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Trump and the Russian Beauty Queen | ||
PART I: THE PRINCESS IN THE GILDED CAGEOxana Fedorova was a tall, raven-haired beauty from Pskov, a old Russian city near Estonia.She was studying to be a police officer in St. Petersburg, Russia when she decided to try her luck in a local modeling contest. Fedorova entered the 1999 Miss St. Petersburg pageant and won. Two years later, the 23-year-old police lieutenant became Miss Russia, which awarded her ![]() Vladimir Golubev Fedorovas real boyfriend wasnt the president. He was a Russian PART II: MISS UNIVERSEIn 2002, Oxana Fedorova entered Miss Universe, the international beauty pageant then owned by Donald Trump. Four months after she was crowned Miss Universe, Fedorova was fired. Federova had failed to show at numerous photo shoots and other high-profile functions, including a commitment to help crown Miss Teen USA. It was the first time that a winner had been forced to surrender her title.
Vitali PART III: THE UGLINESS IN TRUMPS BEAUTY CONTESTSThere is no proof that Trump was bribed or that he tipped the scale for Oxana Fedorova, but there were multiple claims that the pageants were rigged. A contestant in 2012 Miss USA told a judge that her contest had been rigged. Sheena Monnin wrote on her Facebook page that a fellow contestant had seen a sheet of paper listing the five finalists before the contest. (She reaffirmed the claim in her delcaration.)
Trump was furious. He said Monnin had losers remorse, and said that if you looked at her and compared her to the other people who were in the top 15, you would understand why she was not in the top 15. His consigliere Michael Cohen called into TMZ Live and said that Monnin had 24 hours to retract her statement or that she could bet [her] a** that [Miss Universe] will sue . . . seeking massive damages. Consigliere Cohen was good to his word. Trump obtained a $5 million defamation award against Monnin in an uncontested arbitration proceeding, which was upheld by a federal judge. Asked whether he had ever slept with a contestant, Trump declined to say. It could be a conflict of interest. But, you know, its the kind of thing you worry about later, you tend to think about the conflict a little bit later on. |
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