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beauty pageant stories: 40 news summaries

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(Newser) - Want to see Miss California’s fake boobs? A nearly-nude shot of Carrie Prejean surfaced yesterday on TheDirty.com, showing the model topless, but with her arm over her breasts. The site claims to have five more shots, including one of her completely nude, but even a single semi-nude shot... More »

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gay marriage • Miss USA • beauty pageant • breast implants • nude photo • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

 We Paid for 
 Implants:  
 Pageant Boss 

We wanted to boost her confidence, says co-director

May 1, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another Miss California pageant organizer has confirmed that the pageant paid for winner Carrie Prejean’s breast implants, the Huffington Post reports. “We assisted when Carrie came to us and voiced the interest in having the procedure done,” said co-director Keith Lewis on CBS' Early Show, though “... More »

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Miss USA • beauty pageant • breast implants • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

(Newser) - Carrie Prejean—the Miss USA contestant whose views on gay marriage made her an instant celebrity—now has another media flap to deal with: The organizers of the Miss California pageant say they paid for her to have breast implants, reports Access Hollywood. "It's not a rarity," says... More »

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Miss USA • beauty pageant • breast implants • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

 Miss California 
 'Made Me Laugh': Rosie 

Comedian found gay marriage comment funny

Apr 29, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - It was only a matter of time before Rosie O’Donnell commented on Miss California’s gay marriage drama, but the comic wasn’t too harsh. Carrie Prejean’s comment “made me laugh,” O’Donnell told the New York Daily News. “She said, ‘In America, you... More »

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gay marriage • Rosie O'Donnell • Miss USA • beauty pageant • Cynthia Nixon • Perez Hilton • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

 Miss Cali's Sis 
 Is Gay Rights 
 Activist 

Prejean has no regrets over controversial answer

Apr 21, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - In just one day, Miss California became one of the most well-known opponents of gay marriage—but her sister is a gay rights activist, she revealed to Access Hollywood. “She has her own views,” said Carrie Prejean of her sister. “She debates with my dad all the... More »

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gay marriage • Miss USA • beauty pageant • Carrie Prejean


 Miss NC Grabs 
 Miss USA Crown 

California contestant draws boos, cheers on same-sex marriage answer

Apr 20, 09 5:04 AM CDT
(AP) - North Carolina's Kristen Dalton was crowned Miss USA 2009 in Las Vegas this weekend. The 21-year-old aspiring motivational speaker edged out runners-up from California and Arizona. Dalton will get a New York apartment for the year, a publicity team, a film school scholarship, and an undisclosed salary. In a rare... More »

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Miss USA • beauty pageant • Miss Universe pageant • Kristen Dalton • Miss North Carolina

(AP) - Katie Stam of Indiana was crowned Miss America last night, fighting off a throat infection, laryngitis, and 51 other contestants to win the 88-year-old pageant, the AP reports. The 22-year-old University of Indianapolis student drew loud applause for her rendition of "Via Dolorosa" during the talent portion of the... More »

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beauty pageant • beauty queen • Miss America

Drug Arrest Knocks Crown Off Beauty Queen

Some fear pageant's drug ties run deep

Dec 28, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A Mexican beauty pageant winner lost her title yesterday after being arrested with a top drug trafficker, the New York Daily News reports. Authorities said Miss Sinaloa, Laura Zúñiga Huizar, was collared along with leaders of the Juarez drug cartel, an arsenal of weapons, and $55,000 in... More »

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Mexico • drug trafficking • beauty pageant • beauty queen • drug cartel • drug traffickers

Palin's Old Pals Wonder: Where Did That Shy Girl Go?

Political career a surprise move for quiet youngster

Oct 24, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Those close to Sarah Palin as she was growing up remember her as quiet and reserved—“almost a wallflower type,” said one friend, a far cry from the tough, outspoken campaigner she has become. “I don’t think Sarah ever wanted to lead,” notes a college... More »

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basketball • beauty pageant • city council • Election 2008 • childhood • Sarah Palin • Wasilla

 Palin's 
 Swimsuit 
 Footage 
 Surfaces 

Veep nominee fell short of Miss Alaska in 1984, but footage survived

Sep 28, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Footage has surfaced of the 1984 Miss Alaska competition, in which Sarah Heath—soon to become Palin—struts her stuff in the swimsuit competition, reports the New York Daily News. The blurry video captures an announcer explaining that "Sarah Heath says that she wants to prepare for a career... More »

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Alaska • beauty pageant • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • swimsuit

Pressured Priest: We'll Have Nun
of Catwalks

'Miss Sister' beauty contest canceled

Aug 27, 08 4:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Italian priest's plans for a nun beauty pageant have been nixed by his higher-ups, the BBC reports. Father Antonio Rungi, who said the idea was to highlight the inner beauty of nuns and smash stereotypes of the sisters as old and dour, decided to draw a veil over the... More »

