Christina Silva was crowned Miss California USAover a week ago and I hope she enjoyed her time with the crown, because a week is all she’s going to get with it.
Pageant officials announced yesterday that there was an accounting mix-up and the wrong girl was crowned. Second runner-up, Raquel Beezely, was the rightful winner. Christina was forced to give up the crown to Raquel. Officials called it a “human error.”
“They never could explain their accounting error, but told me that if I didn’t give up my crown to Miss Beezely, my personal integrity could be questioned, and my career could potentially suffer.” Christina has hired an attorney and is looking at her options.”
Beauty pageant drama is the best.
What others said:
Dlisted says, “She better watch her ass! Something tells me we have another “pepper-spray incident” coming on. Christina is going to go undercover and get a job at the Miss USA pageant and sabotage that bitch!”
Extra commenter says, “What happened to “Your are FIRED”!!! Practice what you preach, Mr. Trump. Are you getting weak. First you forgive Miss Connor, now this? What is next becoming best friends with Rosie O’Donnell?? Can’t wait to see you both together on the red carpet.”
My wife called to tell me that Peter Yarrow of “Peter, Paul, and Mary” fame was going to be on the Tony Kornheiser Show on Washington Post radio talking about an incident where the former sleepwalked into the latter’s home.
I couldn’t find anything about the incident on GoogleNews and finally found this on Wikipedia:
In the early morning hours of March 28, 2007, Yarrow was allegedly involved in a strange incident in Washington, D.C. A man claiming to be Yarrow, disoriented after a long flight from Israel, walked into the home of Tony Kornheiser, a sportswriter for The Washington Post. Mr. Kornheiser’s wife, Karril, confronted the stranger who at that point began apologizing for his mistake and identified himself as Peter Yarrow from Peter, Paul, and Mary. He claimed that he was looking for a house with the same address but on a nearby street and that his confused condition was the result of jet lag. He left, and the police were not called. Mrs. Kornheiser neglected even to mention the incident to her husband until the following evening- to his great annoyance (being an avid fan of Yarrow’s music). On his daily radio show, Tony Kornheiser has speculated (jokingly) that because Yarrow has not contacted him to apologize for the incident, the person must have been the “Peter Yarrow burglar”, a burglar whose method is to impersonate Peter Yarrow in order to avoid capture. The Israel alibi is suspect, as the website for “Peter, Paul and Mary” lists a performance in Providence, Rhode Island on March 24, 2007.
I’m listening to the show now and Yarrow admits to the incident, although he sticks by his Israel story. He and Kornheiser are having a great time with the whole thing. Yarrow says Kornheiser’s home is much nicer than that of the friend he was intending to visit.
Kornheiser: “When did you sense that something was wrong?”
Yarrow: “When your wife came out in that extraordinary negligee.”
Kornheiser: “When you saw her, what went through your mind.”
Yarrow: “I was focused on apologizing to her and making sure she wasn’t frightened.”
Mr. Tony apparently slept through the whole thing, until his wife woke him when Yarrow left.
Tony is a big fan of PPM and is “thrilled” by the whole thing. Yarrow promises to sign any and all albums Kornheiser wishes and thanks him profusely for not suing.
You thought Tara Connor, Miss USA, was naughty? She’s got nothin’ on Katie Rees, Miss Nevada, who she beat out for the title.
TMZ has learned that Katie Rees, Miss Nevada USA 2007, has been stripped of her title after racy photos emerged of her kissing other women and exposing herself. Miss Nevada is in red. TMZ has exclusively obtained the entire graphic series.
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Pageant spokeswoman Lark-Marie Anton told TMZ that that while Donald Trump approved Miss Nevada’s dethroning, it was Shugart who ultimately made the decision. “Mr. Trump runs a billion-dollar real estate company, besides owning the pageant,” she said, “His priorities are the title holders — Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.” Anton added that these types of decisions are made all the time, they are just more high-profile now, in light of the current scandal involving Miss USA Tara Conner.
The demand for naughty, lesbian beauty queens knows no bounds.
Plenty more photos where that came from, too. All have that annoying red star on the good parts, though.
The organizers of the Miss USA pageant said Thursday they are evaluating the “behavioral and personal issues” of the reigning winner and will decide her future within a week.
