--- title: Miss America CEO Sam Haskell Resigns Over Email Controversy description: Numerous winners calls for Sam Haskell to resign as CEO after leaked emails showed he disparaged past winners. canonical: https://time.com/5078568/miss-america-ceo-sam-haskell-resigns/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-23T20:24:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:40:36.053Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Miss America CEO Resigns Amid Offensive Email Scandal og:description: He was initially suspended og:url: https://time.com/5078568/miss-america-ceo-sam-haskell-resigns/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbabe5c0dd42d5c61/6988f6764ee26265853104f0/miss-america-ceo-sam-haskell-resigns.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2016 Miss America Competition - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Miss America CEO Resigns Amid Offensive Email Scandal twitter:description: He was initially suspended twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbabe5c0dd42d5c61/6988f6764ee26265853104f0/miss-america-ceo-sam-haskell-resigns.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Miss America CEO Sam Haskell Resigns Amid Offensive Email Scandal > Sponsored content. 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Miss Alabama, Meg McGuffin, Miss Louisiana, April Nelson, Sam Haskell III, Miss Georgia, Betty Cantrell, Miss Mississippi, Hannah Roberts, Miss Colorado, Kelley Johnson attend the 2016 Miss America Competition at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 13, 2015 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.Donald Kravitz—Getty Images/DCP by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Dec 23, 2017 8:24 PM UTC [Miss America CEO Sam Haskell](http://time.com/5078371/miss-america-suspends-ceo-sam-haskell-emails/) has resigned two days after leaked emails revealed he made disparaging comments about contest winners. Along with Haskell, board chair Lynn Weidner also resigned, though she is remaining on the board for 90 days to aid in the leadership transition. Board member Tammy Haddad, who was party to some of the emails, had previously resigned, as well. On Friday night, the board revealed that Haskell was being suspended, pending an investigation. Dan Myers, the organization board’s vice-chair will be taking over as interim chairman. The shakeup is the result of a [Huffington Post](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/exclusive-president-of-miss-america-organization-resigns-amid-email-scandal%5Fus%5F5a3e8dbce4b0b0e5a7a27c6e?yc) report on leaked emails in which Haskell discussed [Miss America winners,](http://time.com/5077460/miss-america-reactions-sam-haskell-emails/) their sex lives and their bodies using crude language – or was on emails where others were doing so. > [](https://twitter.com/MissAmericaOrg/status/944659208707936257) “The Board thanks Lynn and Sam for many years of tireless work for, and significant financial support to, both the Miss America Organization and thousands of young women who received millions of dollars of educational scholarships from the Organization as a direct result of their efforts,” the board said in a statement. Haskell said in a statement on Friday: “The story is so unkind and untrue, and hurts me, my family, and the stewardship of this nonprofit. Those who know my heart know that this is not indicative of my character, nor is it indicative of my business acumen.” Former contestants, including Gretchen Carlson who[ sued former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes](http://time.com/4409289/fox-news-roger-ailes-gretchen-carlson-arbitration-public-trial/) for sexual harassment, spoke out against the actions. 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