{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The War on Beauty: Can Pageants Be Saved?","description":"Pageantry is in crisis. Miss Universe is tangled in financial chaos. Miss USA is losing trust by the day. Miss America has faded into irrelevance. And contestants? They see it. They feel it. They\u2019re tired of pretending everything\u2019s fine. For five years, Life After the Crown has been silent. But in this episode, I\u2019m breaking that silence with a hard truth: if pageantry is going to matter again, it needs courage. It needs vision. It needs leaders who are willing to stop waiting and start leading. In this no-holds-barred conversation, I expose the cultural rot, the corruption, and the cowardice holding pageantry back \u2014 and I lay out why beauty, dignity, and truth are still worth fighting for. You may agree with me. You may disagree. And that\u2019s fine. But if we don\u2019t start this conversation now, there won\u2019t be anything left to save. This isn\u2019t just a commentary. It\u2019s a rallying cry. Because pageantry once inspired a nation \u2014 and it can again. ","author_name":"Life After The Crown With Tim Tialdo","author_url":"http:\/\/LifeAfterTheCrown.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38090120\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/192670000"}