EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Miss USA Pageant Secretly Investigating Winner Rima Fakih's Stripper Photos
Posted on May 17, 2010 @ 06:30PM - 35 comments
Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant is looking into a stripper pole scandal that has engulfed newly crowned winner Rima Fakih on Day One of her reign. Radio host Mojo from Detroit's Mojo In The Morning told RadarOnline.com that a pageant spokesperson called their station "asking for the pictures and wanting to know more details."
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He also told RadarOnline.com that pageant officials “asked for any unreleased photos that we have. We do have a few, but we're not sending them out. When we asked if everything was ok and if it would affect her crown, they said they couldn't make a comment on that right now."
Mojo In The Morning held an event at The Coliseum gentlemen's club in Detroit in 2007 called "Stripper 101" in which Fakih was a contestant. "Rima was one of the girls that won most of the contests that day. We do a pole dancing contest, lap dance contest and booty popping contest," Mojo told RadarOnline.com Monday morning. "She won a personal stripping pole for your house and we had an adult company that gave away all kinds of toys and dirty things that make me blush."
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A source close to the Miss USA pageant tells RadarOnline.com, "This is not a big deal and isn’t going to affect her crown. Miss USA Rima Fakih is a great representative of Miss USA."
But a second source close to the pageant told RadarOnline.com that officials are definitely looking into it, taking the matter seriously and looking to limit potential damage.
Mojo said that when the pageant spokesperson called his station, "They were not happy about the photos. They don't want this out there. I asked if something was wrong and they told me they couldn't comment on that and just needed to make a determination.
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"Rima's a good girl. She was so incredible at the event and we don't think it should be a reflection of her Miss USA title," Mojo continued. "There are doctors and lawyers that are a part of those events we do, so we don't think the pageant should look at this in a negative way."
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The Miss Universe organization had no comment when contacted by RadarOnline.com.
VIDEO: Arab-American From Michigan Crowned 2010 Miss USA
Posted on May 17, 2010 @ 05:31AM - 27 comments
A 24-year-old Arab American from Michigan beat out 50 other women to capture the 2010 Miss USA title on Sunday night, in spite of nearly taking a spill in her evening gown, RadarOnline.com can report.
Rima Fakih of Dearborn, Michigan won the crown at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas after strutting confidently in an orange and gold bikini, wearing a strapless white gown that resembled a wedding dress, and saying health insurance should cover birth control pills.
When asked how she felt about winning the crown, she responded, "Ask me after I've had a pizza."
The Miss USA 2010 Swimwear Presentation
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Check out the Miss USA 2010 Swimwear Presentation
Miss Kentucky Takes a Tumble
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2010 Miss America Preliminary Bikini Competition
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VIDEO: Miss America Engaged! Surprise Proposal On Last Day Of Her Reign
Posted on Jan 30, 2010 @ 10:30AM - 6 comments
Soon-to-be former Miss America, Katie Stam, capped off her final night wearing the crown with another sparkling accessory – a diamond engagement ring.
Stam’s boyfriend, Brian Irk, stunned Katie - and hundreds of onlookers – as he made the bold proposal, at the Evening of Dreams gala of the 2010 Miss America Pageant at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, last night.
As this video shows, Brian took to the stage to get down on bended knee.
‘I am obviously not going to be able to change some things,’ he told the crowd.
‘The fact that she likes Oreos and she doesn’t like to work out, however, there is one thing that I can change tonight,’ he added, to screams both on and off stage.
Anticipating the proposal, a shocked and stunning Katie, dressed in a long back dress, put her hands on her face and cried, before nodding her head.
The couple has been together for more than four years.
The engagement set off a huge weekend in Sin City, where tonight, a group of 53 beauty queens will attempt to woo a panel of judges in hopes of winning the Miss America 2010 crown.
The winner, crowned by Katie, gets a $50,000 scholarship and embarks on a yearlong run with the title to represent the organization and raise awareness for her chosen platform.
The 89-year-old pageant will be televised live on cable network TLC and is hosted by actor and "Extra" host Mario Lopez.
The panel of judges will be headlined by conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
EXCLUSIVE: Gloria Allred to Carrie Prejean: "Sexting" Is A Crime
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 @ 01:34PM - 28 comments
Never one to shy away from a tough situation, powerhouse attorney Gloria Allred is taking on Carrie Prejean with an open letter to the former Miss America.
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In the letter, exclusively obtained by RadarOnline.com, Allred takes Prejean to task for her recent confessions regarding "sexting" with her then boyfriend when she was a teenager.
Carrie Prejean: If I'm A Bigot, So Is The President!
Posted on Nov 10, 2009 @ 05:59PM - 65 comments
Defending her views against gay marriage, former Miss California Carrie Prejean continues to stir controversy. The former beauty queen's new book Still Standing contains a passage that is bound to raise eyebrows.
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Writing about her hysteria-making moment during the Miss USA pageant, Carrie says: "But like most Californians and a certain candidate for president from Illinois, I believed then and I believe now that marriage should be a legally recognized sacrament between a man and a woman. If that makes me a bigot, so is Barack Obama."
(Note to Carrie: Don't expect an invitation to the White House any time soon.)
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She continues in the book: "I was not then, nor am I now, aspiring to be the next Anita Bryant. I am comfortable with all God's children. Civil unions between gay people, at least as a matter of law, have always been fine with me. "If asked, I would have told you that I believed that gay couples should have visiting rights in the hospital, just like everybody else."
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She also talks about pageant executive director Keith Lewis and her thoughts when she learned he was an openly gay man who lived with his long-term boyfriend.
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"I soon learned that Keith was an openly gay activist who had been with his boyfriend for seven years. Despite the impression you might have of me from the more hysterical concerns of the mainstream media, I took in all this information without judgment. The fact of the matter is, I liked Keith. I think he took to me as his protégé," she added.
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"I believe that the traditional definition of marriage should not be changed. By the same token, I am not bothered by the idea of gay people choosing to live their lives together as they see fit - just as Keith and his boyfriend did - just don't call it marriage.
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In a more bizarre aside, she attempts to take apart the word homophobic: "If you ever get bored, look up 'homo' in the dictionary: it means 'man' as in Homo Sapiens or 'the same' as in homogenous, so to be 'homophobic' really means to be fearful of men, which I'm not, or fearful of things being the same, which is a fear I think few people have. 'Homophobic' is merely a made-up word to try to force everyone to be politically correct on gay marriage or risk being accused of being hateful."
EXCLUSIVE: Pageant Official Slams Carrie Prejean As Being "Opportunistic"
Posted on Nov 10, 2009 @ 02:41PM - 10 comments
Miss California pageant executive director Keith Lewis isn't taking Carrie Prejean's accusations in her book lying down. A day after he told RadarOnline.com exclusively that he is considering legal action over her claims, Lewis slams the former beauty queen for being "opportunistic."
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"Carrie's fanciful memory is little more than her trying to propagate her opportunistic agenda," Lewis told RadarOnline.com about Prejean's autobiography Still Standing.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Carrie Prejean's Mom Told Her To Get Pregnant By Michael Phelps Says Friend
Posted on Nov 09, 2009 @ 05:30PM - 7 comments
With her new book Still Standing out on bookshelves now, Carrie Prejean continues to be a controversial figure since her gay marriage comments during the Miss USA pageant on April 19th. While her mother Francine has been a source of strength for the former Miss California, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that Francine allegedly advised Carrie to become pregnant with Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps’ child.
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