Who will win Miss America? A gambler's guide to the unstoppable pageant

Feminism couldn't kill it. Irony couldn't kill it. Not even reality TV could kill it. After 94 years, the peculiar institution of Miss America is not only still alive, it has rebounded from a near-death of slumping ratings to become something of a watercooler event once again -- thanks to its rediscovery by a nation of couch tweeters who just can't resist a big, splashy live-TV event that demands their instant commentary.