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Article snippet: Three executives of the Miss America Organization resigned on Saturday after reports that the pageant’s leadership had attacked and derided former pageant winners in emails. Dan Meyers, a spokesman for Miss America, said the organization had accepted the resignations of Sam Haskell, the chief executive; Josh Randle, the president; and Lynn Weidner, the chairwoman. Mr. Haskell’s resignation was effective immediately, Mr. Meyers said, while Mr. Randle and Ms. Weidner will remain in their roles for several weeks to “facilitate a smooth transition.” The emails, published by HuffPost on Thursday, showed that Mr. Haskell had made comments about former pageant winners that were disrespectful and misogynistic, with support, in some cases, from other members of the organization. In one of the emails, Mr. Haskell expressed amusement when an employee used a vulgar reference to female genitalia to describe the former pageant winners. In a letter, reported by HuffPost on Friday, 49 former pageant winners said the behavior of Mr. Haskell and several other top leaders was “despicable” and called for their resignation. The signatories included winners of pageants from 1948 to 2017. “We stand firmly against harassment, bullying and shaming — especially of women — through the use of derogatory terms meant to belittle and demean,” they wrote. The others named in the letter included Mr. Randle, Ms. Weidner and another member of the board, Tammy Haddad. Ms. Haddad resigned on Friday,... Link to the full article to read more