The reigning Miss America Cara Mund sent a bombshell letter accusing pageant leadership of bullying her during the contest. she posted the letter on a popular online pageant forum and also sent to all state titleholders on Friday morning. In her letter, Mund accused the pageant management of silenced and bullied her including board chair Gretchen Carlson. In response, the Miss America Organisation issued a press release expressing displeasure over Mund for writing a letter to the public instead of sending to them.