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Monday, September 30, 2019

List of 36: Celebrating 100 Titleholder Visitors!

Something pretty exciting happened over at the Section 36 Red Sox blog. I recently posted an interview with my 100th different titleholder visitor! To say I am floored is an understatement. I never planned on doing one, let alone 100! I am eternally grateful to the 100 amazing women who have interviewed with a little ol’ Red Sox fan blog. It's been a wonderful experience. To mark the occasion, I thought I'd bring over a popular Section 36 feature and list 36 facts about the first 100 titleholder visitors to Section 36!

1. Titleholders have come from sixteen states, and one region.
2. The first titleholder to visit was Lauren Kuhn
3. 19 visitors held a state title during their visit
4. 9 titleholders have visited from the state of Connecticut 
5. 12 visitors have sent in pictures of themselves posing with Section 36
6. The most viewed titleholder visit is from Alayna Westcom
7. One titleholder has visited from the state of Maine
8. 6 visitors will grace the Miss America stage this December
9. One titleholder has visited from the state of Kansas
10. 6 titleholders have won a state title after visiting
11. Lauren Fohlin has visited twice, representing two different titles.
12. 24 titleholders have visited from the commonwealth of Massachusetts 
13. Visitors have come from three different pageant organizations 
14. 5 titleholders have visited from the state of Vermont 
15. Two visitors were working for MLB teams at the time of their visits.
16. One titleholder has visited from the state of Washington 
17. There have been visits from a “Summer” and a “June”
18. 34 titleholders have visited from the state of New Hampshire 
19. The visitor farthest from Fenway was Miss Lake Tahoe (NV)
20. 4 titleholders have visited from the state of Delaware 
21. The highest finish by a visitor at Miss America was Bridget Oei, first runner up. 
22. 4 titleholders have visited from the state of Rhode Island
23. Five consecutive Miss Vermont titleholders have visited, the most from any one title
24. 4 titleholders have visited from the state of New York
25. Two pairs of sisters have visited
26. 4 titleholders have visited from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
27. Three Olivias have visited
28. 1 titleholder has visited from the state of Nevada 
29. 1 titleholders has visited from the state of Michigan
30. Three Amandas have visited
31. 1 titleholder has visited from the commonwealth of Kentucky
32. Three Samanthas have visited
33. 2 titleholders have visited from the state of Florida 
34. Three Laurens have visited
35. 1 titleholder has visited from the state of California 
36. Visitors have covered America from Maine to Washington, from Florida to California

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

“An Educated Woman Does Not Parade Around in a Swimsuit”? These visitors have something to say about that!

Yes. The Miss America Organization actually said that. When announcing a new scholarship funded by an anonymous donor, the organization used a quote that the donation was being made to Miss America 2.0 because “an educated woman does not parade around in a swimsuit.”


What kind of baloney is that?

MAO's response should have been to decline the donation. At the very least, the response should have been that while you may not think that educated women "have" to parade in a swimsuit, they certainly CAN.

Why is Miss America 2.0 so determined to insist that women can't be smart and sexy at the same time?


Especially when it’s so obvious that that they can?

If people think college athletes are just "dumb jocks", the NCAA goes out of its way to call them "scholar athletes" and to promote their academic accomplishments. They don't say, "you're right" and have the athletes stop taking classes

So, if MAO won't do it, I'm doing it here. I’ve said it before, but with every interview I've done with titleholders, I've been more and more blown away by the amazing women they are. Check out the profiles of my visitors on this blog, and you'll see all the causes they support, and people whose lives they have made better. They are intelligent, dedicated, and absolutely educated. They are exactly the type of women that should be celebrated over and over.

Yes, they even parade around in a swimsuit from time to time.


And, if I may say so, they look amazing while doing it.


They can, in fact, do both.

Katie Carlson

Gina Salvatore

Meghan Sinisi 
Jillian Zucco


Taylor Johnson

Amanda Shoopman

Amanda Debus

Marisa Moorhouse

Sabrina Ponte

Grace Orafo

Brooklynn Lambert

Jayden Moffa

Alexandra Coppa


Mariluz Cook

Any questions?

Friday, September 20, 2019

Today is National Concussion Awareness Day!

National Concussion Day was founded in 2016 by Brooke Mills, who you may remember from her visit to Section 36 a year or so ago.



The goal of National Concussion Awareness day is right there in the name, to raise awareness about this disease. To create a national dialogue of people sharing their stories and experiences, to show support for those suffering, and to raise money for brain injury related charities.

It's an amazing way that Brooke, through her platform "Lessen the Impact", has used her personal concussion experiences and tried to help out other who may be suffering in silence from the same issues.

So today, if you've had a concussion, I suggest you share your story! Let others know they're not alone. Whether it's talking to a friend, sharing it with the social media world, or even leaving a comment on this post. (If you share it on social media, be sure to use the #nationalconcussionawarenessday hashtag.) Get your story out there so that others can learn from it.

You should also visit the National Concussion Awareness Day website. There you can also share your story, and they have lots of other tools for you, and ways you can help out.

Also, be sure to visit Lessen The Impact for everyday resources for handling concussions.

Help Brooke get the word out!