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Miss Washington USA struggles for support in a 'women's rights state' (OF COURSE there are pictures)
The Seattle P.I. ^
| Monica Guzman
Posted on 02/20/2009 7:34:36 AM PST by Stoat
The Washington women who compete for the dream of becoming Miss USA are each year met with a hard choice: Take on thousands of dollars of debt or fall behind the competition.

Tara Turnure is the Miss Washington USA 2009 (Pageants NW)
"This is a little bit of a shock when you don't know what it's going to take," said Tara Turnure, a 22-year-old Seattle native and Washington's representative at April's Miss USA pageant. "Now I'm like, 'Gosh, I leave in six weeks, and I'm still seeking sponsorship.'"
On Tuesday Turnure sent out a press release through her personal publicist, Annette Morecraft, asking for financial support a move that took Miss Washington USA pageant director David Van Maren by surprise.
It's not that Turnure doesn't have enough to get by; her crown covers hotel, air fare, a $1,000 gown and other basics for the big event. But according to her predecessors, that's not enough to win. And in a state more excited about bike helmets than pageant crowns, finding enough money to win is a tough proposition.
"I ended up just paying for it on my own, and I'm in debt along with all the girls from the past," said Michelle Font, Miss Washington USA 2008. Font said she spent about $10,000 on makeup, cosmetics, treatments, a personal trainer, 15 new outfits for the two-week pageant run-up and trips to Puerto Rico and New York to train with her pageant coach and meet with her custom dress designer.
"I'm still paying it off," she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: beautypageant; misswashington; pageant; taraturnure; washington; washingtonstate
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To: JackRyanCIA
She looks just like my third wife?She looks like my second wife. Of course, I've only been married once...
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posted on
02/20/2009 8:02:42 AM PST
by
Onelifetogive
(Let's get to altering or abolishing!)
To: Slings and Arrows; numberonepal
Thank you both very much for pinging your lists :-)
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posted on
02/20/2009 8:07:10 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: numberonepal
Blessed is the ping!!!!
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posted on
02/20/2009 8:10:49 AM PST
by
IrishPennant
("We're surrounded...That simplifies our problem.")
To: Stoat
Hate to be the turd in the punchbowl here, but maybe hard times have dried up the sources of money for “beauty” contests disguised as scholarship events. Maybe enough people have seen pictures of Jon Benet Ramsey to realize what b!tches these competitions turn young women into.
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posted on
02/20/2009 8:11:07 AM PST
by
hunter112
(SHRUG - Stop Hussein's Radical Utopian Gameplan!)
To: Stoat
Breathtakingly beautiful, and conservative, too? Wow...
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posted on
02/20/2009 8:13:40 AM PST
by
Marauder
(Politicians use words the way squids use ink.)
To: Onelifetogive
She looks like my second wife. Of course, I've only been married once... That's the funniest line I read all day.
Personally, I wouldn't kick her out of bed, unless she wanted to do it on the floor.
To: Stoat
I shall file this under "women who wouldn't touch me with a 40 foot pole from inside of a hazmat suit."
Very captivating eyes.
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posted on
02/20/2009 8:14:31 AM PST
by
JamesP81
(I shall give their president the same respect they gave mine)
To: Chuckster
Is the PI still being published? I thought it was defunct, or nearly so.
They're on their way out, but I don't remember the exact date they're shutting the doors.
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posted on
02/20/2009 8:16:29 AM PST
by
JamesP81
(I shall give their president the same respect they gave mine)
To: All
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posted on
02/20/2009 8:20:39 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: Stoat
“I leave in six weeks, and I’m still seeking sponsorship.’”...
This is not the kind of thing that would interest the whack left in Seattle. She would have plenty of sponsorship if she painted herself green and said she was going to solve global warming.
To: Stoat
Very nice!...The only “women” I saw when I worked in Seattle were kakai pants wearing, rude lesbo’s.....
To: Stoat
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posted on
02/20/2009 8:35:55 AM PST
by
GOP Poet
To: housedeep
I would be able to offer her a stimulus package... I could giver a job where she works under me too.
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posted on
02/20/2009 8:40:31 AM PST
by
llevrok
(The word "shan't" should be used more.)
To: Stoat
Paging FBN: Alexis Glick’s replacement is on line one from Seattle.
To: RinaseaofDs
If she is a conservative Fox News will have a desk waiting for her.
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posted on
02/20/2009 8:53:59 AM PST
by
Armed Civilian
("Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.")
To: JackRyanCIA
She looks just like my third wife? :-)
If you are on number 4, you're a fool.
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posted on
02/20/2009 11:53:13 AM PST
by
rmlew
To: Stoat
Viagra, Cialis, Levitra, Extenze, Trojans, Durex, Vaseline, .....
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posted on
02/20/2009 11:54:18 AM PST
by
rmlew
To: Libertina; narses; Avid Coug; RedinaBlue; trustandhope; SoldierMedic; Global2010; Keith Brown; ...
Fine, but I think Mrs. Sionnsar is more deserving of my hard-earned income. Thanks to
Stoat for the ping.

Say WA? Evergreen State ping
Quick link: WA State Board
FReepmail sionnsar if you want on or off this ping list.
Ping sionnsar if you see a Washington state related thread.
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posted on
02/20/2009 6:20:55 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | REAL Stimulus: Apply paddles, shout "CLEAR!")
To: Stoat
Hiya Stoat! Been wondering where you’ve been - greeeeaaatt excuse!!
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posted on
02/20/2009 7:00:01 PM PST
by
4woodenboats
(Whoa, Bambi, Whoa. Back that thought into the barn and don't let it out till it's grown up.)
To: sionnsar
Thank you very much for pinging the Washington list :-)
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posted on
02/21/2009 6:21:07 AM PST
by
Stoat
(Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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