I’m not saying that Lexi should be immediately replaced by Mikaela Shaw, though. I’m just not a fan of her, and I can only see her placing in the top 15 since she looks like someone who would win Miss Photogenic. If they want to win, and if only Miss USA allowed it, I think they should re-send Mikaela or crown a better winner than their recent winners.itsrowdy801 wrote:Mariana Erwin wrote:I feel sad for Katie. I mean, I’m not a fan of her but these circumstances that prevent you from competing is just painful, especially if its academic. I understand, but I believe they should just appoint her as Miss Wyoming USA 2021 if they can, or that she must be allowed to re-compete so she can win.
Well, I’m not a fan of the new titleholder either. If Mikaela Shaw could re-compete again as Miss Wyoming USA (for me, she was the best titleholder so far, and she was so robbed in Miss USA 2017), I would rather see it.
It's Lexi's right to represent Wyoming as 1st Runner Up, I wouldn't support giving the title to anyone else unless she didn't want it.
As for Katie, I don't support the idea of automatically giving her Miss WY USA 2021. Even if it was due to academic reasons, the dates were announced almost two months ago and she probably got her syllabus about the same time, there was no reason for her to wait til the last second to drop out, giving her successor less time to prepare. But she should definitely be able to come back to compete for it again in the future.
However, I do think that if Miss Wyoming USA cannot hold a pageant for 2021, they can just re-appoint Katie. I think she probably thought that there wouldn’t be any class to miss during Miss USA but it seemed that that week fell on an important week, which is painful. I understand if she wants to fulfill her academic obligations, though.
I just fear though that if she re-competes she would no longer be able to win, like Stormy Keffeler (although her past is one of the obvious reasons).
There are so many Miss USA candidates that never competed due to academic reasons, and this has also happened in Miss America (even if the objective of Miss America is education and scholarships itself), so it’s really something that I feel sad about. I just wish the best for the new Miss Wyoming USA although I’m not a fan of her.