Can ANYONE save MISS USA?!

I want them to bring back the old Miss USA back in the 90s where the winnner gets a brand new car, fur coats, jewelry, trip, etc…. Also i love them to bring back their special permormance like dancing. Miss USA now is way too boring !!!!!

I think the next wave of feminism is also leading to the declining interest and investment in US pageantry competitions. The views on beauty standards have evolved. A prime example of an organization that almost ended due to evolving attitudes on beauty standard was Victoria Secret, which had to discontinue its annual runway show. I foresee Miss USA havign to bend their standards and guidelines to allow all kinds of competitors. It’s unfortunately getting a bit too woke here in the US. That is just my two cents as a Venezuelan immigrant who’s always been interested in beauty pageants.

15:42 - 16:38 with the elevator music 🤣🙌🏻 Dani you have such an eye for detail, and lots of experience under your belt. I’m hoping one day, you are paid to have your insights brought to life

Your analysis is spot on! One thing I noticed when the hosts were talking to the new Miss Teen USA is that they watched her compete while on their flight to Miss USA. This means the hosts arrived at Miss USA less than 24 hours in advance and probably didn’t have a lot of time to rehearse. They did a good job considering all that but it would have helped if they had time to prepare. Also I feel like I didn’t learn anything about the contestants from watching Miss USA this year which is always one of the highlights for me. The lack of energy from the crowd was disappointing and it sounded like a local or state pageant when you heard them cheer for a contestant. The stage looked a lot better than Miss USA last year and even Miss Universe. I honestly feel like that you could bring the pageant back to its glory days Dani! ❤️

You should run for the director/ceo/president for Miss USA!

The CW and Miss USA need to make sure ALL local cw channels will air the pageant at the same time! Our CW decided a high school football game was priority and pushed the pageant to show at 10pm instead of 8 while friends in different states were seeing it live! I was at a party with several other people from my pageant organization and we had to scramble to watch the pageant live with everyone else using methods I'm sure MUA wouldn't want us to. This wouldn't happen with a major network like NBC.

The Miss USA organization shuld just humble themselves and approach Dani Walker....

I grew up watching Miss USA and Miss Universe with my mom and have loved them throughout my adult life. Sadly, while pageants remain hugely popular in Asia and other parts of the world, that's just not the case any more in this country. Is it because of cultural changes, or because the pageants seem more lackluster? I'm not sure, but I would guess it's some of both. I do wish they would take your ideas and run with them, though!

I think I commented on this either last year or previous iteration’s regarding production…. DANI, WHY AREN’T YOU ON THE BOARD??? Your insight, knowledge & ideas are SO inline with modern pageantry, I believe you would return Miss USA to modern day relevance. This is why I turn to your channel come pageant season! Keep holding the powers that be accountable and keep the great content coming! Your fans LOVE IT!

I am SO glad to hear another pageant girl, longtime pageant fan say exactly what I’m too feeling, Dani. For the first time ever I’m thinking about not following this pageant or pageantry anymore. The Miss USA pageant, to me, has lost its luster. I remember back in the day when the stage decor was so beautiful. Everything was dripping in glamour. The contestants used to go to the pageant city and be there 2-3 weeks in advance in preparation and there would be parades and all kinds of fun, exciting events that was used as screen filler while the contestants changed between competition segments. I was almost embarrassed to see what amounted to pre-competition fun for the contestants when you think how long and hard these very accomplished women prepare for this illusion of what once was, for a pageant that used to be a glamorous prelude to Miss Universe, the height of glamour. What was missing from tonight’s pageant just stood out. We’ll get to see the full state costumes…thanks to YouTube. There was no on stage music talent. Even as the women competed in both swimsuit and gown, it all went too fast. What happened to a pose at the end of the runway?!? How the judges saw anything is a marvel. I was shocked that there were only 6 judges. What?!? It was…nice enough…if you’d never seen what the Miss USA pageant used to be like. Even as recent as three years ago, there was a contestant dance number. What happened to that? And unless some of these contestants gave lousy preliminary interviews, I’m shocked as to who didn’t make it into the top 20 OR the top 5. It all left me flat. Raising the age limit for this and Miss Universe is the least of the bandaids needed. Miss USA and even aspects of Miss Universe might be beyond help. And if they are THIS hard up for money, maybe it’s time to take these pageants off life support and let them fade into oblivion. And when Morgan was doing her final walk, at one time there was no spotlight on her face. It was a little insulting to me. But, whatever, that’s my take. #Anticlimactic

This captured everything I’ve been thinking and remembering from year’s past beautifully!! Thank you!!!

When I was at Miss USA we were there 30 days before finals - 30 DAYS!!! And we filmed EVERY DAY - promos, pool parties, activities, full fashion shows around Vegas, nightclub events, restaurants and live shows, in addition to an appearance on a filming of the finale of Cake Wars - we had a full itinerary and were up 5am to midnight with only 2 nights off before the competition. Most of these were not only to have events for public but also promote sponsors, and all of these were put in highlight reels shown in the telecast. It was an absolutely amazing and life changing experience, and the opportunities open even without placing at nationals were endless. I do hope the pageant returns to this, knowing the incredible benefit this level of investment delivers for ALL contestants. I am hopeful because there was huge progress forward this year - the level of judges, celebrity partnerships, reverting back to glamour, the quality of competition and the network broadcast. Considering the tumultuous past two years and that Layla Rose took over only 2 months ago and we already saw this level of improvement, I believe we can expect even greater improvements with a full year of planning next year. It is too early to say what type of era this will be. P.S. - so glad they ditched the contestant videos for all the finalists - they got too long and boring P.P.S. - I hope they bring back the celebrity performs during evening gown!!

You are right on the money Dani! Wonder what will past Miss USA title holders really think about the current state of the franchise....

Thanks for this video Dani! You’re the best.

Am I the only dino who remembers the scores flashed during the swimsuit prelims--and then during the competition? I lived for those!

Well said Dani 👏 I wish the Miss USA would reach out to you to be part of their team. It looks like sometimes they try HARD to make the pageant worse intentionally. Like this year ... Top 20 to top 5??? That was rough.

Very interesting and on point; thank you Dani.

Dani the Miss USA organization needs to hire you to get things back on track.

the side by side comparisons were too good. 100% agree with all of this!!

I would really like to see Shanna Moakler takes over the organization. If not her, probably other former Miss USA who has huge profile in mainstream audience so they can bring more exposure to the pageant plus they must have great connections anyway