“Old Glory” or “Age Before Beauty”

Contestants are getting ready to compete in the annual Ms. Missouri Nursing Home pageant, a contest for the ladies in residence at 90 nursing homes. In the moments before the winner’s name is called, the contestants wait, hope, and most of all, try to remember their names.

Organizers insist that this is more than a beauty contest. It’s a pottery class scholarship pageant.

One contestant almost had a scandal when topless photos of her showed up on the Internet. No harm done, though. Since the photos only showed her from the waist up, her breasts were out of view.

The biggest difference between this pageant and others is that if you finish first or even second runner-up, you still have a good shot of getting the crown before the year is up.