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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Dec 19, 2006 11:52:14 GMT -5
Donald Trump, and NBC, who co-own the Miss USA Pagent, are considering firing the current Miss USA, Tara Conners, for excessive partying, drug use, and kissing other women at night clubs including Miss Teen USA, according to Today show host, Meradith Viera.
Don't you just love hard news? ;D
Vote!
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Post by theevan on Dec 19, 2006 11:54:15 GMT -5
That's enriching. I feel nobler. Thanks.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Dec 19, 2006 11:59:51 GMT -5
No need to thank me Evan, I am to serve. I miss frequently, however.  Mike |
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Post by majorminor on Dec 19, 2006 12:15:43 GMT -5
Yes I would.....in a heartbeat...uh...what was the question?
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Post by Russell Letson on Dec 19, 2006 12:20:03 GMT -5
I'm sitting with my morning coffee, wondering how many people got murdered in Iraq overnight, whether they've found the climbers in Washington State, how they caught the Ipswich serial killer, whether the new global-warming report I heard about is going to get any reaction, what the take on the telecom merger is going to be--and I get top-story, real-time coverage of Miss USA's partying crisis. The only notable tidbit is that the defender of morality is Donald Effing Trump, the serial marrier of trashy blondes. What's next--investigative series on Martin vs. Taylor?
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Post by mccoyblues on Dec 19, 2006 14:10:08 GMT -5
They should have known. Take a Kentucky girl to NYC and give her a free apartment and cash....
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Post by billhammond on Dec 19, 2006 14:12:20 GMT -5
GOD BE PRAISED!!!!!
Miss USA Tara Conner, who had come under criticism amid rumors she had been frequenting bars while underage, will be allowed to keep her title, Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
"I've always been a believer in second chances," Trump, who owns the Miss Universe Organization with NBC, said with Conner at his side.
Trump said he and Conner had met earlier Tuesday morning.
"She left a small town in Kentucky and she was telling me that she got caught up in the whirlwind of New York," Trump said at a news conference. "It's a story that has happened many times before to many women and many men who came to the Big Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ). They wanted their slice of the Big Apple and they found out it wasn't so easy."
Conner won the title in April and has been living in New York. Recent media accounts of heavy drinking brought a storm of criticism since she was underage at the time. She turned 21 on Monday.
In a tear-choked voice, Conner said, "In no way did I think it would be possible for a second chance to be given to me."
Turning to Trump, she said, "You'll never know what this means to me, and I swear I will not let you down."
Trump said Conner would be entering rehab. A pageant official said details would be worked out privately with Conner over the next weeks.
"I think Tara is going to be the great comeback kid," Trump said.
If Conner had been dethroned, her title would have been taken over by first runner-up Miss California Tamiko Nash.
Conner, a 5-foot-5 blonde, has been competing in pageants since age 4. After winning the Miss USA title in April, she finished fourth in the Miss Universe pageant in July.
In 2002, Miss Russia Oxana Fedorova won the Miss Universe pageant but was stripped of her title after violating her contract. Trump said Fedorova didn't show up for some photo shoots and charity events. It was the first time a titleholder had been ousted in the contest's more than 50-year history. Fedorova denied she was fired and said she gave up the title voluntarily.
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Post by Cribbs on Dec 19, 2006 14:27:30 GMT -5
THIS JUST IN!!!
New York City, NY - With music from RUSH blaring in the background, Miss USA Tara Conner -- just hours ago announced to be allowed to retain her title, celebrated by snorting 5 lines of cocaine off Ann Coulter's tummy, after which she open-mouth kissed Hillary Clinton and proclaimed to the sky that "there is no better drummer than Neil Peart!"
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Post by Village Idiot on Dec 19, 2006 14:28:51 GMT -5
Originally posted by Russel Leston:
Now that's a funny line, Russel!
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Post by billhammond on Dec 19, 2006 14:42:15 GMT -5
Originally posted by Russel Leston: Now that's a funny line, Russel! |
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Post by Russell Letson on Dec 19, 2006 15:21:50 GMT -5
This from Bill "That's Hammond with Two Ems (and Eggs Over Easy)"--? (Actually, no em-dashes in this font--gotta settle for a pair of hyphens. Unless somebody's got jacks.)
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Post by Russell Letson on Dec 19, 2006 15:23:05 GMT -5
And if nobody's got a jack, we'll just call triple-A to fix the flat.
(And do an edit to fix the joke.)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2006 17:31:54 GMT -5
Thank goodness for such updates.... I'll sleep much better!  |
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Dec 19, 2006 20:21:00 GMT -5
Oh my God!!!
I thought Bill's post above about Miss USA's tearful apology and going into rehab was a bit of funny satire, like something out of the Onion.
But I just saw it on the evening news!
How freakin' stupid.
Mike
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Post by aquaduct on Dec 20, 2006 2:05:50 GMT -5
Dammit! No friggin' video?!?
What the hell is happening to lurid celebrity news?
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Post by andrewg on Dec 20, 2006 7:19:17 GMT -5
So, um, is Donny, like, you know, and her....?
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Post by timfarney on Dec 20, 2006 7:34:08 GMT -5
OK, all we have to do is just go ahead and admit this is a beauty contest and we don't have an issue.  Tim |
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Post by guitone on Dec 20, 2006 9:20:59 GMT -5
OK, all we have to do is just go ahead and admit this is a beauty contest and we don't have an issue. Tim I was just gonna go and look for a link, and I stand by my vote, I volunteer. Nice looking girl, the kind I never ever could get close too, she'll never know what she missed, and probably she won't care.  |
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Post by theevan on Dec 20, 2006 9:36:36 GMT -5
Like I voted, po' thing needs a spanking.
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Post by Supertramp78 on Dec 20, 2006 11:10:09 GMT -5
who said he only marries trashy blondes? Now he is getting married to trashy brunettes.  Meet the current Mrs. Trump. |
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