Sarah Rose Summers of Nebraska was crowned Miss USA 2018 on Monday night; she won over the runner-up, Caelynn Miller-Keyes of North Carolina, and the third-place finisher, Carolina Urrea of Nevada. But before the crown was handed out, they all had to participate in the most dreaded part of a beauty pageant: the Q&A portion.
Although the segment is almost always primed to go viral for the wrong reasons, the pageant tried to combat this with a twist. This year, the questions for the Top 5 finalists were written and submitted by the contestants themselves.
A couple questions sounded suspiciously in line with the controversial subjects of the past — though for the most part, they were much more tame (and apolitical) than usual. Here’s the transcript of the Q&A:
Question 1, from Miss Nebraska: “Tell me about a time when you felt unworthy and how you overcame it.”
Miss Nevada, Carolina Urrea: “A time that I felt unworthy was when my family and I became homeless and experienced this hardship a couple of years ago. I felt like I could never accomplish anything in life, but through this circumstance it just brought my family and I stronger together. And I really learned how to appreciate life and never to take anything for granted. So through this situation I found myself worthy and I’m grateful for that experience because that made me who I am today.”
Question 2, from Miss North Carolina: “Sexual assault is an issue at universities across the United States. What do you believe can be done to better protect women on college campuses?”
Miss Florida, Genesis Davila: “I believe college campuses should have different groups and activities where women can self-defend themselves, and that would be opportunities for them to be able to make it better.”
Question 3, from Miss Florida: “One in four children in the United States live in a single parent household. How has that affected our generation’s views on marriage and family?”
Miss Nebraska, Sarah Rose Summers: “I am so grateful to have grown up in a home with two parents. Hi, parents, out there. And so I can’t personally relate to this. However, I do work in children’s hospitals as a certified child life specialist where…
