Here she comes, but maybe not for long

This past Saturday, the Miss America pagent was not in Atlantic City and was not on network television. That's unprecedented for one of the original reality shows in tv history. It also means that Miss Oklahoma, who is now Miss America, will not be as exposed and popular as other Miss Americas in the past.
But, do many people remember our last few Miss Americas? I can't and I'm sure that most others cannot either.
And who cares anyway? People who want to see "hot babes" could care less about Miss America because they have the internet, reality shows, MTV, & VH1.
This is borne out in the Yahoo! Buzz from today which says "searches on the Oklahoman queen bee did surge following her victorious stroll down the runway. But it's a short-lived strut in Buzz -- we've never seen a Miss America pull down consistent searches. Dare we issue two challenges in one column? Can you tell us who won the tiara in 2005? Um, see? So, we're sure Berry's spike will be short-lived, and Internet denizens will return to searching for their very own Miss America among the bounty of babes on the Web. "

This past year has seen the ending of the Junior Miss pagent (my wife as a contestant in the 1990s) and I think in the next few years, it will see the end of the Miss America Pagent. I could be wrong, but it seems that people don't care. They can see bikinis on Survivor or Big Brother, that's on more than once a year, plus there's more drama.