Posted on 05/31/2004 5:02:25 PM PDT by Hildy
A JUDGE in the Miss Universe pageant selected because of his role in Donald Trump's US television reality show The Apprentice has been sacked from the competition panel.
Kwame Jackson, a contestant for the reality show's April 15 final prize - a year-long, US$250,000 ($350,000) job with the billionaire developer - was disqualified by pageant organizers for waving at beauty queens he bumped into in their hotel lobby.
"Kwame is intelligent, charming and we were really looking forward to him judging on our panel," pageant president Paula Shugart said in a statement. "But his interaction with the delegates, albeit unintentional, is strictly prohibited."
The pageant statement quoted Jackson saying he was "disappointed and disheartened" and "honestly had no idea that (the hotel) was off limits."
"I was meeting up with some friends who had flown in to support me, when I was recognized by some of the delegates," the 29-year-old New Yorker and Harvard University graduate said. "As a natural human response, I extended my hand to greet them."
Kwame is a loser!
Just had to have his 'posse' there with him. Arrgghh. There is something so very "nouveau riche" about these wannabee celebs.
Jackson got his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina.
When will they learn?
What a Crock. Somebody cares? The winner has already been picked according to whatever political correctness is in power this year.
What, Kwame isn't a Marxist? Isn't that required for admission to Harvard as an undergraduate?
Trust a "brother" to have difficulty with his eyes... hehe
If he were described as a Harvard grad, would that be sufficient? The business school is a part of the university, so that description is correct. I graduated from Harvard Law School. I understand myself to be a Harvard grad. Am I wrong? Btw, as a sidenote, I do not think getting into the undergraduate program these days is as tough as it used to be . . . like 20 or 30 years ago.
Harvard University, despite all we know about the political leanings of its faculty, is a helluva tough school to get into, even for Affirmative Action admissions. It takes only the top kids out of high school. The brightest kids in the country go to Harvard, Yale or Princeton -- and some to Stanford. The competition is incredibly stiff.
It irks me that this guy Kwame Jackson (a nice enough guy it seems to me; this is nothing against him) is getting credit left and right for a degree he does not have. I worked with a guy who got a Harvard MBA and I know for a fact that it takes very little to get into the school. Basically all he had to do was guarantee that the company he then worked for would pick up the bill and he was in.
"But his interaction with the delegates, albeit unintentional,
Unintentional? Yeah right. "I was just a spinning around and my hand kept contacting the female anatomy. Really, it was accidental. I was just trying to show them that I be cool."
By the way, Kwame Jackson knows it too.
I remember reading one of the girls from the Apprentice said that Kwame was a real Hound Dog. Nothing like he appeared on TV!!!
what's the point of being a judge if you can't ...you know....
I should also note that getting into Harvard Law is a helluva lot tougher than getting into Harvard's not very distinguished business school.
I graduated from the University of Parris Island. I'll kick your Harvard @ss any day of the week. ;)
No offense taken. Thanks for the enlightenment. :-)
He showed me some pictures of her taken I think, at a restaurant and I would have never guessed she was a beauty queen.
On a scale of 1 to 10 I would have given her a 7.5 maybe an 8.
Go to any American University or high school and you will see lots of prettier girls.
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