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Does Donald Trump fix the Miss Universe pageant?
Fox News ^ | 9-2-09

Posted on 09/02/2009 11:04:38 AM PDT by Justaham

The choreograpaher for the Miss Universe pageant, Michael Schwandt, said in an interview that Donald Trump hand picks six of the 15 Miss Universe finalists, and that the judges are only responsible for the final nine.

"His reason for doing so, as he told me and he’s told the girls before, is that he left it all up to preliminary judging in the past and some of the most beautiful women, in his opinion, were not in the top fifteen and he was kind of upset about that," Schwandt told the website Guanabee.com. "And he decided that he would pick a certain number and let the judges pick a certain number."

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: missuniverse; pageant; trump

1 posted on 09/02/2009 11:04:39 AM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham
Well, it is his stupid contest.
2 posted on 09/02/2009 11:06:21 AM PDT by krb (Obama is a miserable failure.)
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To: Justaham

He owns the pagent. He makes the rules.


3 posted on 09/02/2009 11:06:39 AM PDT by elizabethgrace (WORLD CHAMPIONS - Park View Little League - Chula Vista, CA !!!!!!)
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To: Justaham

Its his show, his rules..


4 posted on 09/02/2009 11:07:01 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: krb

And it was his choice to have a faggot as a judge to determine the best looking woman.


5 posted on 09/02/2009 11:07:46 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Justaham
some of the most beautiful women, in his opinion, were not in the top fifteen

Aren't at least half the judges women or gay?

6 posted on 09/02/2009 11:09:19 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Obi-Wan Palin: Strike her down and she shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.)
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To: Justaham

Does Trump have some sort of deal with FOX news? Why should we care how he runs his own business?


7 posted on 09/02/2009 11:10:03 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: pnh102
"Does Trump have some sort of deal with FOX news? Why should we care how he runs his own business?"

I don't know about FoxNews broadcast, but their website is designed and managed as if it's done by 15 year-old boys, which explains the frequency of the Trump and beauty pageant stories.

8 posted on 09/02/2009 11:14:32 AM PDT by OldDeckHand (No Socialized Medicine, No Way, No How, No Time)
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To: pnh102

“Why should we care how he runs his own business?”

It’s not a matter of should we care, its wheter we should know that its rigged. Trump is free to do what he wants with his pagent, but now we know it really works rather than pretending its entirely up to the judges.


9 posted on 09/02/2009 11:16:32 AM PDT by Hacklehead (Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
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To: mnehring

The last two times I watched a show Trump was associated with (apprentice) he was trying to sell some overpriced $50 million apartment of his both times.. totally unrelated to the shows storyline.


10 posted on 09/02/2009 11:32:05 AM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: Justaham
...he left it all up to preliminary judging in the past and some of the most beautiful women, in his opinion, were not in the top fifteen and he was kind of upset about that,"

Well, if he's going to hire gay and female judges, what does he expect? If he wants someone to identify beautiful women, it would be a good idea to start with judges who are actually attracted to women.

11 posted on 09/02/2009 11:39:49 AM PDT by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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To: Justaham

Do you want Perez Hilton picking the winners?


12 posted on 09/02/2009 12:18:15 PM PDT by Jack Wilson
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