Miss America 1989 Opening-Success!!

[myY0UTUBEchanneI]

4:14 is when gretta talks.

[eternalcrumpet]

i'm so glad england doesn't have any horrifically corny trash like this every year

[MsFullmoonstar]

everyone says's they look bad and this and that but fashion doesnt work like "today this is pretty so, it was pretty during all times". No! Fashion is constantly in progress just look at movies with 5years: they're style is different. This is the 80's, late 80's so stop saying they loook bad because they honestly don't..

[eternalcrumpet]

@MsFullmoonstar they look terrible.

[LaVidaClay]

Some of these women look so awkward... That hair, those faces, those dresses. Oh how times have changed. O.O This was the year before I was born. haha

[SockPharmacy]

Even linebackers don't have shoulder pads that big.

[rintintinification]

Pretty hideous.

[1985OldSkool]

That pageant actually took place on September 10, 1988, but the prize the women were competing for was the title of "Miss America - 1989."

[98wongjf]

What's interesting is that I find most of these women looks younger now than they did back then.

[98wongjf]

This is the first time I see a conductor faces AWAY from the band. Shows how important he is. :rolleyes

[sskgrs]

Man, The right wingers drool on that gretchen carlson. She is one ugly b'tch even 20 yrs ago.

[kokabiel2one]

miss connecticut should be /booted

[Edgey1988]

Christ there were some hounds there!

[thecuckookid]

OMG Carlson is ugly...and that voice! Sounds like Palin's annoying screech.

[Thelookoutslookout]

SHOULDERPADS

[horsie111]

I've searched for Carlson's talent spot (she plays violin) but come up empty. maybe someone has it...

[htruman]

@horsie111 They showed a small clip on her playing the violin on The daily Show.

[golfmanmatt]

some of them look like linebackers with the shoulder pads and puffy sleeves. glad those days are gone

[jdrw5]

well... at least the outfits are black and white.

[Loveforthelost1]

2:28 THATS MY AUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GetMeThere1]

Kept expecting to see rats pop up and peak out from some of that hair....

[eamonn1983]

This might be the gayest thing I've seen in my entire life.

[ElviraInYourFace]

She went to Stanford? Really? But she has as but brain as a wet piece of card board!

[dtw1958]

Miss Colorado was robbed, Maya Walker. They threw out the results of the top 10 interview competetion where Carlson finished near the bottom and Walker scored first. for some ridiculous reason. Total fixing here.

[thi711]

Why is Gretchen Carlson sooo much sexier now that she's in her 40's?

[ElviraInYourFace]

@thi711 because nobody was sexy in the 80's

[phouie50]

Who'd a thunk it miss holier than thou Carlson with her sanctimonious attitude would go on to have an affair with a married man, and yet she still plays the morality card every chance she gets. How would you like to be a fly on the wall when the kids come up to her holding the IPOD on you tube and say Mrs Carlson ( she makes everyone call her that lol) what's an affair? Daddy is married can he have an affair? I noticed she is putting on a few pounds, is she prego?

[spacecowboy95]

Wow Gretchen, after seeing this I just knew you were well on your way to becoming a level headed political anayst.

[fireplug111]

I've read some of the comments concerning hair, but I have two words for all of you: Shoulder Pads.

[shamelesshussy]

Why do they all look like they're 45? Oh, and aim high, Miss Montana! @Beeffyviolin , I already think that about current "trends". Uggs, leggings, American Apparal - all hilariously hideous.

[Beeffyviolin]

Don't laugh too hard everyone. In twenty years our children will be laughing at this decades clothing and hair. Like 90's shoulder pads. Have you seen reruns of 90210? It's pretty shocking that we found that attractive when I was in elementary school.

[barbtube01]

Gretchen looks like Glen Beck in drag..........wait could it be?

[LeeJHooker]

These girls ooze progressiveness!!

[wildhias]

Gretchen was a "progressive" young woman. lol

[ronnieunger]

I like Carlson. Anybody that doesn't is a socialist.

[gatoman300]

Do you know what a socialism is? A hint: not communism.

[dangerrzone]

@gatoman300 socialism is a form of comunism you twit

[TCall2004]

Carlson was one of the LEAST attractive winners.

And she is STILL ugly inside.

[eunicron]

@TCall2004 Agreed, she is gross.

[skrysinski]

I am so glad shoulder pads went out of style.

