Miss America
Carlson will be the first former Miss America to lead the organization.
Email messages sent by CEO Sam Haskell contained misogynistic language.
The women spoke out after HuffPost reported on a shocking set of internal emails filled with misogynistic statements.
Internal correspondence reveals name-calling, slut-shaming and fat-shaming in emails between the Miss America CEO, board members and a pageant writer.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
“She knows that if she wins this contest, she’ll be representing America to the world. That’s a big responsibility.”
The Miss America contest took an unexpected turn.
The Brown University graduate said the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate accord was a bad decision.
During her tenure, she also worked with members of Congress to help enact women’s rights legislation.