Sarah Palin's Former 1984 Beauty Pageant Rival Runs for Office in Atlanta

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Sarah Palin's Former Beauty Pageant Rival Runs for Office



http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20365088,00.html?hpt=Mid

Watch out, Sarah Palin. There's another former beauty queen who wants to swap her tiara for politics.

Maryline Blackburn, who beat Palin for the Miss Alaska title in 1984 (the former GOP vice presidential candidate was named Miss Congeniality), is expected to announce Thursday that she will be running for a seat in the House of Representatives, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

A singer and actress, Blackburn, represented Alaska as the state's first African-American contestant in the Miss America pageant but has been living in Georgia for the past 24 years and hopes to oust a Republican incumbent for his seat.

Blackburn's only in the beginning stages of her political career, but she's already familiar with Washington – and Hollywood. She reportedly performed at two inaugural balls in January 2009 at parties hosted by Ludacris and Dionne Warwick.

And while she may have shared pageant memories with Palin, Blackburn had another candidate in mind during the 2008 election: "It was all about Obama, baby," she told the New York Daily News in 2009.

[tosh]

1. And this year...

it's all about getting those republicants out of the Georgia house. Go, Maryline!!

[Bitwit1234]

2. OH dear she beat the screecher...now we see why Palin is so racist.

[TheDebbieDee]

6. +1

[onenote]

3. I'm a bit concerned about her creditibility re performing at the Dionne Warwick/Ludacris events

since they were cancelled and never took place

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/22/american-music-inaugural-balls-cancellation-still-a-mystery/

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2009/01/rs-balls23.html?wprss=reliable-source

[pinboy3niner]

4. The claim isn't attributed to her

"She reportedly performed . . . " suggests to me that the reporter lazily picked it up from another news item, possibly one reporting that she was SCHEDULED to perform.

[onenote]

5. good point. Hopefully that's what happened

[itsrobert]

7. I guess Alaska is not known for their pretty imported women

I would think the Native Alaskans women look a lot better.