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beauty pageant stories: 40 news summaries

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 Prejean Tantrum Stumps Trump  

'Inappropriate' means something different to The Donald

Nov 13, 09 5:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Carrie Prejean's tantrum on Larry King gave Donald Trump an opening to land a few more blows in his feud with the dumped beauty queen. Prejean removed her mike and threatened to leave because of King's "inappropriate" questions about her settlement agreement with the Miss California USA pageant. "... More »

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AWKWARD FAMILY MOMENTS

 Prejean Watched 
 Sex Tape With Mom 

Former Miss Cali's own mother turned white

Nov 9, 09 9:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Nothing says good parenting like watching your kid's soccer games, concerts, school plays... and too-hot-for-TMZ solo sex tapes? Carrie Prejean’s mom was in the room when the Miss California pageant lawyers played the sex tape for Prejean. Sources tell TMZ the dethroned Miss Cali’s mother was shocked, turning... More »

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HOT LEGAL ISSUES

 Prejean 
 May Sue 
 —This Time, 
 Over Sex Tape 

Former Miss Cali's lawyer considering breach of contract lawsuit

Nov 5, 09 9:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Only a day after Carrie Prejean dropped her lawsuit against the Miss California Pageant, she's ready for another. The dethroned Miss California’s lawyer says, thanks to sex tape rumors, they may sue for breach of contract. “It seems as if someone has acted in an unethical and unlawful... More »

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HUH, HOW ABOUT THAT?

 Sex Tape 
 Got Prejean 
 to Settle Suit 

TMZ says it's had too-racy-to-post video for months

Nov 4, 09 6:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Today’s decision by former Miss California Carrie Prejean to drop a lawsuit against the pageant came after one of its lawyers showed Prejean a sex tape that TMZ says it obtained “months ago but decided not to post … because it was so racy.” As part of... More »

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NO BOOB-JOB REPO

 Prejean, Pageant Drop Lawsuits 

Former Miss California will not have to pay for her new breasts

Nov 4, 09 8:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Have we heard the last of Carrie Prejean? Probably not, but the former Miss California and pageant producers have dropped their dueling lawsuits. A statement says they “wish each other the best in their future endeavors,” but gives no word on the settlement reached. A source tells Radar... More »

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BOOB JOB LAWSUITS

 Prejean: Suit a 
 'Smear Campaign' 

Pageant wants money back for Carrie's breast implants

Oct 21, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to the Miss California pageant’s lawsuit to reclaim the cash it spent on her boob job, Carrie Prejean is still talking. Through her lawyer, at least: He tells Radar the lawsuit is just the latest in an “ongoing smear campaign” and that the pageant is inventing “... More »

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Pageant Wants Its Money Back for Prejean's Implants

Miss California officials quote scripture right back at stripped winner

Oct 19, 09 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Miss California pageant wants back the money it ponied up for Carrie Prejean to get breast implants, countering her lawsuit with one of its own. Prejean alleges she was a victim of, among other things, religious discrimination in being stripped of her crown after taking an anti-gay-marriage stance; the... More »

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 Axed Miss Calif. 
 Sues Pageant 

Carrie Prejean accuses pageant officials of religious discrimination

Sep 1, 09 1:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dethroned beauty queen Carrie Prejean has filed a lawsuit against the officials who stripped her of the Miss California title, CNN reports. Prejean—who sparked an uproar when she declared her opposition to same-sex marriage at the Miss USA pageant earlier this year—alleges that she suffered from libel and... More »

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(AP) - Miss Venezuela was the fairest of them all, again. Stefania Fernandez won the 2009 Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas last night, receiving the crown from her predecessor, fellow countrywoman Dayana Mendoza. The sparkling tiara fell to the floor at one point, as Fernandez danced in joy. Beauty-obsessed Venezuela has... More »

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Cambodia Bans 'Miss Landmine' Beauty Pageant

