Miss Utah Marissa Powell showed once again that the beauties do not necessarily have the brains during Sunday’s Miss USA pageant.
Although she struggled with her answer and created one of the most awkward pageant moments in recent history, 21-year-old Powell blamed income inequality between men and women on the state of education in America rather than the types of jobs men and women pursue or other causes that have been proven to cause the gap. Powell was responding to a question from “The New Normal” actress NeNe Leakes.
“I think we can relate this back to education, and how we are continuing to strive…to…figure out how to create jobs right now. I think especially the men are…um…seen as leaders of this, and so we need to see how to…create education better. So that we can solve this problem. Thank you,” Powell said during the finals, which was held at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.
She ultimately came in third place despite her incoherent performance. Granted, the rest of the top 5’s responses were not much better.
This year’s winner was 25-year-old Miss Connecticut Erin Brady. Brady discussed her thoughts on the recent Supreme Court ruling that criminal suspects may be subject to a DNA swabbing after an arrest.
“I would agree with this. I think if somebody is being prosecuted and has committed a crime that’s that severe, they should have a DNA test. I think there are so many crimes going on in this world, that if that is one step closer to figuring out who has done it, I think we should absolutely do so,” she said.
