgies at the Playboy Mansion 'auditioning' for the latest "bunny" for a pornographic magazine yet these self proclaimed 'femininsts' decided thier protest efforts were better served denoucning a pageant where women were awarded scholarships, judged on talent and wore ridiculously conservative one-piece swimsuits! Good, or should I say "safe" choice, Michelle! Were you too intimidated to go after organizations that were REALLY harmful to women?

Marlise

[HamNCheezeNLuv]

Check out those sleeves! Good grief! Hahahaha!

[VTMCompany]

what was going on? was it a prank?

[Smithpolly]

Miss Culver City. Those sleeves recorded for all time. The horror!. The horror!

[BrianCB8]

Wow, Carrie Prejean is way hotter! Girls now are prettier!

[VanessaDipasquale]

thanks to plastic surgery

lol

see me winning a pageant on my channel!

<3

[lavenderpebbles]

LOL!! That was funny and quite immature.

[scar89]

God bless Michelle Anderson.

[milacute04]

yeah, it said "Pageants Hurt all Women"... it's so funny... lol..

[JHthymes5]

Isn't that the "beauty" of being an American. We can do whatever makes us happy. Including, but not limited to, competing in a pageant.

[fahadeng]

PAGEANTS HURT ALL WOMEN!

[nicspic]

From an article 6/16/1988 concerning this incident:

Michelle Anderson says she dieted, bleached her hair, took voice lessons and spent $5,000 in the 18 months that she plotted to disrupt the Miss California pageant and ''expose the lies they promote.''

Anderson represented Santa Cruz in the contest Monday night at San Diego. Just as the winner, Marlise Ricardos, was being announced, Anderson pulled from her bra a white banner reading ''Pageants Hurt All Women.''

[kpassoth]

Looks like she was a contest?

[Gurizin]

what's happening. i ain't seein' no controversy

[Tackett2004]

what did it say??

[georgehr3]

Don't remember exact quote but it was something about how women are demeaned by pageants. Hope the 1RU at her local sued her for taking her place.

[kaleikilo]

I think it said "Pageants Hurt All Women."

[georgehr3]

I have always wondered what happened after they got the b***h off. Hope the contestants beat the crap out of her.