From the New York Daily News:
A former beauty queen who was ordered to pay $5 million to Donald Trump after she accused his organization of rigging the Miss USA pageant is begging a judge to give her a break. Ex-Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin pleaded with the court not to “financially devastate” her for the rest of her life.
Monnin sparked a controversy last June when she claimed that the Miss USA competition was fixed.
She resigned as Miss Pennsylvania and lambasted the pageant as “fraudulent, lacking in morals, inconsistent and in many ways trashy.”
Trump sued Monnin on behalf of the Miss Universe Organization, which includes the Miss USA pageant, and asked a New York arbitrator to rule in the dispute.
Last December the arbitrator, a retired federal judge, ruled that Monnin had cost the pageant millions in sponsorship for 2013. He ordered her to pay $5 million to Trump’s organization.
Trump asked a U.S. District Court judge to confirm the award, and the court is currently considering Monnin’s declaration Tuesday, which asks for the award to be overturned.
Monnin’s court papers provide a narrative of events backstage last June 4, when the 27-year-old brunette failed to rank among the semifinalists.
She was told by Miss Florida who the top five finalists would be, said Monnin.
“I was shaken and dismayed,” she said, and she texted Randy Sanders, the organizer of the Miss Pennsylvania contest.
“This is f———ing rigged Randy. Seriously Colorado? South Carolina?” Monnin texted, according to her court papers. “I”m done . . . It’s obviously rigged so the girls they want can shine.”
Monnin announced her resignation as Miss Pennsylvania on her Facebook page June 4 and wrote that Miss USA was fixed.
She claims in court papers that another unnamed contestant wrote her and said “I’m so proud of you. . . . So crazy.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/ex-miss-usa-pageant-5m-pay-financially-devastate-article-1.1258527#ixzz2KOItdj66
Seriously, what isn't rigged when Donald Trump is involved?
And to say that beauty pageants aren't rigged have their head in the sand. The Miss America pageant held here in Las Vegas this past year was totally rigged. http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2013/01/2013-miss-america-title-rigged.html
And to say that what Monnin cost Trump and the pageant $5,000,000 is just not believable, especially since Trump says even more outrageous things.
Hopefully, the award will be overturned, and if it isn't then she should go bankrupt, just like Trump did a few times, through his corporations.
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