[Expose818]

I taped this pageant on our BETA vcr and watched it way too many times. It's so fun to see it again!

[Laceydog]

Fabulous!

[Stevens1892]

turned into Fox's latest chunkette...how sad....

[joshvn715]

Opening- now... 51 talented and PROGRESSIVE young women

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the liberals, commies, and social justice X0 we are dead- and Glenn Beck warned us the entire time, they have indoctrinate our ... women.

Glenn help us!!!! Maybe Gretchen is just a spy, I am going to watch my Reagan tapes now.

[zealot32167]

Youch, thank god those shoulder pads are gone.

[jetplane002]

The early 80s cocain became real popular and when crack hit the streets all hell broke loose in this country.

[jetplane002]

Wow! Not one single black woman?

[prestonc30]

They don't need any black women in this contest they have their own event. Look at Miss Black America, not one single white woman.

[ifusuckilltellu]

Sad right?! Well the next year a black woman won so they made up big time for it and she deserved to win!

[TCall2004]

@ifusuckilltellu - Debbye Turner (Missouri) won the next year and one of my favorite winners, Marjorie Judith Vincent (Illinois) won the year after that.

[clydeewing]

fucking stupid ass Gretchen Carlson at 4:18 I hate her so much

[glitters131]

Maui Community College.. Wooow.

[hcnuup]

Jesus Christ, sad times. They are as ugly as Finnish misses today.

And the hair. Dear god the hair. Was there really only one haircut in the 80's? A mushroom head ftw.

The dancers looked better than those bitches.

[edibletampons]

the 80s looks like a scary ass place....

[MistyGravo]

Fashions changed--A LoT

[anniemarie1210]

oh goodness, my mom is on here!

[Trati]

which one?

[bigbilly2006]

@anniemarie1210 Which one is your mom?

[Kaimosae]

Some of the worst outfits and hair evah on national television! wow!

and Miss Connecticut....arf! arf!

[TCall2004]

@Kaimosae - HORRIBLE hair!

[nyc999]

I never remember shoulder pads getting that big!

I thought beauty queens were meant to be pretty?

[usa1007]

they are sooooo ugly! wtf??

whats up with the hair??

[KnockYouOutCold]

Gretchen Carlson is on Fox News now....still lookin' pretty good.

[felixlvkjdsts]

all these women look like they are forty years old!

[zazurosy28]

6:50 Poor Jeannie Mier...Marie Pfeiffer. Forgot her own name.

[BobbieandSteveDooley]

I can't stand this woman, bring Allison on full time!

At her first broadcast job in Richmond, Va she got caught having an affair with a married man co-worker.

Whore!

[1angrywhite]

You had better be careful if you live in a glass house....lol

[BobbieandSteveDooley]

Actually I live in a screen house!

[1angrywhite]

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[youknowImsaying]

pwahahaha Thats sooooooooooo

PATHETIC

[sethy888]

AHHHHHHHHHH Miss IOWA, how did she make it?

[joemoneybcw]

i'm not familiar with the miss america pageant, but god damn most of these women are so ugly. is it always like this?

[thorin68]

gawd what a bunch of dogs and what's up with those shoulder pads?lol

[sweettiara1]

i have been a fan of kaye lani for a long time. i am looking for a small clip that i remember i think its after this video ends. but she comes out in a beautiful purple dress. stephen yearick? does anyone have this clip?? thanks

[atlantacardinal]

Gretchen Carlson is one of the homeliest Miss America's ever. I see that her career (she once was supposed to go on to Harvard Law School) has gone so far down the drain that she is now on the terrible Fox and Friends show. This show is one of the most overtly biased and divisive news programs out the air today. And on top of that, it's a boringly vanilla program rife for parody.

[segn66]

Youre a bitch

[sharpasaneraser]

and on top of that, you tried to be clever but came off as an evnious schmuck, atlantacardinal. you were so close to keeping your ignorance hidden, but you used "rife" instead of "ripe". next time you want to malign the character of a person 1000 x more successful than yourself, think twice you obnoxious douchebag.

[bitterfly77]

I agree.

[indianakennedy]

Oh my gosh, these outfits are so funny!!!

[fatblkboy]

lol@ Miss Connecticut!

[QOGFProd]

post more Miss America 1989 competitions

[QOGFProd]

black & white dresses

[austintxandy]

awesome!  Would love to see the crowning!

[pika23]

omg...Love the outfits! This has 1988 written all over it