1.   At the same time, host Tony Danza was lobbying the pageant organizers to proceed.

2.   Also, by allowing viewers to make the decision, rather than making it themselves, pageant organizers have given themselves an easy out, some said.

3.   But at least pageant organizers are no longer as blatant about exploiting the contestants.

4.   Kinel said he thinks pageant organizers are trying to work with the city and be gracious guests.

5.   Pageant organizers liked the reception they got south of the border, so this year they tried a completely Mexican venue.

6.   Over the years, pageant organizers have steadily de-emphasized conventional notions of beauty and refined the pageant accordingly.

7.   The magazine circulates to a few thousand readers, pageant organizers say, although Ms. McCutcheon would not discuss circulation figures.

8.   The outcry grew so loud that pageant organizers said Tuesday that they were reconsidering.

9.   Pageant organizers and groups who had argued the contest would offend Indian values and waste government resources both claimed victory after the Karnataka state High Court made its ruling.

10.   Pageant organizers occasionally hold the contest in non-European nations such as Lebanon, saying they aim to expose participants to outside cultures.