Yes the panel did have loaded political questions geared to "reveal" the political leanings of the contestants. The best one could do is to answer in an
She's attractive, looks great in swimwear but clearly not the best looking face or the "hottest" on the stage. Her talent, dancing, OK.
Here is part of her bio:
She Wants to Be the Governor of North Dakota
The Brown University graduate's dream is to become the first woman elected governor of her state. In fact, she comes from a family of firsts. "I am related to Victoria Clafin Woodhull — the first woman to run for U.S. President, the first woman to operate a brokerage firm on Wall Street and one of the first females to found a newspaper. Since it runs in my family, what will be my first?" Mund wrote in her biography on the Miss America website.
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/miss-america-2018-winner-cara-mund-5-things-to-know-about-her-w502174/1-shes-the-first-miss-america-from-north-dakota-w502175
She boasts of being a descendant of Victoria Clafin Woodhull Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin (September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927)
Woodhull, married 3 times, pro-life, pro-free love, was arrested for publishing an obscene newspaper, In one election her running mate was Republican Frederick Douglas, she became widely referred to as "Mrs. Satan", she was a pioneer in the women's suffrage movement, ran for Office of POTUS at age 34, (her 35th birthday being in Sept. later that year). She was "against" prostitution but in her journal she tends to support the legalization of it.
Very interesting life.
Right now, I would classify Woodhull as a Libertarian type.
Right now Miss North Dakota Cara Mund doesn't have a leg up on her ancestors legacy ... She better get crackin'!
This all makes her a mystifying candidate for Miss America Pageant.
I think the judges may have been mesmerized by her family history.
Very interesting person this Woodhull lady was.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Woodhull
Cara will no doubt use this platform of modest fame as a springboard to run for political office to pick up on the issues where her ancestor Woodhull left off.
Governor's office North Dakota.