Nicole Johnson- Miss AMerica 99 v.s IR Relationships-- Potential Subject
Her views came to light in 2000 as a part of a GOP political rally.
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On August 1, Nicole Johnson, the 1999 Miss America appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal fielding questions by phone regarding the Republican National Convention, among the topics was Bob Jones University. One caller stated that she was against interracial dating. Ms. Johnson echoed her agreement, but stated that she would only frown on interracial dating in her family.
To hear and see the interview, click here, requires RealPlayer or similar software: http://video.c-span.org:8080/ramgen/kdrive/wj20000801_c2k.rm?start=1:07:27.0&end=1:31:05.0
To visit Ms. Johnson's official website: http://www.nicolejohnson.com/
nicolejohnson@juno.com
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Former Miss America, Nicole Johnson dissed interracial relationships in a C-SPAN interview on Tuesday, following her appearance at the GOP National Convention in Philadelphia. The telephone question-and-answer portion of the interview turned ugly when the beauty queen responded to a caller's comments about the ban on interracial dating at Bob Jones University by saying of interracial dating, "I wouldn't smile upon that."
Miss Johnson, who's reign as Miss America 1999 ended in September of last year, focused her Miss America platform primarily on diabetes research and education. Johnson was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 19 during her sophomore year of college at the University of South Florida and has since been insulin-dependent. She is currently working as an international motivational speaker and freelance reporter/anchor on The Christian Broadcasting Network and on The Odyssey Network.
Her involvement with politics had been suspended until after she returned her Miss America crown, at the suggestion of pageant officials. In her interview, Johnson said that political involvement as Miss America is "Not really recommended...I had received recommendations that maybe I should temper some of my views and try to go mainstream and go with the flow, at least for that time." But having shed her title, Miss Johnson joined comedian Ben Stein in "rallying the crowd," as she put it, at the Republican National Convention on July 31.
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On August 1, Nicole Johnson, the 1999 Miss America appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal fielding questions by phone regarding the Republican National Convention, among the topics was Bob Jones University. One caller stated that she was against interracial dating. Ms. Johnson echoed her agreement, but stated that she would only frown on interracial dating in her family.
To hear and see the interview, click here, requires RealPlayer or similar software: http://video.c-span.org:8080/ramgen/kdrive/wj20000801_c2k.rm?start=1:07:27.0&end=1:31:05.0
To visit Ms. Johnson's official website: http://www.nicolejohnson.com/
nicolejohnson@juno.com
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Former Miss America, Nicole Johnson dissed interracial relationships in a C-SPAN interview on Tuesday, following her appearance at the GOP National Convention in Philadelphia. The telephone question-and-answer portion of the interview turned ugly when the beauty queen responded to a caller's comments about the ban on interracial dating at Bob Jones University by saying of interracial dating, "I wouldn't smile upon that."
Miss Johnson, who's reign as Miss America 1999 ended in September of last year, focused her Miss America platform primarily on diabetes research and education. Johnson was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 19 during her sophomore year of college at the University of South Florida and has since been insulin-dependent. She is currently working as an international motivational speaker and freelance reporter/anchor on The Christian Broadcasting Network and on The Odyssey Network.
Her involvement with politics had been suspended until after she returned her Miss America crown, at the suggestion of pageant officials. In her interview, Johnson said that political involvement as Miss America is "Not really recommended...I had received recommendations that maybe I should temper some of my views and try to go mainstream and go with the flow, at least for that time." But having shed her title, Miss Johnson joined comedian Ben Stein in "rallying the crowd," as she put it, at the Republican National Convention on July 31.
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