Pretty, perky, and the source of various national obsessions. Why can’t these ladies just accept their crowns and stay out of trouble? Even ABC News noticed this epidemic of tainted tiaras.
Celebrity Buzz The former Miss Nevada continues her downward spiral. Rees already had a place in our hearts by kicking off the beauty queen scandal trend by losing her crown back in 2006 after naughty photos of her surfaced online. Now she's doing the "assaulting an officer" thing, apparently trying to compete with Alycia Lane.
Culture Buzz As the contestants for this weekend's Miss America Contest prep their swimsuit poses, they're also stocking up on butt glue. Butt glue suddenly popped up in Google Trends as contestants desperately search for last-minute necessities - it prevents wedgies and keeps everything in its place. A must have for all the would-be beauty queens out there.
Celebrity Buzz Fulbright, a former Arizona pageant winner (and law clerk for a U.S. District Judge), is accused of kidnapping her boyfriend. Hi Kumari! Meet Lauren Caitlin Upton, Amy Polumbo, Sarah Palin and the rest of the cast of "I Want To Be A Beauty Queen, But Not One Famous For Her Beauty."
Politics Buzz Alaska's governor is suddenly everyone's favorite politician of 2007. A pot smoking, moose burger eating former beauty queen (Miss Wasilla 1984!) who recently posed for a Vogue shoot, Palin is the anti-Bush, popularity-wise. Update: McCain selects Sarah Palin as his VP! Crazy.
Culture Buzz Miss Teen South Carolina answers a beauty pageant question about American ignorance by showing off some of her own. Watch as Miss Upton attempts to answer the following: "Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can’t locate the United States on a world map. Why do you think this is?"
Culture Buzz Miss New Jersey is being blackmailed over some photos taken from her Facebook site. A mysterious blackmailer wants her to turn in her crown or the photos will go online, but the plucky pageant winner's not giving in to the demands. The first Facebook scandal!
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