First of all I am confused?

are you comparing the womens of these 2 nations or are they real people cause there is no Miss Afghanistan

First of all, in Afghanistan there is more than one "government" One is Taliban and the other is like Northern Alliance, and few other groups Taliban is currently the ruling regime. For the ppl living under the Taliban rule, the N.A. and other groups are TERRORISTS!! and America funds the N.A. with weapons etc

So in Afghanistan. America is funding terrorist. Something to think about

Anyway to answer your questions..

1. Miss America is a junior at Portland State University, hoping to eventually get a Master's degree in Bioethics.

"Miss Afghanistan" is forbidden from receiving any education at all, and cannot read or write. Well they are still educated women who teach women in their homes.

2. Miss America has worked as a lab assistant at both the Oregon Health Sciences University and the University of Puget Sound. how come she's at 2 universities?! Somebody please explain to me. And aren't most beauty queens less 25 years of age and more than 18?

Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from working.

> Not true. They work from home. e.g. clothes, aid workers, etc

  3. Miss America's father is an engineer. Her mother is a teacher.

>  isn't that  sad? Such smart parents. And their daughter can only

> think

about being a spoiled dumb beauty queen. Instead of doing something really good. E.g. getting an M.I.T. degree or something

  Miss Afghanistan's father was shot by a gang of Taliban militants.  Her mother begs for bread scraps since she cannot work or remarry.

> if she was shot by Taliban. then she lives with the other groups then.

> And

it seems they are equally bad as the Taliban. and the other groups are supported and funded by America

  4. Miss America wowed the judges by singing a Puccini aria, "O Mio Babbino Caro".

>  arrgghh! I hate opera

  Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from singing or even listening to  music of any kind.

  > please. Turn on the radio in one room and everyone can hear it all over the house. Ofcourse she can listen to it. About singing? She can hum music?

  5. Miss America will be traveling the nation nonstop during her reign.

>  wish she really work for world peace rather than talk and just travel

  Miss Afghanistan cannot leave her house without a male family member, cannot drive, and cannot be out after dark.  > cause she lives in a war like situation. Anybody can hurt her. Not enough ppl even have car less then can drive one. I don't like to go out at night too. Whats the point?

  6. Miss America is an advocate for breast cancer research.

>  yeah. And breast implants too :D

  Miss Afghanistan cannot be treated by a male doctor, and for all practical purposes has no access to medical treatment of any kind.

  > sad but true. But doesn't means that there are only male doctors in the world? Haven't anyone ever heard of FEMALE doctors? And she cant medical help unless she produces her BLUE CROSS INSURANCE J

  7. Miss America can date, marry, or divorce anyone she chooses.

>  yeah right. Is she an orphan!? Where are her parents? Curfew and all?

  Miss Afghanistan will be stoned to death if caught in the company of a male outside of her family.  She is likely to be sold into an arranged marriage to a man who already has two wives.

>   afghanis can barely manage one wife. How can they afford 2? Never

> seen a

women stoned to death while buying groceries from a man in the  streets?

  8. Miss America wears sunscreen on the beach to keep from burning.

> then why go to the beach and lie down half-naked :D

  Miss Afghanistan cannot live in a house with windows unless they are painted black.  Since she must wear a burqua outside, her pale  translucent skin has not seen a ray of sunlight in years.

> not true again. She is beautifully tanned, just the skin colour

> American

women die for. And her windows aren't black. Cause she has NO windows :D

  9. Miss America could have been disqualified if her swimsuit did not meet pageant standards.

>   so being an exhibitionist is not sinful? If not then why wear

> clothes :D

   Miss Afghanistan can be flogged if the holes in the mesh covering  her face are too large.

> not true. Watch BBC & CNN. Women with their faces uncovered.

  10. Miss America will decide how many children, if any, she wants to have.

>  yup. All those unwanted pregnancy gone with a coat hanger.

  Miss Afghanistan will be pregnant 3-4 times more often than Miss  America. Unfortunately, her babies are 25 times more likely to die  in the first year. 1 out of 4 will not see their 5th birthday.

> cause of drought, war, disease. Lack of food. Thanks to the soviets

> and

America

  11. Miss America is majoring in speech communications at PSU.

> yeah. She just can't stop saying WORLD PEACE and how SMART & BEAUTIFUL

> she

is :D

  Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from speaking in public.

  > wait a minute.  If she begs, then she would naturally be speaking right? And since when men love women who speak :D

  12. Miss America is 21.  Since the U.S. life expectancy for women is  80, she's still a very young woman.

  > doesn't neccessary means she will live that long. Drunk driving, drug over dose, shootings etc

  Miss Afghanistan is also 21.   But since the life expectancy for an

Afghan woman is 43, next year she will be "over-the-hill".

> cause they die cause of the war b/w the taliban and other groups

> (funded

by America)

13. Miss America is a beautiful, intelligent woman and everyone knows it.

>beautiful? Intelligent? A beauty pageant?!?! No way J

Miss Afghanistan is a beautiful, intelligent woman but nobody will

>ever know it. her husband will. her family will. she will. nobody else

important more than that.

Truth does hurts. Thats why nobody listens. And lives on in their ignorance