Danielle Hazel, 25, filed a complaint with the New York City Human Rights Commission after being disqualified from Miss America and Miss World for being a mother.
Hazel stated, 'My dream of competing in those pageants is still on hold today because of their discriminatory entry requirements, which ban mothers from competing.'
Gloria Allred emphasized, 'Being pregnant or being a parent is not a crime, and should not exclude an individual from employment or business opportunities.'
Allred criticized the pageants' rules as 'based upon the antiquated stereotype that women cannot be both a mother and be beautiful, poised, passionate, talented and philanthropic.'
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