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Designer Helps Homeless Beauty Queen Blair Griffith Compete in Miss USA Pageant

23-year-old Blair Griffith has been dreaming of competing in the Miss USA pageant ever since she was a little girl and, when she was crowned Miss Colorado, she thought her dream was about to come true. Then, she became homeless. Her story has touched the heart of fashion designer Mac Duggal, who has agreed to design ...

1 April 2011
16:01 GMT

Miss USA Rima Fakih on Photo Scandal: It’s Not What You Think

Over the weekend, history was made when Miss Michigan, a Lebanese immigrant named Rima Fakih, was crowned Miss USA, the beauty queen who will represent the country in the Miss Universe pageant. Hours after she was crowned, a series of photos of her pole dancing, dating back to 2007, emerged online; but, she says on M...

20 May 2010
05:22 GMT

Miss USA Rima Fakih May Lose Crown in Photo Scandal

History was made over the weekend, when Miss Michigan, a Lebanese immigrant, Rima Fakih was crowned Miss USA, which means she will represent the country in the bigger beauty pageant, Miss Universe. Only hours after the gorgeous 24-year-old marketing executive was crowned the most beautiful woman in the US at the fanc...

18 May 2010
03:44 GMT

Beauty Pageant Sues Carrie Prejean for Implants Money

Carrie Prejean who, not long ago, was stripped of her Miss California USA crown in the aftermath of the homophobia scandal, sued the beauty pageant for religious discrimination, saying she was let go because she dared speak her mind, which, in turn, she did only because it was her belief. The Miss California USA orga...

20 October 2009
14:21 GMT

Miss California Pageant Does Away with Identical Swimsuit Competition

Beauty pageants include a swimsuit competition – that has always been a much-criticized fact about them. Things will change with the upcoming edition of the Miss California pageant, which will become the first not to include this competition in which all girls wear the same swimsuit, as The Desert Sun informs. ...

17 October 2009
04:42 GMT

Carrie Prejean Sues Miss California USA for Religious Discrimination

Miss California Carrie Prejean was the favorite for the title of Miss USA, but she eventually lost the crown to another girl when she gave her honest and unveiled opinion on Prop 8 and same-gender marriages. Following weeks of media scrutiny and intense debates, Prejean was eventually asked to step down as well as Mi...

1 September 2009
08:59 GMT

Beauty Pageant to Sue Carrie Prejean for Talking Smack to the Media

Approximately a week ago, Carrie Prejean was fired by the Miss California USA organization following months of not fulfilling her contractual obligations as reigning Miss California. The modification became effective immediately, but that did not stop Prejean from starting a media tour saying she had been made a scap...

16 June 2009
03:40 GMT

Carrie Prejean Fired, Forced to Do Playboy

Carrie Prejean, the self-titled “biblically correct” beauty queen that made headlines just recently for her take on marriage on the Miss USA beauty pageant, has just been stripped of her crown – only a month after Donald Trump let her keep it. Prejean has already been served the papers of terminatio...

11 June 2009
04:20 GMT

Shanna Moakler Resigns from Miss California USA Organization

Carrie Prejean’s comments on marriage on the Miss USA final did not cost her her Miss California tiara, but heads still got to roll. Shanna Moakler, a former Miss USA and pageant director on the Miss California USA Organization, has just resigned from her position, saying the beauty pageant no longer represente...

14 May 2009
08:30 GMT

Former Miss Nevada Katie Rees Upset over Carrie Prejean Ruling

Yesterday, Donald Trump and the Miss Universe Organization ruled that Carrie Prejean had every right to continue as Miss California, despite her statements on marriage and a series of modeling photos that came in violation of her contract with the pageant. Katie Rees, who was dethroned as Miss Nevada in 2007 also for...

14 May 2009
06:12 GMT

Donald Trump Lets Carrie Prejean Keep Miss CA Crown

Despite early speculation, Donald Trump and the Miss Universe Organization have decided that Carrie Prejean should not be stripped of her Miss California tiara for her answer on marriage in the Miss USA finals or for the set of photos that have surfaced in the meanwhile. At the same press conference held a few hours ...

13 May 2009
05:48 GMT

Beauty Pageants Ask Miss California Carrie Prejean to Step Down

Carrie Prejean has been under heavy fire ever since the finals of the Miss USA beauty competition for having the courage to express her personal opinion on marriage, and how it should only be between a man and a woman. Tagged as a homophobe or, best case scenario, a hypocrite, Prejean is now also taking heat from the...

9 May 2009
06:46 GMT

Conservative, Pro-Family Groups Want Carrie Prejean as Spokesperson

Undoubtedly, the biggest sensation at this year’s Miss USA beauty pageant was not the winner of the title, but Miss California Carrie Prejean, who was favored to win it but lost because of her stance on traditional marriage. All is not lost for Prejean, a new E! Online reports says, since she still stands a goo...

23 April 2009
06:30 GMT

Shanna Moakler Says Miss California Did Not Deserve to Be Miss USA

As Carrie Prejean is still doing the media rounds, explaining the answer that cost her the Miss USA crown, another beauty queen, Shanna Moakler, is speaking out on the controversy, saying Prejean did not deserve the title in the first place. In a post on her official MySpace page, Shanna says Prejean’s answer t...

22 April 2009
09:41 GMT

Miss California Carrie Prejean Was Biblically Correct in Marriage Comments

Over the weekend, beauty queen Carrie Prejean, Miss California running for the title of Miss USA, offended many when she said she believed marriage should be exclusively between a man and a woman because that was how she had been raised. However, even if this statement cost her her crown, she is not sorry, as she has...

21 April 2009
11:15 GMT

Marriage Comments Cost Miss California Her Miss USA Crown

In a world where being politically correct amounts to everything, Miss California Carrie Prejean, a strong contender for the much-coveted title of Miss USA, committed the biggest faux pas in the history of beauty pageants by forgetting to be diplomatic. However, even if that cost her her crown, she is still convinced...

21 April 2009
09:02 GMT

Rosie and Donald, a Match Made in Heaven

Famous millionaire and reality-show host Donald Trump is working on selecting a new cast for his special edition of The Apprentice. This time he's planning an all-star line-up for the fourth edition of the show, and he says it's going to be a blast! NBC stated that these celebrities will compete for their f...

17 July 2007
03:49 GMT


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