{"id":19750,"date":"2026-02-24T20:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=19750"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:38:30","slug":"what-is-a-woman-the-miss-america-pageant-doesnt-seem-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=19750","title":{"rendered":"What is a Woman? The Miss America Pageant Doesn\u2019t Seem to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Reading Time:<\/span> 6<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMiss America is more than a competition\u2013it\u2019s the nation\u2019s most iconic platform for women to rise, lead, and inspire. For over a century, Miss America has been celebrated as America\u2019s It Girl\u2013the symbol of style, service, scholarship, success, and sisterhood.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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These lofty words are written on the homepage for the Miss America pageant. But are they really true?\n<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the year 2026, and Miss America isn\u2019t what it used to be, along with pageants in general. While Miss America claims to be a pageant that allows women to rise, lead, and inspire, the truth is that they are more concerned with political correctness and, quite frankly, biological fantasies than with women and the \u201csisterhood.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

When Pageants Go Woke<\/h2>\n

Contestant Kayleigh Bush knows all too well what happens when pageants decide to forsake reality for wokeness. In 2024, she won the title of Miss North Florida, only to be stripped of her crown. The reason? She refused to sign a contract that defied biological truth. Specifically, it stipulated that she agree with the lie that a \u201cfemale\u201d includes \u201cany male who had completed sex reassignment surgery via vaginoplasty before competing.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Kayleigh makes it crystal clear when she says, \u201cI didn\u2019t lose my crown because I broke a rule. I lost the crown because I was unwilling to rewrite the TRUTH.\u201d<\/em> She further clarifies that the Miss America pageant asked her to sign a contract four weeks after she won the crown, but this one was different from the original she had agreed to.\n<\/p>\n

The Devil is in the Details<\/h2>\n

Liberty Counsel, a national nonprofit litigation, education, and public policy organization with an emphasis on First Amendment liberties, is representing Kayleigh. It stated that \u201cUltimately, the contract requires female beauty candidates to agree to compete against biological males \u2013 who have been subjected to medical mutilation as minor boys \u2013 and agree that these mutilated males are \u2018female.\u2019\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Section 2.3.5.1 of the contract reads, \u201cSex. The Applicant must be a Female. \u2018Female\u2019 means a born female\u00a0or an individual who has fully completed Sex Reassignment Surgery via Vaginoplasty (from male to female) with supporting medical documentation and records. \u2026 No\u00a0alternative gender affirming surgery will suffice as acceptable in place of a Vaginoplasty.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Exhibit E\u00a0of the contract states that \u201cthe surgery has left the individual with no male genitalia and is irreversible.\u201d This must be verified by the biological male\u2019s surgeon, who must also certify that \u201cThe purpose of the surgery was for gender transition from birth gender, male, to new gender, female, and the surgery was successful in that regard.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

What\u2019s even more disturbing is that the contract applies to competitors as young as 14 years old (if competing in the teen competition). Consequently, if a male entered the pageant at this age, this means that the surgical mutilation would have to take place before he turned 14. In fact, Liberty Counsel reports that \u201cother portions of the contract state that the surgery must be done by age 14.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Kayleigh and her mother were distraught about the contract. They tried to reason with pageant officials, hoping the wording could be amended. \u201cWe got on a conference call immediately with one of the directors for the Miss America organization. And weeks and weeks and weeks of pleading with them, sending videos, sending letters, emails, demand letters through Liberty Counsel because they picked up my case, and they just said \u2018no, no, no,\u2019 and they doubled down.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Liberty Counsel sent a demand letter to the Miss Florida Scholarship Program, as well as the Miss America Organization, requesting that they \u201creconsider the contract language and restore Bush\u2019s title so she could move forward in the Florida competition, scheduled for June 25-28, 2025.\u201d The letter explained that Bush objected to Miss America\u2019s definition of a woman based on her \u201creligious, scientific, and moral beliefs that sex is immutable\u201d and that \u201cindividuals are born and remain either male or female.\u201d Consequently, the contract\u2019s false definition of female \u201cincentivizes and promotes grievous harm to the health and safety of minor boys.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Liberty Counsel released a press statement that laid out the facts. \u201cWe commend Kayleigh Bush for taking a stand and refusing to sign the Miss America Organization\u2019s contract that is infused with false gender ideology. A contract that defines \u2018female\u2019 to include boys 14-18 who have been medically castrated is an abandonment of reality and an endorsement of harming children. Kayleigh Bush should have her crown restored, and these types of reprehensible contracts must be stopped.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Florida law prohibits doctors from performing \u201cmedical mutilation\u201d (sex change operations) on children who are under the age of 18. At least 27 states have enacted laws\/policies that limit access to \u201cgender affirming care\u201d for minors. Yet the Miss America pageant rules stipulate that these surgeries must happen if a man or boy wants to compete as a \u201cwoman.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Kayleigh contends, \u201cI couldn\u2019t agree that a little boy could mutilate his body and become a woman,\u201d adding that Miss America has abandoned a common-sense truth that a man is a man and a woman is a woman.\n<\/p>\n

