All posts containing the tag: "pageant"
Posted Nov 21st 2009 9:30AM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean didn't wanna use her own noggin' when it came to filling out a very personal contestant questionnaire for the Miss California pageant back in '07 -- so she went to the guy who knew her inside and out ... her solo sex tape recipient.
TMZ has learned Prejean's former cross-country booty call received an email from Carrie on 11/7/07 -- when she was 20 -- in which Carrie asked for help answering several brain-busting questions such as:
If you could have lunch with any one (1) person, who would it be and why?
What is your career ambition?
Name one personal achievement that makes you especially proud.
What is your most treasured possession (tangible object) and why?
What is the most interesting or surprising thing about you or that has happened to you?
After all those "special" tapes she made, you'd think she'd know herself better.
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, miss california, MissCalifornia, pageant, questionnaire
Posted Nov 21st 2009 8:37AM by TMZ Staff
Pageant organizers for Miss California USA interviewed contestants yesterday in preparation for Sunday's pageant.
Choose wisely.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Pageantry
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, crown, miss california usa, MissCaliforniaUsa, pageant
Posted Nov 16th 2009 2:30PM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean is going to be publicly mocked by the very people who helped "make" her -- and it's all going down at the upcoming Miss California USA pageant.
TMZ has learned the people behind the pageant are on the hunt for a Carrie lookalike to play the former Miss Cali winner in a skit for this weekend's pageant.
Our sources say a first round of auditions for the Prejean part were held this past weekend, but no one "nailed" it yet.
No word on why the pageant didn't ask Prejean to appear in the skit -- after all, nobody can nail Carrie like Carrie.
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, miss california usa, MissCaliforniaUsa, pageant, sex tape, SexTape
Posted Nov 12th 2009 10:50AM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean just accused Donald Trump of personally weeding out the ugly chicks from the Miss USA pageant -- and for once ... she's not entirely off base.
TMZ obtained an audio tape recorded during the pre-show screening portion of the 2009 pageant, in which Trump can clearly be heard exercising "The Trump Rule" -- which guarantees a certain number of "beautiful" women will advance in the contest.
On the tape, Trump explains that when he "bought" the Miss USA pageant, "the most beautiful people were never chosen. And I went nuts." So, according to the audio, Trump implemented "The Trump Rule" -- in which he and his staff of "professionals" would select "almost half" of the women who would automatically make it into the first round of the contest.
Click here... it's not over yet
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, donald trump, DonaldTrump, miss california, miss ohio, miss oregon, miss usa, MissCalifornia, MissOhio, MissOregon, MissUsa, pageant, trump rukle, trump rule, TrumpRukle, TrumpRule
Posted Nov 4th 2009 5:00PM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean demanded more than a million dollars during her settlement negotiations with Miss California USA Pageant officials -- that is, until the lawyer for the Pageant showed Carrie an XXX home video of her handiwork.
The video the lawyer showed Carrie is extremely graphic and has never been released publicly. We know that, because TMZ obtained the video months ago but decided not to post it because it was so racy. Let's just say, Carrie has a promising solo career.
We're told it took about 15 seconds for Carrie to jettison her demand and essentially walk away with nothing. As we first reported, the Pageant is paying around $100,000 to her lawyers and publicist -- a fraction of her bills. She pockets nothing in the settlement.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: beauty pageant, BeautyPageant, carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, lawsuit, miss california, miss california usa, MissCalifornia, MissCaliforniaUsa, pageant, settlement
Posted Oct 19th 2009 6:51PM by TMZ Staff
Officials from the Miss California pageant are sending a message to Carrie Prejean -- three can play that game!
The production company that runs the pageant is filing a cross complaint against Prejean, demanding, among other things, that Carrie return the $5,200 the pageant fronted her for her breast augmentation.
In other legal docs, Keith Lewis and crew are asking to strike a portion of Prejean's lawsuit -- the portion dealing with public disclosure of private facts.
The new docs say, "the alleged 'private facts' consist of her breast augmentation (which ceased being private during the swimsuit competition of the nationally-televised Miss USA pageant, in which Ms. Prejean walked the stage in a bikini)."
The cross complaint says, "Had [Carrie] heeded the guidance of the Gospel of John, who admonished only those who are without sin to cast stones in judgment, she might have avoided this legal battle ..."
As for the cross complaint, Lewis and the production company claim Prejean is a hypocrite, championing family values after posing for a variety of "semi-nude photos...[which] surfaced via TMZ.com."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: augmentation, beauty pageant, BeautyPageant, bikini, breast implants, BreastImplants, carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, miss california, MissCalifornia, pageant
Posted Aug 24th 2009 7:00AM by TMZ Staff
It wouldn't be a pageant if something didn't fall to the ground -- but this year during the Miss Universe competition, it wasn't one of the contestants ... it was the crown!
Last year's Miss Universe, Venezuela's Dayana Mendoza, dropped it at the worst possible moment: When crowning the new beauty queen, Stefania Fernandez, also of Venezuela.
Filed under: Pageantry
Tags: miss universe, MissUniverse, pageant
Posted Aug 23rd 2009 6:00AM by TMZ Staff
Heidi Montag is scheduled to perform at tonight's Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas, but pageant production staffers are taking bets as to whether or not it will actually go down -- because she's just that bad!
Sources tells us pageant peeps are concerned that Heidi just can't pull it off. We're told "she's lip-syncing and can't remember the lyrics" (to her own song!!!), "looks like a trainwreck," and "she can't dance."
But she's got Jesus on her side, so we're sure it will turn out just fine.
UPDATE: From the mouth of Spencer -- "The allegations by certain production staffers saying that Heidi is not going to perform are 100% false. She will perform live tonight and she is an exceptional dancer."