Government sees
insult; organizers aimed to promote awareness

Aug 3, 09 5:50 PM CDT
(AP) - The Cambodian government said today it will not allow a "Miss Landmine" beauty pageant to take place later this week, calling it an insult to the disabled. "The land mine beauty contest would make a mockery of Cambodia's land mine victims," a government spokesman said. "The... More »

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(Newser) - Former Miss California and gay-marriage opponent Carrie Prejean will pen a memoir about her time at the center of a media maelstrom, US News & World Report notes. Still Standing is due on shelves before Christmas. “The 22-year-old won the respect of millions for modeling something other than evening... More »

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 Pageant Pushed 
 Playboy: Prejean 

But nasty e-mails make Carrie seem like the one at fault

Jun 11, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Accusations are flying between Carrie Prejean and Miss California pageant officials, TMZ reports. The dethroned winner says a pageant exec tried to force her to appear semi-nude in Playboy; Keith Lewis says he was honoring her wish that he pass along offers before declining them. The high-profile gay-marriage opponent also... More »

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 Trump Fires Miss California 

Prejean not interested in abiding by contract: Trump

Jun 10, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Carrie Prejean has lost her Miss California crown for repeatedly breaching her pageant contract, Fox News reports. “This was a business decision,” says a pageant producer. Pageant head Donald Trump stood by the call: “I told Carrie she needed to get back to work and honor her... More »

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SLIDESHOW

 Transsexuals Dazzle 
 in Thai Pageant 

Annual contest celebrates the 'third gender'

May 16, 09 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Americans took a breather from Miss California beauty pageant drama, Thailand held its 12th annual Miss Tiffany Universe contest today, featuring only transsexuals or transvestites, Huffington Post reports. The contest seeks to advance human rights causes for the country’s transgender population, whose “third gender” status is classified... More »

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 Director Moakler Bails 
 On Miss Cali Pageant 

Executive director resigns a day after decision

May 13, 09 4:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shanna Moakler has resigned as executive director of the Miss California USA pageant, she tells Us magazine a day after Carrie Prejean was allowed to keep her crown and Donald Trump promised all was well in pageant-land. “I cannot with a clear conscious move forward supporting and promoting the... More »

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 Dethroned 
 Miss Nevada: 
 'Um, Hello?!' 

Double standard isn't fair, she whines

May 13, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Of all those seething as Donald Trump allowed Carrie Prejean to keep her crown yesterday was Miss Nevada 2007—also a beauty queen in the 21st century, also a victim of naughty photos surfacing, but instead stripped of her crown and not very happy about yesterday's turn of events. “... More »

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 Miss California 
 May Get the 
 Boot Today 

Pageant officials meeting

May 11, 09 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carrie Prejean may be spending her last few hours with the Miss California crown. The pageant directors are holding a news conference today; Prejean wasn't invited, but runner-up Tami Farrell was, ABC News reports. And Donald Trump, who co-owns the Miss Universe Organization, has skedded one for tomorrow. Her offense?... More »

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 Miss Cali Offered $1M for Porn 

Also, second racy pic unveiled

May 7, 09 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carrie Prejean's topless-photo scandal could cost her the Miss California crown, but it’s brought her a $1 million offer to star in a porno, TMZ reports. “This is purely a business offer and has nothing to do with your religion or your personal beliefs,” Vivid Entertainment’s... More »

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Maybe I Should Be Miss Cali:
Runner-Up

Promises focus on 'positive aspects' as photos haunt Prejean

May 6, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The California beauty who lost the state pageant to Carrie Prejean is eying the tiara, TMZ reports. Prejean’s” beliefs are not what is in question, but her contractual obligations to the Miss California USA program,” Tami Farrell wrote officials, alluding to semi-nude shots of Prejean that may violate... More »

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 Racy Photos May 
 Cost Prejean 
 Her Crown 

No decision yet from pageant officials

May 6, 09 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The seminude photos of Carrie Prejean that emerged recently may not be the only ones—and the secret snaps could cost the controversial gay marriage opponent the Miss California crown, CNN reports. Pageant officials held closed-door meetings yesterday to discuss Prejean’s fate. “The reports say that there are... More »

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