Devil's advocate. There's a guy like me in every crowd, yeah, but I have to look at the other side and see if this is the right thing to do. Yes, miss Iowa is pretty... It is hard to disagree with the stated objective without sounding heartless or unfeeling but I want to look at the whole picture.
With all due compassion for Brooks' mother in her condition, is it fair to the other contestants to stack votes for one contestant, based not on the qualities that we are supposed to be judging, but based on the 'sympathy card'? What hardships are the other contestants overcoming that we are not privy to? Out of fifty contestants there are sure to be other such tales of pathos. Or are any of those other contestants less deserving the win because they may not have a sick mother, no matter how photogenic they might be?
When we jump the rules to unfairly advantage one, there is always somebody else that is unfairly disadvantaged thereby. I think this is one of those situations where fast tracking one seems like the right thing to do but in fact it may end up taking a title from a more deserving woman. Not the one with the saddest family story we know of, but the one who is most photogenic.
And consider this... Would Brooks mother be proud to hear that her daughter won 'miss photogenic' due to votes flooding in from a special interest group who stacked the deck for her daughter because of her cancer? Or is she to be kept in the dark about it?

 

GLEN... while I agree with you in theory, ...

1st off...look at the picture...Brooke is a babe, even though I'm sorry about her mothers condition...I would not have voted for here if she was the ugly duckling of the group...

2nd ... I have been to Fort Dodge IA several times & met Bob "OLDMAN" on several occasions... even if he had asked me to support a local girl... ( & she was a babe )...I'd have still voted for her...

3rd ... Just by making me aware of the voting, I did vote... I'm positive that I would not have voted, if it weren't for Bob's post... I don't look at it in my situation, any differently than political suporters going out & trying to get more of the voting population to vote ( I'm sure there is a very large percentage of 1st time voters that vote either because then know of the canidate ( in local elections ) or vote the party of the campaign supporters that reached them, & perswaded them to vote in the 1st place...

I feel no guilt, Brooke is a knock out, her picture was tasteful ( not posed with the camera pointing down her top, like several of the others )... I consider here very photogenic... & I do wish her mother the best...

 

I only see 2 ladies in this pagent that catch my eye. Miss iowa and Miss oklahoma. Both blond both hot.

 

She's got my vote

 

She's got my vote....should have said she was going to be at the 12 hour race, you would have had a better turnout. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

We'll pray for Brooks mom. good luck to Brook

 

All I can say is WOW!! and yes I voted for her. If she is going to be at the next 12 Hr race I may have to make the long haul to Iowa!! Good Luck to her and her family.

 

Got my Vote She's beautiful [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

She got my vote

 

I voted

 

OK OldmanWheeler,,, we need to have a little talk! How come you have never introduced her to me! LOL!!! Nevermind, that question pretty much answers itself! LOL!!!! I voted for her, I agree with the other guys also,, I think we need her as a trophy girl at this years 12 Hour race! You will have to see what you can do! LOL![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]