Second Miss USA Contestant Claims Pageant Was Rigged
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Isaac Brekken/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Donald Trump is facing more allegations that his Miss USA pageant, held in Las Vegas earlier this month, was rigged.
His Miss Universe Organization, which runs the pageant, is suing former Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin after she claimed on Facebook that a fellow contestant said she’d learned of the pageant’s top five ahead of the show. Trump has denied Monnin’s allegations.
Now, a second contestant is making similar claims. The contestant, who spoke on condition of anonymity to FoxNews.com, says she saw Miss Florida USA Karina Brez backstage during the pageant, and that Brez “was able to reveal to me at least four of the five names who went on to be the top girls.”
Olivia Culpo of Rhode Island was crowned the new Miss USA.
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