Ex
Mallory Hagan
Former Miss America Mallory Hagan  hopes the email scandal polluting the pageant âsignals the reinventionâ of the competition moving forward   she  told âGood Morning America.â
âHindsight is always 20-20 â  Hagan   who was crowned the winner of the 2013 pageant winner  told GMA when asked if  she âd witnessed demeaning behavior first-hand.  She  added that itâs essential now to look ahead â not in the rear-view.
Asked if the scandal marks the pageantâs demise or the reinvention   Hagan  said: âI hope it signals the reinvention ... I hope that weâre starting a larger conversation â  she  added.
The focus of that conversation is âabout how weâre going to move forward in the future. This is an opportunity to see how women can come together  support each other  rise up  take over the things that they want to see happen â  she  said.
Apologies from former Miss America CEO Sam Haskell and others aren't the point  said  Mallory Hagan . (Donald Kravitz/Getty Images for Dick Clark Prod)
 Hagan  singled out Brent Adams  the former pageant employee who spoke out about the emails  âthe unsung hero. He stood up for me; he stood up for all these women.â
As  she  expressed gratitude for his support and that of fans   she  said that mea culpas from pageant honchos involved in the derogatory emails isnât âthe point.â
[TGT] hopes the email scandal polluting the pageant âsignals the reinventionâ of the competition moving forward    [TGT]   told âGood Morning America.â
âHindsight is always 20-20 â   [TGT] told GMA when asked if   [TGT]  âd witnessed demeaning behavior first-hand.   [TGT]   added that itâs essential now to look ahead â not in the rear-view.
Asked if the scandal marks the pageantâs demise or the reinvention    [TGT] said: âI hope it signals the reinvention ... I hope that weâre starting a larger conversation â   [TGT]   added.
The focus of that conversation is âabout how weâre going to move forward in the future. This is an opportunity to see how women can come together  support each other  rise up  take over the things that they want to see happen â   [TGT]   said.
Apologies from former Miss America CEO Sam Haskell and others aren't the point  said   [TGT]  . (Donald Kravitz/Getty Images for Dick Clark Prod)
  [TGT] singled out Brent Adams  the former pageant employee who spoke out about the emails  âthe unsung hero.  [TGT]  stood up for  [TGT] ;  [TGT]  stood up for all these women.â
As   [TGT]   expressed gratitude for  [TGT]  support and that of fans    [TGT]   said that mea culpas from pageant honchos involved in the derogatory emails isnât âthe point.â