TV traffic reporter headed for Miss USA pageant

Don Day December 10th, 2007

WCMH/Columbus, OH traffic reporter Monica Day just won her state’s Miss USA pageant. As the new Miss Ohio, she’ll compete in the Donald Trump-backed Miss USA event next year. Day, 25 made her fourth attempt at the crown over the weekend - and took home the tiara. Oh, and she’s a sound bite machine to boot: “How great is it for my colleagues in the station that I’m doing this?” she said. “It’s exposure for them as well.” Yes. How great. “Anything you can do promote yourself, maybe to a higher position or a larger market—if you can do something that’s going to give you that extra push, go for it,” she told The Other Paper.

And then there’s this:

Justin Rudd, a California-based pageant coach, has been working with beauty queen hopefuls for nearly 20 years. The connection between pageant contestants and TV news careers, he said, often boils down to aesthetics. “Typically, they’re nice to look at,” Rudd said.