EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Miss USA Pageant Secretly Investigating Winner Rima Fakih's Stripper Photos
Posted on May 17, 2010 @ 06:30PM
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.
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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.
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wrong or right, she is allowed her opinion and the judges are suppose to judge how they answer with intelligence and poise...NOT the answer itself! this pageant has gone totally out of control and biased about the answer & not the beauty!
Posted Tue, 05/18/2010 - 7:56am
IF they are asking those stupid political questions, their answers should not matter since everyone is entitled to her opinion...but in this case, the answers do matter ie. miss cali about the same sex marriage..her opinion only!
Posted Tue, 05/18/2010 - 7:57am
idk why the pageant officials are not doing their job BEFORE the pageant! they are the true villains allowing the pageant to be so tainted. also those stupid political questions are out of line...this is a beauty pageant!
Posted Tue, 05/18/2010 - 7:53am
Miss USA AND THE DONALD are out of control - the racy photo shoots, the judges, the questions, and MISS MICHIGAN - bet she doesn't last long - she has NO class whatsoever - should have been Miss Oklahoma
Posted Tue, 05/18/2010 - 2:30am
Girls on stripper poles are a dime a dozen.
Posted Mon, 05/17/2010 - 8:55pm
so its ok for them to take the trashy photos just as long as its for miss usa publicity??
Posted Mon, 05/17/2010 - 8:49pm
Just another homely, trashy ho.
Posted Mon, 05/17/2010 - 8:20pm
Doesn't anyone without a sordid past enter these pageants? A decent girl wouldn't do trash like that. In the one stripper pose, you can almost see up inside her vagina. What a tramp.
Posted Mon, 05/17/2010 - 8:23pm
I thought Oklahoma should have won. She was gorgeous. But the judges were rude asking such stupid questions even politicians stay clear of. This is a beauty contest. The judges could barely pronounce these staged questions... New judges please
Posted Mon, 05/17/2010 - 8:16pm
She is from NY actually. Her foreign accent was present. Apparantly this lady has been around..........not only a pole. She represented Michigan cause they could use the help. The woman from that area are butches
Posted Mon, 05/17/2010 - 8:11pm