Miss USA - Project Runway

[LaurenB]

Posted: 12/18/06 at 8:28pm

I just realized that Miss USA, the one who may be losing her crown tomorrow, is the same person who chose Kayne's gown on Project Runway.

[jsrocks]

Posted: 12/18/06 at 11:54pm

Yeah apparently she's not allowed to on Trump property at all now. She can't even come back. lol

Updated On: 12/18/06 at 11:54 PM

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 9:50am

I loved that dress.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 11:29am

Why is she losing her crown?

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 12:01pm

She loves to party. But Actually - they are making her go to rehab instead. Not losing her crown.

NEW YORK -- 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.


Second Chance

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 1:08pm

Miss California must be pissed.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 1:35pm

wow, then I know a lot of underage people that need rehab. All of this because she hit a few bars? Or did she get rip-roaring drunk and take off her top.
Amazing that this is newsworthy...but I do want details!

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 1:43pm

Ah - so you mean you missed the lesbian kiss between her and Miss Teen USA?

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 1:54pm

you're pulling my leg!

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 1:56pm

Not according to the NY Post yesterday - although, I hear the Post is "tabloid" fodder - but still.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 1:58pm

oh my......that would be the Donalds fantasy come to life.

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 2:00pm

Yeah - you should have seen Rosie's face when Joy read the article on The View yesterday - I think she peed a little.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 2:01pm

rehab? give that girl a f*cking medal of some sorts and then an hd webcam and a satellite feed. miss usa and miss teen usa hammered and swapping spit? oh baby, you just know that larry flynt is in negotiations right now to get them to do barely legal #597: the pageant years, where men fear to tread.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 2:07pm

They mentioned the "passionate kiss" on Access Hollywood last night.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 12/19/06 at 2:16pm

I must be living under a rock. This is all news to me!!