Both the Miss Florida and Miss America organizations refused Liberty Counsel\u2019s requests to revise the contract, so Kayleigh felt she had no other recourse\u2013she had to walk away from her title as Miss North Florida, forgoing any chances of competing at the next level.\n<\/p>\n

The Miss America pageant insists that its contract is about \u201cfairness to all contestants and adherence to nondiscrimination principles,\u201d asserting that it doesn\u2019t force \u201cpersonal beliefs\u201d on contestants. This, however, is doublespeak because the truth is that Kayleigh would have to go along with the fantasy that men can become women. Men (and in some cases, boys) who have mutilated their bodies would be able to compete against real women on the same stage.\n<\/p>\n

An article in the Daily Citizen<\/em>, a faith-based news publication and a division of Focus on the Family, notes, \u201cThe language indicates Miss America equates a man who undergoes surgery to obtain a cosmetic approximation of female genitalia with an actual woman. In essence, the Miss America organization feels comfortable reducing their distinguished female competitors, not even to their reproductive capabilities, but to the general appearance of their genitalia.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

A Modern-Day Esther<\/h2>\n

In October 2025, Kayleigh was crowned Miss She Leads America<\/em> and recognized as a Young Christian Woman of Distinction, with her stand entered into the Congressional Record as a modern-day Esther.\n<\/p>\n

Michigan Representative Lisa McClain praised Kayleigh\u2019s actions by saying, \u201c<\/em>Kayleigh represents a modern-day Esther: one who is willing to speak when the culture demands silence. Her story reminds us that courage is contagious, truth is not negotiable, and that no earthly crown compares to the one given by Christ.\u201d<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

Kayleigh\u2019s fight is not over, however, because the Miss America organization is threatening to sue her for exposing the truth. Liberty Counsel will be defending her legally, but God will be her right hand, upholding and protecting her.\n<\/p>\n

Miss America Missed the Point<\/h2>\n

On President\u2019s Day 2026, Miss America unveiled a new sash adorned with red, white, and blue stitching. The organization boasts that it exemplifies \u201cbold patriotism,\u201d and honors \u201cthe generations who secured our freedoms and the young women who wear them.\u201d But Miss America has lost the entire point of what it means to be an American woman. Right in front of their eyes, a bold patriot named Kayleigh Bush has honored women and America by standing up for the truth\u2013a truth they refuse to acknowledge.<\/em><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

In the end, Kayleigh doesn\u2019t need the praise of people or earthly judges who hand out trophies, crowns, and prizes. She only needs the applause and approval of her God and King, Jesus Christ.\n<\/p>\n

2 Timothy 4:7-8 declares, I\u00a0<\/em>have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing\u2026<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Kayleigh\u2019s race is the one set before her by God, not man, and the crown she will receive is eternal.\n<\/p>\n

1 Peter 5:4 reminds believers that when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Intercessors, let\u2019s keep Kayleigh Bush in our daily prayers, as well as the Miss America pageant. It\u2019s important that young women stand up for what is true and honorable. Kayleigh has stated that God uses all things for good, and she is absolutely correct. Let\u2019s pray that God uses her, and many others, to tell the world that God\u2019s truth is the only thing that matters. One day, all those who love Jesus will lay their crowns at His feet.\n<\/p>\n

Lord Jesus, we thank you for the courage of Kayleigh Bush. We lift her up to You and ask for Your blessing and protection over her life. We pray that the officials of the Miss America pageant would come to their senses and repent for their affirmation of the medical mutilation of young boys and men. We pray that more women would refuse to go along with the lies and even lay down their crowns for the truth.\n<\/p>\n

It\u2019s encouraging when young people like Kayleigh Bush take a bold stand against lies and wokeness. Post your prayers for Kayleigh below.<\/h4>\n

Angela Rodriguez is an author, blogger, and former teacher who studies the signs of the times, as well as the historical and biblical connections between Israel and the United States. You can visit her blogs at\u00a0<\/em>67owls.com\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<\/em>100trumpets.com<\/em>.<\/em>\u00a0She is also the author of\u00a0<\/em>Psalm 91: Under the\u00a0Wings\u00a0of Jesus\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>Hallelujah\u2019s Great Ride.\u00a0Photo Credit: Screenshot\/Liberty Counsel via Rumble.<\/em>
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