Miss America 2018, Cara Mund, Releases Letter Speaking Against Miss America Board and Gretchen Carlson

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Miss America 2018 Winner Cara Mund (L) is interviewed by A. J. Calloway during her visit to 'Extra' at H&M Times Square on September 12, 2017, in New York City. Mund revealed her distaste for... Mike Coppola/Getty Images

Current Miss America, Cara Mund, has spoken against the Miss America Organization in a 3000-word letter posted on her Facebook page. The pageant winner is just one of many members of the organization, both current and past, who have spoken against the leadership of Gretchen Carlson and other Miss America board members.

The letter, which was addressed to Mund's Miss America "sisters," revealed an alleged lack of care and respect for Mund as the reigning Miss America.

"The rhetoric about empowering women, and openness and transparency, is great; however, the reality is quite different," the letter read. "I am living that difference….I am not comfortable with any of us being controlled, manipulated, silenced, or bullied. At this point, my integrity—and saying and doing the right thing—means more to me than whatever punishment may await me."

Mund's explained her voice is not being heard or wanted by the current Miss America board. Many times, she stated, her voice was overshadowed by Carlson, as Carlson is displayed as the face of Miss America. Mund spoke of missed press opportunities which were reserved for Carlson alone.

Mund spoke of the new Miss America board, which has been met with controversy over a handful of resignations and pageant-wide changes. Shortly after becoming chairwoman of the board, Carlson announced the cut of the swimwear segment on the national TV program.

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Miss North Dakota 2017, Cara Mund celebrates the round of victory during the 2018 Miss America Competition Show at Boardwalk Hall Arena on September 10, 2017, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Mund released a letter... Donald Kravitz/Getty Images for Dick Clark Productions

Former Miss America winners who held seats on the board explained they resigned willingly or were forced to when Carlson's culture became "toxic," the Wall Street Journal reported in June.

Mund explained in her time as the crowned winner, she's become a voice of press for Carlson rather than been allowed to use the platform for her own good and the good of those she wants to support. She listed three talking points she was given when Carlson and new board members were in control: "Miss America is Relevant," Carlson's early action in the #MeToo movement and Carlson's education at Stanford, as well as Mund's own at Brown.

"Right away, the new leadership delivered an important message: There will be only one Miss America at a time, and she isn't me," the letter expressed.

Mund also noted she wasn't told when her reign would end. She, instead, found out via Twitter.

The Miss America Organization issued a statement in response to Mund's letter. It detailed their wish to speak privately to Mund, the New York Times reported Friday.

"It is disappointing that she chose to air her grievances publicly not privately," the statement read. "Her letter contains mischaracterizations and many unfounded accusations. We are reaching out to her privately to address her concerns."

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