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Eugene

(61,872 posts)
Sat Dec 23, 2017, 06:48 PM Dec 2017

Miss America CEO Sam Haskell resigns with other top brass amid leaked email scandal

Source: USA Today

Miss America CEO Sam Haskell resigns with other top brass amid leaked email scandal

Sara M Moniuszko and Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY Published 3:15 p.m. ET Dec. 23, 2017 | Updated 5:31 p.m. ET Dec. 23, 2017

Three Miss America Organization leaders have resigned following an email scandal in which vulgar, offensive language was used to describe former Miss America contestants, USA TODAY confirmed Saturday.

The resignation of executive chairman and CEO Sam Haskell, who was suspended from the organization Friday as he was put under investigation, will be effective immediately, according to a statement from interim chairman Dan Meyers.

The board further accepted the resignation of chairman Lynn Weidner along with president and COO Josh Randle. The two will remain in their current positions for several more weeks in order to "facilitate a smooth transition," according to Meyers' statement.

The organization said its board of directors accepted Randle's resignation Saturday "in light of recent events and new developments."

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Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/12/23/3-miss-america-organization-leaders-resign-amid-scandal/979182001/
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Miss America CEO Sam Haskell resigns with other top brass amid leaked email scandal (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2017 OP
republican-style "values" are everywhere... Achilleaze Dec 2017 #1
Note to self: If I am going to be inappropriate/ break the law, don't put it in an email. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #2
Beauty Pageants Are Sexist and Outdated to Begin With. Time to Close Them All Down dlk Dec 2017 #3

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
1. republican-style "values" are everywhere...
Sat Dec 23, 2017, 06:51 PM
Dec 2017

as republicans respond to the republican role model & draft-dodger-in-chief, Comrade Casino.

Sick.

Irish_Dem

(46,918 posts)
2. Note to self: If I am going to be inappropriate/ break the law, don't put it in an email.
Sat Dec 23, 2017, 07:30 PM
Dec 2017

I cannot believe the arrogance and stupidity of these people.

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