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VIDEOThe director of the 2025 Miss Universe pageant in Thailand sure gave off strong Colonel Saito vibes when he berated Miss Mexico as a "dumbhead." This caused a walkout by the other contestants as the poor director screamed at them to STOP! Later the director, in an act of public humiliation, apologized during a ceremony for acting like a jerk. You just know he felt inside like Colonel Saito did when he was forced to backtrack on his rule about officers having to work on the Bridge On The River Kwai. Interestingly, that bridge in reality is also located in...

I'm so furious that I'm about to throw a shoe at my TV screen. Right now, I'm watching the pre-show on Telemundo for the Miss Universe Pageant, which will be broadcast from Israel tonight at 8PM on FOX and on Telemundo.Since it's the 70th anniversary of the pageant, the hosts of the pre-show are reminiscing through the decades and analyzing all of the owners and host countries. When the got to Trump's tenure (1996-2015), one of the hosts, Lupita Jones (who was Miss Universe 1991, representing Mexico) went on full blast, saying that Trump offended and alienated all Latin Americans...

<p>"It feels great to represent my country [Mexico]. If I were from a cold country, like Russia or even the United States, where that human quality is different, it would feel different to represent those countries. I want to represent people who are actually warm and who have a heart."</p>