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TexasTowelie

(117,207 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2015, 12:39 AM Jul 2015

The show must go on: Miss USA contestants keeping positive attitudes despite massive fallout

Despite Miss USA losing all of its scheduled musical performers and another judge on Wednesday, contestants are refusing to let the controversy ruin their pageant experience.

In fact, they spent the night rock climbing at BREC’s Extreme Sports Park.

“We’re gonna present the same pageant as we would if we were on TV,” said Miss New Mexico Alexis Duprey. “It’s a little bit of a letdown, I’m not gonna lie, but we’re dealing with the cards that we’re dealt with.”

On a day when Miss Universe owner and presidential candidate Donald Trump and the Miss USA organization were dealt several blows, the Miss USA contestants talked up Baton Rouge and said the pageant experience — even if it does not air on NBC — is worth the years they spent competing for their state crowns to get them here. Rather than commenting on Trump’s comments about Mexican immigrants bringing drugs, crime and rapists into the United States, the contestants said they want to remain focused on the pageant.

Read more: http://theadvocate.com/news/12806892-123/the-show-must-go-on

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The show must go on: Miss USA contestants keeping positive attitudes despite massive fallout (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2015 OP
This is so funny. murielm99 Jul 2015 #1

murielm99

(31,478 posts)
1. This is so funny.
Thu Jul 2, 2015, 01:00 AM
Jul 2015

Those pageants should have died out years ago. Maybe this will be the start of a trend.

We have had a great week, why not add this to the mix?

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