Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Miss America Pageant (HBO)

The Miss America Pageant…how is this still a thing? They claim to give more scholarships to women than any other organization, and, unfortunately, they’re ri…

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25 Responses to Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Miss America Pageant (HBO)

  1. Kimberly Chapman says:

    John Oliver is probably the best investigative reporter of the past 3
    decades. The actual media should be ashamed of themselves.

  2. cobi jones says:

    seems everyone is missing the point…corporate accounting using lies in
    order to make a few people really rich…Miss America saying they gave out
    45 million but really only gave out 482,000…so where did the 44.5 million
    go?…this helps me to understand why someone like Donald Trump would be
    involved in this stuff, get tax breaks by saying you are a non-profit, and
    then use accounting deceit to funnel most all the money to the top.

  3. bloodykats says:

    Very good and all, but I don’t get why there’s a need for women only
    scholarships. If we are really talking about gender equality, shouldn’t
    there be a men only scholarship as well? But no, that would be sexist…

  4. Christopher Sudlik says:

    It’s weird the number of body building competitions, strong man
    competitions, etc. I mean, its very sad that Miss America Pageant is the
    biggest scholarship source for women but how many men’s only scholarships
    are there? I’ll give you a hint, its less than 1. Most scholarships do not
    discriminate, and men are objectified at least as much, if not far more
    than women in these kinds of competition. In order to even make the running
    as a man you have to be in conditions that are literally extremely
    hazardous to your health and few live beyond 50. So I’m not sure I really
    like this, aside from keeping corrupt organizations accountable. 

  5. Carla alraC says:

    Ever wonder where all of that scholarship money goes? Does the money
    actually exist? MUST WATCH!!!

    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Miss America …:
    http://youtu.be/oDPCmmZifE8

  6. simunator says:

    I just have a thought provoking question for those who see this comment.
    Let it be pre-claimed that the intention of this question is to make you
    think rather than objectify logic/concept holes in arguments concerning
    gender equality.

    Mixing the recent feminism speech delivered by Emma Watson, which delivered
    a classical reapproach to feminism = gender equality, and the current topic
    at hand, i.e. Miss America scholarships, are Miss America pageant
    scholarships as well as all other gender-specific scholarships, ethically
    valid?

    I’ll leave it at that in its most basic form.

  7. Ron Burgundy says:

    What’s with the liberal media and the attack on beauty pageants?

    First time to dislike a video for you Oliver and I call myself a liberal.
    Women love to look beautiful (Beauty ranks high in their value system and
    probably vanity too) while men in general can be attracted to bodybuilding
    “pageants” because physical strength and power rank high in our value
    system and probably vanity too.

    So, I don’t see why you’re making a big deal out of this and trying to stir
    the pot with all these phony grievances. Don’t we have enough probs already
    on our plate in this world?!! 

  8. Rosana Hermann says:

    John Oliver, sobre concurso de Miss America 2014 – recomendado por Daniela
    Abade

  9. Andrew Chason says:

    In the last few moments of this video drops, and for all the bittersweet
    laughs we realize (if true) that other organizations are doing NOTHING to
    posture themselves any better . :C

    So, WHY aren’t there bigger/better scholarship programs for girls/women?

  10. Christian Campbell says:

    To quote Mitchell Hundred,

    “Fuck…I’ve got 30,000 homeless peole sleeping in municipal shelters andat
    least another five freezing to death out there…and people care about
    this?”

    Liberals criticize Conservatives for focusing on unimportant trite but then
    John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher and John Stewart do things like
    this.

    In my opinion, both groups can fuck off. 

  11. beeroosterm says:

    Well, the more I see this show, the more I fucking hate it. John Oliver is
    clearly a funny, intelligent fellow, but having a geeky-looking
    motherfucker with an English accent ruthlessly criticize everything he
    possibly can about America is not only rude – it’s boring. Listen up, you
    fucking communist asshole: we will only take so much of your horseshit
    before we turn against you en masse. You can’t immigrate here and then shit
    on your host country – that’s only tolerated from Muslims…

  12. Amber Lensherr says:

    Why aren’t there men-only scholarship?
    YOU’VE ALWAYS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SCHOOL:.
    1636
    Harvard University founded
    1833
    USA, Ohio: The first co-educational university, Oberlin College.
    1833-1636= 197 year gap.
    Women were often discouraged from learning. One of the reasons used to be:
    “their brains would hurt from so much knowledge” 

  13. Abder Adr says:

    What the fuck is wrong with your country America
    There is only hamburger on your mind or what ? 

  14. jordanowen42 says:

    It is with this video that I learned that Miss America and Miss USA were
    different things.

  15. eatthatmeatball says:

    As sexist as it was for Donald Trump to say that the woman wouldn’t have
    her job if she wasn’t beautiful, he’s not wrong.

    I find it more offensive that we live in a society where that woman
    wouldn’t have her job if she wasn’t beautiful, then what Donald Trump said.
    Not defending Donald Trump, just sayin…

    The only way Donald Trump’s statement would be the “more-offensive” of the
    two is if both genders were already equal, because his comment wouldn’t
    have made any sense; the genders are not equal so…. Red Card goes to
    society on this one. =/

  16. OrthodoxAtheist says:

    Its a sad day when I see more investigative journalism exerted for a John
    Oliver episode than on CNN in any given day. :\

  17. J Tang says:

    It’s not going away any time soon, or, in my life time. I grew up watching
    this and hearing all the judgement words from my family regarding the
    contestants, and everybody really thought/think it’s ok. Thank you +Last
    Week Tonight with John Oliver for bringing this up and for pointing out
    that our next generations don’t need this crap.

  18. SecretDimension says:

    Fuck you Giuseppe!!

  19. Sofia Black says:

    ? those are easy questions. i guess in the situation they are but the one
    asking about the response to the isis beheadings was too intence because
    even our president doesnt have a fucking clue. BUT THAT GIRL ANSWERED THAT
    AWSOME!!! WOW!! SHE”S SMARTER THAN THE FUCKING PRES!

  20. Xandria Ravenheart says:

    This is beauty pageants all over the world…we should stop people feeling
    like they have to go through this to have a life…

  21. scottyrocks9 says:

    No argument against the theme of the program. Does he represent the way
    true blue Americans speak? When one looks at American TV one could assume
    that half of America speaks with a British accent. They take the best media
    and TV jobs and they aren’t that special. Why?

  22. cinegraphics says:

    Seems that John Oliver has nothing against beauty pageant involving men. He
    only has problems women showing flesh. Also, not making fun of Conchita
    Wurst, the man that pretends to be a woman that has a beard, but a fake
    beard (even though as a man he should be capable of a real beard). John,
    instead of his usual ridiculization suddenly calls Conchita Wurst
    “wonderful” and that’s it. No jokes, no funny comparisons, no nothing.
    Isn’t it ridiculuos? If anything is even a bit heterosexual, like the Miss
    America beauty pageant, he’ll find a zillion things to dissect and
    ridicule. But if it’s gay, then it’s “wonderful”. Well, thank you for
    showing us your orientation, John. It explains your bias.

  23. PMeursault says:

    This still exists because women watch it, and if there was a Mr America
    pageant guys wouldn’t give a damn

  24. Alexfolledemoi says:

    Lots of these contestant have or are getting a good education. Some are in
    college getting master degrees…but you can’t possibly ask someone to
    answer those kind of questions in 20 SECONDs…i mean seriously The
    Congress cannot even give a good answer and they have days to debate on
    important matter… 

  25. Bernard Tremblay says:

    Work done. Yomped w/40lb pack.
    Time for “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver

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