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PageantCast News Desk (Free subscription) | yesterday
On this day in 1984, 21-year-old Vanessa Williams gives up her Miss America title, the first resignation in the pageant’s history, after Penthouse magazine announces plans to publish nude photos of the beauty queen in its September issue. Williams originally made history on September 17, 1983, when she became the first black woman to win the Miss America crown. Miss New Jersey, Suzette Charles, the...
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Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
BIODUN IGINLA, BBC News, New York LEAD STORY July 23, 1984 Miss America resigns On this day in 1984, 21-year-old Vanessa Williams gives up her Miss America title, the first resignation in the pageant’s history,… MORE > GENERAL INTEREST 1952: Military seizes power in Egypt 1967: The 12th Street riot AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1793: Connecticut Patriot Roger Sherman dies AUTOMOTIVE 1903: First Ford model [...]...
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BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Sophia A. Nelson, Washington Post There she is — no, not Miss America, but the Angela-Davis-Afro-wearing, machine-gun-toting, angry, unpatriotic Michelle Obama, greeting her husband with a fist bump instead of a kiss on the cheek. It was supposed to be satire, but the caricature of Barack Obama and his wife that appeared on the cover of the [...]
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PageantCast News Desk (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
PRESS CONTACT: Sharon Pearce Miss America Organization 609.653-8700 x117 sharon@missamerica.org PLANET HOLLYWOOD RESORT & CASINO TO HOST 2009 MISS AMERICA LIVE! on TLC Saturday, January 24, 2009 Two-Hour Pageant Event Returns to Las Vegas and Will Air Live on TLC The 2009 Miss America Live! event returns to Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for a week of preliminary competitions, culminating...
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NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Brett Favre is not the first high-profile athlete to act this shocked that the parade could somehow go on without him. It means Favre is now the latest of your immortal-type legends to stumble like he's the one wearing Miss USA's high heels.
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Vegas File (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
The official announcements are days away but Luxe Life can go “on the record” with the news that both the Miss America and the Miss USA beauty pageants are heading back to Vegas -– and this time around they might be here to stay! Planet Hollywood chieftain Robert Earl appears to have cornered the beauty pageant business as he’s successfully landed both prestigious events –- and a third may even be...
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Make me Heal (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Last night crowned Miss Universe 2008. Miss Venezuela Danyana Mendoza took home the crowning honor. Miss USA slipped and fell for the second year in a row, with a video seen round the Internet. And many of the contestants seemed to be all natural. This could be because some countries have rules about contestants with plastic surgery. But [...]
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Uncoached (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Which Jennifer do you prefer? The one on the right or the one gagged on the left? Unfortunately the only realistic way most men can attain this woman is by means utilized on the left. Here’s one for thought. No one is around for miles. She just died of natural [...]
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KOMO - News - Entertainment (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Monday in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row.
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Newsgasm (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Miss USA Crystle Stewart had a little comment about her fall last night at the Miss Universe pageant in Vietnam, "I think I'm going to have to take some walking classes...My dress has beautiful beads on the bottom of it,...
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Buyer Behaviour (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
By now most people know that Miss Venezuela has been crowned Miss Universe 2008 . And that Miss USA tripped and fell, and that its happened now, two years in a row. But will people remember which of the contestants made it to the final five? Just for the record, that included four from Latin America: Miss Mexico, Miss Dominican Republic, Miss Colombia and Miss Venezuela. Rounding out the final five...
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ac360blog (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
In case you missed it, Miss USA did it again and slipped during the evening competition.
