Trump lets Miss USA keep her job
This was released today after much anticipation. I heard about it on my way to E's work for him to do some paperwork for me for my new job. I was shocked at the decision. I think I was surprised for a variety of reasons:
1) She has exactly 365 days on the job. It is not a long term position.
2) Her job is to be a role model to hundreds of thousands of people. She is fully aware of this.
3) She has a contract which should have a morals clause of some sort.
To me, this is unfair to all of the young women who had worked hard to try to have this important job. I was not fond of her in the first place but thought that she had it together enough to handle the job.
Image is everything when you are a titleholder. It is important to always put your best foot forward and to always be on. That is whether you feel up to it or not. Once again, it is a ONE YEAR JOB!!!
But it is not for me to decide......
By ADAM GOLDMAN, Associated Press Writer
Tue Dec 19, 11:35 AM ET
Miss USA Tara Conner, who had come under criticism amid rumors she had been frequenting bars while underage, will be allowed to keep her title, Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
"I've always been a believer in second chances," Trump, who owns the Miss Universe Organization with NBC, said with Conner at his side.
Trump said he and Conner had met earlier Tuesday morning.
"She left a small town in Kentucky and she was telling me that she got caught up in the whirlwind of New York," Trump said. "It's a story that has happened many times before to many women and many men who came to the Big Apple. They wanted their slice of the Big Apple and they found out it wasn't so easy."
Conner won the title in April and has been living in New York. Recent media accounts of heavy drinking brought a storm of criticism, since she was underage at the time. She turned 21 on Monday.
In a tear-choked voice, Conner said, "In no way did I think it would be possible for a second chance to be given to me."
Turning to Trump, she said, "You'll never know what this means to me, and I swear I will not let you down."
Trump said Conner would be entering rehab.
If she had been dethroned, her title would have been taken over by first runner-up Miss California Tamiko Nash.
Conner, a 5-foot-5 blonde, has been competing in pageants since age 4. After winning the Miss USA title in April, she finished fourth in the Miss Universe pageant in July.
In 2002, Miss Russia Oxana Fedorova won the Miss Universe pageant but was stripped of her title after violating her contract. Trump said Fedorova didn't show up for some photo shoots and charity events. It was the first time a titleholder had been ousted in the contest's more than 50-year history. Fedorova denied she was fired and said she gave up the title voluntarily.
1) She has exactly 365 days on the job. It is not a long term position.
2) Her job is to be a role model to hundreds of thousands of people. She is fully aware of this.
3) She has a contract which should have a morals clause of some sort.
To me, this is unfair to all of the young women who had worked hard to try to have this important job. I was not fond of her in the first place but thought that she had it together enough to handle the job.
Image is everything when you are a titleholder. It is important to always put your best foot forward and to always be on. That is whether you feel up to it or not. Once again, it is a ONE YEAR JOB!!!
But it is not for me to decide......
By ADAM GOLDMAN, Associated Press Writer
Tue Dec 19, 11:35 AM ET
Miss USA Tara Conner, who had come under criticism amid rumors she had been frequenting bars while underage, will be allowed to keep her title, Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
"I've always been a believer in second chances," Trump, who owns the Miss Universe Organization with NBC, said with Conner at his side.
Trump said he and Conner had met earlier Tuesday morning.
"She left a small town in Kentucky and she was telling me that she got caught up in the whirlwind of New York," Trump said. "It's a story that has happened many times before to many women and many men who came to the Big Apple. They wanted their slice of the Big Apple and they found out it wasn't so easy."
Conner won the title in April and has been living in New York. Recent media accounts of heavy drinking brought a storm of criticism, since she was underage at the time. She turned 21 on Monday.
In a tear-choked voice, Conner said, "In no way did I think it would be possible for a second chance to be given to me."
Turning to Trump, she said, "You'll never know what this means to me, and I swear I will not let you down."
Trump said Conner would be entering rehab.
If she had been dethroned, her title would have been taken over by first runner-up Miss California Tamiko Nash.
Conner, a 5-foot-5 blonde, has been competing in pageants since age 4. After winning the Miss USA title in April, she finished fourth in the Miss Universe pageant in July.
In 2002, Miss Russia Oxana Fedorova won the Miss Universe pageant but was stripped of her title after violating her contract. Trump said Fedorova didn't show up for some photo shoots and charity events. It was the first time a titleholder had been ousted in the contest's more than 50-year history. Fedorova denied she was fired and said she gave up the title voluntarily.
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