N.Y. Woman Challenges Miss America and Miss World for Banning Mothers

Danielle Hazel files discrimination complaint with NYC Commission of Human Rights, calling pageant rules outdated and exclusionary.

Danielle Hazel, a 25-year-old mother, was disqualified from competing in Miss America and Miss World due to having a child.
Hazel, represented by lawyer Gloria Allred, filed a complaint with the New York City Commission of Human Rights.
The complaint argues that the pageant rules are based on antiquated stereotypes and exclude mothers from significant opportunities.
Miss America and Miss World require contestants to be unmarried and without children or legal dependents.
Hazel's case is supported by Veronika Didusenko, a former Miss Ukraine who lost her title for being a mother.