UPDATE 2: A source at NBC, which is airing the pageant, says Heidi isn't as bad as producers were secretly hoping she'd be. We shall see ...
Filed under: Heidi & Spencer, Pageantry, Exclusives
Tags: heidi montag, HeidiMontag, miss universe, MissUniverse, pageant, spencer pratt, SpencerPratt
Posted Aug 20th 2009 4:00PM by TMZ Staff
A bunch of Miss Universe contestants from all over the world partied in The Bahamas last night -- and after watching some of them get down and dirty on the dance floor, it's clear who's got the most "talent."
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Beauty, Hot Bodies, Pageantry
Tags: atlantis, bahamas, beauty queens, BeautyQueens, dancing, hot, miss universe, MissUniverse, pageant
Posted Jun 16th 2009 5:35AM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean has threatened to sue the Miss California USA folks for defamation, we've learned. But we just obtained a letter the pageant's lawyer fired off to Carrie's lawyer, threatening to sue her for her "churlish insolent misbehavior."
The long letter details the alleged misdeeds which led to Carrie getting das boot. For starters, the pageant's lawyer says Carrie is full of it when she stated publicly she didn't ink a book deal. The letter also says Carrie had wrongfully turned down 39 pageant appearances since May 12.
And the letter claims Carrie defamed pageant honcho Keith Lewis when she said he "pressured her to appear in Playboy." Lewis says he merely passed on the offer, which he never advocated she take.
The letter says Carrie was fired because of her "intolerable misbehavior," citing "hostile communications from Carrie."
The letter threatens this: "If Carrie Prejean wants to assert in public that she was courteous, cooperative or professional in her conduct as Miss California USA, the history of her churlish insolent misbehavior can be presented."
The lawyer goes on to demand that Carrie stop making defamatory remarks and recant the ones she already made ... or else.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Pageantry, Carrie Prejean
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, donald trump, DonaldTrump, fired, miss california usa, MissCaliforniaUsa, nude pics, nude pictures, NudePics, NudePictures, pageant, playboy
Posted Jun 12th 2009 2:15PM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean already had her crown taken away and now Claudia Jordan is lookin' to knock her down even more -- by claiming she's got a better body than the dethroned Miss California. Take a look -- is she right?
Filed under: Celebrity Feuds, Hot Bodies, Carrie Prejean
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, claudia jordan, ClaudiaJordan, miss california, miss usa, MissCalifornia, MissUsa, pageant
Posted Jun 12th 2009 7:25AM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean's "disappointed" she no longer has that sparkly crown -- but the ex-Miss California isn't pissed at The Donald for telling her she's fired.
The "biblically correct" former beauty queen was on FOX News last night (natch), where she said she respects Trump as a business man and believes he was just caught in the middle -- and she was the easiest person to get rid of.
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean
Tags: carrie prejean, donald trump, miss california controversy, miss california usa, miss usa, MissCaliforniaControversy, pageant
Posted Jun 10th 2009 7:20PM by TMZ Staff
We just got off the phone with deposed Miss California USA Carrie Prejean -- and she says the pageant was trying to whore her out to Playboy.
Prejean claims pageant honcho Keith Lewis actually asked her last month if she would take two gigs -- appearing on "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!" and Playboy. Prejean says Lewis told her Playboy offered $140,000 for her to pose semi-nude. She rejected both offers.
A few minutes ago we talked to Lewis who said he was not pushing her to take either gig -- but merely passing the offers along. Lewis said Prejean had insisted they not turn anything down without running it by her.
Prejean -- who told us she was "shocked" at the news she was fired and learned about it only after we broke the story -- tells us she has been more than cooperative with pageant officials.
Prejean says, "What's behind this I think is a political debate. They don't agree with the stance that I took [on Prop 8]. Shanna [Moakler] is trying to bash me. They don't like me. From day one they wanted me out and they got what they wanted."
Prejean also told us she couldn't believe Donald Trump would say she treated people in the pageant "like s**t." For the record, Trump did tell Harvey Levin that on the phone earlier today. Prejean said if Trump really feels that way she's sorry, adding: "I've shown respect for every party involved, even when they haven't shown it back."
Prejean went on: "I was very respectful of people even when they slandered me and humiliated me. I have not once stooped down to their level."
Filed under: Playboy, Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, donald trump, DonaldTrump, fired, im a celebrity get me out of here, ImACelebrityGetMeOutOfHere, keith lewis, KeithLewis, miss california usa, MissCaliforniaUsa, nude photos, NudePhotos, pageant, playboy
Posted Jun 10th 2009 2:07PM by TMZ Staff
Donald Trump just told TMZ he gave the green light to fire "biblically correct" Carrie Prejean's award-winning butt because she just wouldn't do the job and treated people badly.
Trump told us Carrie refused to appear at around 30 events on behalf of Miss California USA. He says Prejean was contractually bound to appear and she just wouldn't do it. He doesn't think her attitude has anything to do with her politics.
Trump said: "To me she was the sweetest thing. Everyone else -- she treated like s**t."
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, donald trump, DonaldTrump, fired, Miss USA, MissUsa, pageant
Posted May 11th 2009 4:00PM by TMZ Staff
Just in case the Miss California USA pageant officials forgot to mention any of Carrie Prejean's many screwups, they passed out a handy booklet at the press conference titled "Miss USA 2009 State Entry Contract: Sections violated by Carrie Prejean." Awww snap!
In addition to Carrie's flubs, the papers also explain the newly appointed role of the "Beauty of California Ambassador" -- whose job is to take the reigns when the "Miss California USA or Miss California Teen USA titleholder is unavailable."
Translation: It's just a fancy title for Carrie's replacement-in-waiting, Tami Farrell.
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, miss california usa, MissCaliforniaUsa, pageant, tami farrell, TamiFarrell
