The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Kim Kardashian called into Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM show on Thursday to confirm reports that she and former Miss USA Shanna Moakler tried to rip each other’s hair out at a party hosted by Carmen Electra in Malibu over the weekend. “There was a little altercation. Carmen and I were just kind of hanging out. Shanna [...]
E! Online (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Another day, another starlet enduring the wrath of Shanna Moakler. It seems the former Miss USA, who made headlines a while back when she allegedly punched Paris Hilton in the face...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund will serve as the grand marshal for the Meijer Indy 300 next month at Kentucky Speedway.
Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
BIODUN IGINLA, BBC News, New York LEAD STORY July 23, 1984 Miss America resigns On this day in 1984, 21-year-old Vanessa Williams gives up her Miss America title, the first resignation in the pageant’s history,… MORE > GENERAL INTEREST 1952: Military seizes power in Egypt 1967: The 12th Street riot AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1793: Connecticut Patriot Roger Sherman dies AUTOMOTIVE 1903: First Ford model [...]...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
There are two popular American ladies with the name, Vanessa Williams. One Vanessa Williams made her claim to fame by becoming the first black Miss America but was later stripped of her title for appearing nude in Playboy Magazine.
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Nearly 3,000 family members and children with Type 1 diabetes will be in town starting today to learn how to better manage the blood-sugar condition. A former Miss America, a renowned ballerina, an Ironman triathlete and a former NBA player are among the Type 1 patients attending the gathering, which organizers say is the largest of its kind. The conference -- called Friends for Life 2008 -- will be...
PageantCast News Desk (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
On this day in 1984, 21-year-old Vanessa Williams gives up her Miss America title, the first resignation in the pageant’s history, after Penthouse magazine announces plans to publish nude photos of the beauty queen in its September issue. Williams originally made history on September 17, 1983, when she became the first black woman to win the Miss America crown. Miss New Jersey, Suzette Charles, the...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Vanessa Williams is known as the first black Miss America, a title that she was forced to relinquish. Fortunately, she was able to overcome the controversy and parlay it into a successful music and movie career.
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Miss Brooklyn, who comes from Virginia and lives in Manhattan, is now Miss New York. And brunette bombshell Leigh-Taylor Smith has her sights set on an even bigger crown - Miss America.
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
There she is - no, not Miss America, but the Angela-Davis-Afro-wearing, machine-gun-toting, angry, unpatriotic Michelle Obama, greeting her husband with a fist bump instead of a kiss on the cheek. Welcome to our world. read more
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Earlier this year Leigh-Taylor Smith was crowned Miss Brooklyn, despite being from Manhattan (via Virginia). Now Newsday reports that the southern belle has become Miss New York, with a chance at the Miss America title and tiara come January. Executive director of Miss New York, Paul Brown, said that Smith qualified since she has lived in New York for a year (she moved here after graduation from the...
dispatches from TJICistan (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con… There she is — no, not Miss America, but the Angela-Davis-Afro-wearing, machine-gun-toting, angry, unpatriotic Michelle Obama, greeting her husband with a fist bump instead of a kiss on the cheek. It was supposed to be satire, but the caricature of Barack Obama and his wife that appeared on the cover of the New [...]
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Tom King of the Salem News has a pretty remarkable and entertaining view of the recent Miss Universe competition, won by Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza: First, there is the strange correlation with our nation’s serious military dilemma in Iraq, and the Miss USA competitor’s inability to stay on their feet. The Iraq War is called by [...]
BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Sophia A. Nelson, Washington Post There she is — no, not Miss America, but the Angela-Davis-Afro-wearing, machine-gun-toting, angry, unpatriotic Michelle Obama, greeting her husband with a fist bump instead of a kiss on the cheek. It was supposed to be satire, but the caricature of Barack Obama and his wife that appeared on the cover of the [...]
PageantCast News Desk (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
PRESS CONTACT: Sharon Pearce Miss America Organization 609.653-8700 x117 sharon@missamerica.org PLANET HOLLYWOOD RESORT & CASINO TO HOST 2009 MISS AMERICA LIVE! on TLC Saturday, January 24, 2009 Two-Hour Pageant Event Returns to Las Vegas and Will Air Live on TLC The 2009 Miss America Live! event returns to Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for a week of preliminary competitions, culminating...
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mangalamraj | 07/14/2008
For the second year in a row, Miss USA fell down during the evening gown competition at the Miss Universe pageant. It was a nightmare come true for Miss USA Crystle Stewart, a Texan, who tripped on the train of her bejeweled evening gown as she made her entrance. [ Read the complete Story ]