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fashion • Catholic Church • Italy • nuns • beauty pageant • priest • bishop

 Italian Priest Plans Nun Pageant

Online contest pits sisters against each other for 'Miss Sister 2008'

Aug 25, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Italian priest and theologian is out to show the fun side of the sisterhood with “Miss Sister 2008,” an online beauty pageant for nuns. The Rev. Antonio Rungi hopes the contest, which he’ll begin on his blog next month, will fight the stereotype that nuns are... More »

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Catholic Church • nuns • beauty pageant

Heather Mills
to Judge
Miss USA

New divorcee goes from appearing before bench to behind one

Mar 31, 08 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heather Mills, fresh from starring in her own divorce-court drama, is back in the limelight already. Having gone bravely before the judge herself and come away with $48 million of Paul McCartney's money, she's about to judge in the upcoming Miss USA pageant. Donny and Marie Osmond will host the... More »

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Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • Miss USA • beauty pageant • Rob Schneider • Joey Fatone • Kristian Alfonso

Vandal Scandal Mars Another Pageant

Florida beauty queen overcomes mystery dress mess to win

Jan 22, 08 8:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The crime wave besetting American beauty pageants continued this weekend as Miss South Florida Fair had to overcome some skullduggery before claiming her crown, the Palm Beach Post reports. Cops were called after contestant Jessica Wittenbrink  found her ruined dress backstage, vandalized with four red lipstick streaks. Police quizzed her... More »

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Florida • beauty pageant • beauty queen

It's All Greek to Miss Belgium

Beauty queen is no Dutch treat; caretaker PM tries to mend government

Dec 17, 07 2:28 PM CST
(Newser) - The new Miss Belgium sparked fury in Flanders this weekend with her admission that she doesn't speak Dutch, AFP reports. In a country already torn over the Flemish-French conflict that's derailed the government for months, 20-year-old Alizee Poulicek's attempt to speak the language of the country's majority was met with... More »

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Belgium • Netherlands • beauty pageant • language • Flanders • Guy Verhofstadt • Alizee Poulicek

Beauty
Pageant
Turns Ugly

Would-be Miss Universe overcomes pepper spray sabotage

Nov 26, 07 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Ingrid Marie Rivera looked hot at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant—but not in the good way. Pageant officials are investigating who doused the eventual winner's gowns and makeup with pepper spray, the AP reports. Rivera kept her composure before the judges, but once backstage she ripped off her... More »

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Miss Universe • beauty pageant • beauty queen • sabotage • Puerto Rico • pepper spray • Ingrid Marie Rivera • allergic reaction

Teen Contestant All Over Map
in Geo Gaffe

Miss SC explains rambling response
to 'US Americans'

Aug 28, 07 4:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Miss South Carolina Teen USA will have a second crack at answering the question that made her an internet laughing stock. Asked why some Americans cannot locate the US on a map, she launched into a rambling response, referring to  “US Americans," South Africa and “the Iraq.... More »

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South Carolina • beauty pageant • geography • Lauren Caitlin Upton • Miss South Carolina

Mexico Apologizes for Booing Miss USA

Letter comes months after incident at
Miss Universe pageant

Aug 9, 07 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Over 2 months after a Mexico City crowd booed Miss USA during the Miss Universe pageant, a national tourism official today apologized for the “incorrect behavior of a small group.” The blink-and-you-missed-it international incident started during the interview portion of the competition and crested after Rachel Smith fell... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • Miss Universe • Miss USA • beauty pageant • Rachel Smith • pageant • apology

Miss New Jersey Survives Racy Photo Furor

Garden State beauty queen keeps her crown despite Facebook leak

Jul 13, 07 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Miss New Jersey can keep her tiara, say pageant officials who ruled unanimously that risqué photos of the beauty queen leaked from her Facebook page aren't that bad. The images, which Amy Polumbo revealed on the Today Show yesterday, contained no nudity or underage drinking, but did show Polumbo in... More »

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Internet • Facebook • photography • beauty pageant • Miss New Jersey • Amy Polumbo • Miss NJ • beauty queen • Today show

Garden State Beauty Queen Claims Blackmail

Miss New Jersey says private photos came from Facebook page

Jul 6, 07 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The reigning Miss New Jersey says an uncongenial blackmailer is trying to muscle her out of her tiara with untoward photos, the Star Ledger reports. Amy Polumbo, 22, received as many as 12 pictures in the mail last month with a letter demanding she surrender her title to the runner-up.... More »

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Internet • New Jersey • Facebook • beauty • beauty pageant • Miss New Jersey • Amy Polumbo • blackmail • extortion

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