OT: Donald Trump (On Miss USA, And Living Every Teen's Fantasy)
I considered posting this under numerous other threads ("OT: Bachelor Party" almost got it), but in the end, it just needed its own special treatment.
I'm prepared to make a bold statement: Donald Trump may have saved America. Or at least USA. Or US Americans. Or whatever, but. . .wow. Thank you, Donald.
The Miss USA pageant has been something of an afterthought for years. . .aside from a handful of notable distractions (Carrie Prejean, Shanna Moakler, Ali Landry, and the wonderful Tara Conner), it was an event that many of us remember most fondly as one we watched with our dads when we were kids, in one of our first "guys vs. mom and sisters" bonding rituals. We really didn' t know what we were doing, we just knew it was something Dad liked, and Mom. . .didn't. Mom liked the Miss America pageant, because they sang, danced, and demonstrated wholesome qualities. Dad? He was one of us, before we was "us".
Miss USA was the Penthouse of beauty pageants. None of this "talent" stuff; Miss USA was founded when some Miss America winner decided she didn't want to pose for photos in a bathing suit. So the sponsor dumped Miss America, and created a whole new contest that got right to it: no more plate spinning, juggling, or bird-training, this contest was about looks (evening gown), looks (bathing suit), and looks (better not distract me from your looks during the interview). Miss America was for the girl next door; Miss USA was for her naughty cousin who came into town from time-to-time, and who you still remember with a smile.
I could go on and on, and maybe should in my first diary--plenty to say, looking back on pageants' role in the whole father-son relationship (like "watching Wonder Woman with Dad makes more sense when you know she was Miss World USA first", or "what the hell happened to Delta Burke?"). However, how about we end it now and open this up for comments with the following 3 points:
1) Donald Trump is a genius, as hard as that is to admit;
2) I'll be watching the Miss USA pageant next weekend, likely chatting with my brother and Dad over the phone, wholly because Trump has decided that there wasn't enough "glam" (yes, their word) in pageant-world;
3) http://missuniverse.com/missusa/members/contestants
Behold, Miss Wyoming:
Please don't turn this into a diary.
...young lady from Wyoming.
What is not uncommon is to see a girl from a big state such as Texas/Cal/Florida/NY actually move and establish residency at a state like Wyoming to give themselves a better shot. I would imagine each state has its own laws about that. I know that a Florida girl "moved" to Vermont in time to then go on to win Miss Vermont.
She may be from Wyoming but I doubt she is there now.
Personally I neither watched any of this with my dad, nor watched it at all, and my teenage son I'm sure has no idea it exists.
Hellooooo, Ms. Michigan!
isn't "Ms. Michigan" another nickname for your girlfriend "Handgela"?
*facepalm*
I thought it was Palmela Handerson?
I'm not really sure how I'd feel about watching the Miss USA pageant with my Dad, but one thing I am sure of is that Donald Trump should never rightfully be called a savior of anything other than the combover (and frankly, that title probably rightly lies with Gene Keady.)
... and the easy access to adult content 24/7 has killed these pageants. I used to watch this stuff when I was 14 because it was as good as it got. Now I can just leave this site at any time and go watch porn. I mean, I could do it rig...
Recently I have been fortunate enough to have dated two Miss USA contestants, both also three years after their respective Miss (insert state name here) titles. Both of them while beautiful and with solid resumes could drink like fish. The first one, whose state was in SEC territory, told me basically the same thing that you stated in your post. She said, "Miss America contestant are the girls that you want living next door. Miss USA contestants are the ones that you would rather fuck".
go blue.
Pics or it didn't happen.
I used to date Miranda Kerr, but I broke up with her for Sofia Vergara.
So take that.
You must have dated her after I did. I dumped her for Olivia Wilde. Didn't last.
She told me you were afraid of commitment, and that you had to wear Depends whenever you went to an amusement park.
Is true. The other isn't.
no pics and it did happen. and one of the ways to ensure that it won't happen again is to post their pictures on football message boards.
I once turned down a date with a world-famous female athlete. And not one of those behemoths from the WNBA or something, but someone who many of you would probably think is hot. I should have said yes, but at the time, I was too chicken to deal with the fact that she was famous.
Believe it or not, that's a true story.
EVERY male figure skater believes he is a woman Magnus.
That is a great signature.
The picture . . . not so much.
I absolutely believe you. Living in LA I can assure you that my story is not close to outrageous so nothing surprises me anymore.
Younger sisters?
I hope you had better luck with the 2nd.
This title is better if you remove the parentheses: Donald Trump On Miss USA, And Living Every Teen's Fantasy.