Beauty queen says she's shocked by $5 million ruling
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pennsylvania beauty queen who resigned after alleging that the Miss USA pageant had been fixed says she is stunned by an arbitrator's ruling that she must pay the pageant organization $5 million for defamation.
Former Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/UfGJ8P ) that the "most logical course" would be to contest the ruling, but she's considering her options.
Arbitrator Theodore Katz says Monnin's allegations that finalists had been selected in advance were false, harmful and malicious and cost the pageant a $5 million fee from a potential 2013 sponsor.
Monnin points to a Miss USA contract clause giving top pageant officials the power to pick the top five finalists and the winner, but a company official calls that a catch-all that's never been used.
Former Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/UfGJ8P ) that the "most logical course" would be to contest the ruling, but she's considering her options.
Arbitrator Theodore Katz says Monnin's allegations that finalists had been selected in advance were false, harmful and malicious and cost the pageant a $5 million fee from a potential 2013 sponsor.
Monnin points to a Miss USA contract clause giving top pageant officials the power to pick the top five finalists and the winner, but a company official calls that a catch-all that's never been used.
What now days isn't rigged in some way? It is just a matter of if you get caught.
Pretty dumb,if you ask me.
Of course it's fixed.
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They're all fixed. It's all about politics and behind-the-scenes finagling.
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This is just another industry whose purpose is to make money,
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Beauty, in its real sense, has nothing to do with any part of it.
Let me tell you how this worked out for you... You are a hater who couldn't shut her mouth, as a result this cost the pageant 5 million dollars which is what you have to pay... My advise, yes, you are very attractive, but that does not give you the right to hate on others.. Grow up beach !
 @dougrpdx It was pretty obvious that she stated facts when it first came out - other participants backed her story until they were threatened and bullied into withdrawing their statements. This judgement is a clear case of "money talks" - and this time, it said that money can do as it damn well pleases.
 @dougrpdx Hater is an overused and misused term. One does not "hate" if they call attention to something they believe is wrong. In fact, hater has replaced the word jealous in the American lexicon. So, replace the words jealous in every sentence that has hater (as in ...don't be jealous, you're just jealous, etc) in it and realize how really stupid it makes you sound.
 @AnonaZoo Right.. you know what.. you sound like a hateful hipster trying to twist words... Try that on someone less intelligent ok ... Loser !
 @dougrpdx  @AnonaZoo and now you are using the term loser? I am shaking my head at you.Â
Frank Zappa had a good take on folks like this "beauty" queen: Plastic People. Google it and listen to the words.
Personally, she and her type turn me off.
 @Gravity Works! Well... I would not say they turn me off.
How ironic. How many surgeries and how much goes into all the hair and make-up..and she's accusing the PAGEANT of BEING FAKE? I'd tell her to go look in the mirror, but that's pretty much what she spends her life doing already. Pretty sad really. No wonder so many girls rebel from that nonsense, and they decide to go butch instead. Â
 @KillsGermsOnContact Girls rebel anyway, just like water is wet and the sky is blue
And is any part of her real either?
 @ipickbadnames "she's more machine now than woman, twisted and evil"
Better find something else to do with that body honey. Maybe you can earn some money and start paying your bill.
Doesn't this pretty much confirm that it's rigged?
Well I guess when you're only talent is your looks, you have to find some way to make a name for yourself. Hers backfired on her though....
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Mnnin's daddy and her attorney aren't on the hook for the $5 million; she's young; she can make money as a centerfold.
Wouldn't be surprised if it indeed is rigged. Lots of money can be made by betting underground. Pretty sure that's where the money was lost. As for Ms. PA: go eat a steak