Pageant officials and Donald Trump, who co-owns the Miss Universe Organization with NBC, would not say what Kentucky native Tara Conner, 20, had done to prompt the serious evaluation. “I can’t really talk about it now,” Trump said. “But we have to make a decision. There is no question about that.”
Internet gossip Web site TMZ.com reported that pageant officials and NBC met Tuesday to discuss Conner’s alleged bad behavior, “including her conduct at New York City bars.” The Web site did not name its sources.
Miss USA is considered a role model and must act accordingly, said Lark-Marie Anton, spokeswoman for the Miss Universe Organization, which produces the Miss USA pageant. Behavior such as underage drinking is clearly prohibited, she said.
TMZ has learned that officials from the Miss USA pageant will make a “major announcement” today and may strip reigning Miss USA Tara Conner of her title due to inappropriate behavior.
Sources tell TMZ that executives from the Miss USA organization and NBC (which broadcasts the pageant) met Tuesday to discuss Conner and alleged incidents of her inappropriate behavior, including her conduct at New York City bars. While no one from the pageant would comment on the rumored troubles, several sources tell TMZ that a big announcement is expected some time Thursday. According to these sources, officials are extremely unhappy with the current Miss USA’s conduct in public.
Pageant rules say that if Connor is removed, first runner-up Miss California Tamiko Nash will assume the duties of Miss USA and complete the remainder of the beauty queen’s reign. When TMZ contacted a rep for Nash, we were told they could “neither confirm nor deny” that she would be taking over the title.
Pageant officials have released a statement on the matter:
The Miss USA Organization has issued the following statement: “Miss USA Tara Conner has not been dethroned. The Miss Universe Organization and Mr. Donald J. Trump will be evaluating her behavioral and personal issues to see what we can do to work with her, and what we will do about her reign going forward. Mr. Trump will make a determination and announcement within the coming week.”
Some additional photos of Tara Conner, Miss USA for at least a while longer:
Mr. T has given himself a makeover. The former television action star shed the piles of gold chains that were his signature look after witnessing the destruction from Hurricane Katrina.
“As a spiritual man, I felt it would be a sin against my God for me to wear all that gold again because I spent a lot of time with the less fortunate,” the actor said Thursday at the Television Critics Association’s summer meeting. “I saw some, I call it `sorry celebrities.’ They’ll go down there and hook up with the people to take a photo-op. I said, `How disgusting.’ If you’re not going to go down there with a check and a hammer and a nail to help the people, don’t go down there.”
Mr. T, whose real name is Lawrence Tero, stars in “I Pity the Fool” debuting in October on TV Land. He dispenses advice to viewers who are struggling with life’s problems.
Readers under 35 are likely asking themselves, “Mr. Who?” The rest of us find this story quite amusing, I assure you.
Jessica Alba, considered by some to be the world’s sexiest woman, graces the cover of the British version of laddie mag FHM. She also graces the inside with a nice photo spread.
Miu von Furstenberg asks and answers the question that I’m sure is on all of your minds as you look at these images: “How does Jessica Alba stay in shape (as seen here in this sexy British FHM Collections (Spring/Summer 2006) shoot)? Tae-bo.”
Elsewhere around the celebrity blogosphere:
Hollywood Tuna is “a little disappointed that FHM didn’t feature her best body part: her ass. I mean, what’s Jessica Alba without the booty? It’s like doing a Pamela Anderson pictorial and not showing her breasts.”
Phil at Egotastic goes even further in disparaging the shoot. “Is it just me, or does Jessica Alba look extremely boring in these pictures from FHM? It’s one thing to have no presence on screen, but could she possibly look any more vacant than she does in this photoshoot? I dare say if she was a contestant on America’s Next Top Model, she would be going home this week.”
While I disagree with his assessment, his criticism is at least constructive, offering links to several other Jessica Alba photo galleries that readers might find more interesting. Two of them, “Jessica Alba’s Ass is Distracting” and “More Jessica Alba Bikini Pictures,” would likely very much appeal to Mr. Tuna.
“They never could explain their accounting error, but told me that if I didn’t give up my crown to Miss Beezely, my personal integrity could be questioned, and my career could potentially suffer.” Christina has hired an attorney and is looking at her options.”
