Miss Brooklyn Wins Miss New York

Earlier this year Leigh-Taylor Smith was crowned Miss Brooklyn, despite being from Manhattan (via Virginia). Now Newsday reports that the southern belle has become Miss New York, with a chance at the Miss America title and tiara come January. Executive director of Miss New York, Paul Brown, said that Smith qualified since she has lived in New York for a year (she moved here after graduation from the University of Virginia). She clinched the title last night with her "pretty face" and "toned body"...and, like, interview skills or whatever; Brown says, "Let's be realistic: Physical attractiveness is very appealing. But there are so many other elements. They must compete in interviews. They also must be very intelligent."

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on July 21, 2008 11:24 AM

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NannyState

Whatever happened to Miss Gowanus Canal? I was really pulling for her.

Spirit of 76

If you're going to make up racist slurs, at least try to be consistent. -ette is French. -ina would be proper Italian form.

Boy, the quality of trolls is going down by the day.

esquared

What?, no guidette or a real NYer is good enough to win Miss Brooklyn, in as much as Miss New York?

theevilone

She could be intelligent; Miss America at least tries to hold onto the "scholarship pageant" moniker, unlike Miss USA which is really just Trump's Parade of Hawaiian Tropic Models.

Spirit of 76

Why is everybody so quick to judge her? She could be smart, although I wouldn't know since I didn't see the pageant. You just don't know. You know what would be funny? If she was smarter than all of the smart alecks who instantly labeled her an airhead.