Miss USA Pageant 2009 - Page 3

psychdesire · #1 04-20-2009, 12:49 PM

Aww, so sad to hear that miss SC did not make it in the top 5. Congrats to our sister state NC though!

texas*princess · #2 04-20-2009, 05:33 PM

Inside Edition (on now) is covering the Miss California catastrophe.

I def. think that cost her the crown. "no offense to anyone out there!" uhhh yea. And according to her "we live in a country where people can choose same sex marriage or opposite marriage.." uhhh no we don't? It's illegal in 46 states

Supposedly Miss California was ahead in total points before she got that question.

OtterXO · #3 04-20-2009, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by texas*princess

Inside Edition (on now) is covering the Miss California catastrophe.

I def. think that cost her the crown. "no offense to anyone out there!" uhhh yea. And according to her "we live in a country where people can choose same sex marriage or opposite marriage.." uhhh no we don't? It's illegal in 46 states

Supposedly Miss California was ahead in total points before she got that question.

She's an idiot for giving an opinion either way. It doesn't matter what her actual answer was (i.e. whether she was pro or anti gay marriage). If she can't effectively answer that type of question without making such a polarizing statement then she doesn't deserve to be Miss USA. You can't just say "no offense!" and pretend no one noticed that you just alienated a good chunk of the viewers.

KSUViolet06 · #4 04-20-2009, 06:17 PM

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She's an idiot for giving an opinion either way. It doesn't matter what her actual answer was (i.e. whether she was pro or anti gay marriage). If she can't effectively answer that type of question without making such a polarizing statement then she doesn't deserve to be Miss USA. You can't just say "no offense!" and pretend no one noticed that you just alienated a good chunk of the viewers.

Agreed. I was actually very surprised that she answered with an opinion because she didn't HAVE to.

OtterXO · #5 04-20-2009, 06:39 PM

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Agreed. I was actually very surprised that she answered with an opinion because she didn't HAVE to.

And why say it like she did anyway, even if she wanted to work in her personal opinion??? She could have always said "My personal belief is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but I don't think the government should be legislating based on personal beliefs." Or something like that. Particularly to be from here (CA) and not have an answer for that question in your back pocket??? She's an idiot.

srmom · #6 04-20-2009, 04:47 PM

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Miss USA is really much trashier of a pageant than Miss America. I just feel the Miss America pageant has a more respectful tone.

That's because Miss America girls have to have some talent besides just looking like a hoochie!

If you took all the money used on plastic surgery *boobs* for the women on that stage last night, it could bail out a bank or two

#7 04-20-2009, 05:02 PM

Actual tweet from a friend yesterday regarding the Miss USA Pageant:

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I wonder how different the Miss USA pageant would be if it were only broadcast over the radio.

srmom · #8 04-20-2009, 06:15 PM

Yeah, anytime something is prefaced with "no offense" prepare to be offended (or the other popular, "don't take this wrong, but" ).

As in, "No offense, but those pants make your butt look HUGE!"

lyrelyre · #9 04-21-2009, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by srmom

Yeah, anytime something is prefaced with "no offense" prepare to be offended (or the other popular, "don't take this wrong, but" ).

As in, "No offense, but those pants make your butt look HUGE!"

Also, expect something disrespectful to be said when the opening is: "With all due respect..."

Jimmy Choo · #10 04-21-2009, 03:07 PM

There were so many ways she could have answered that question that 1)would have been an actual answer and 2) wouldn't have made her look so bad. She did neither and deserved 100% to loose. And now that she's going on talk shows trying to look like a victim? Disgusting!! She told MSNBC this morning that she's going to pray for Perez Hilton. I think she needs to pray for herself b/c she's pissed off Perez so bad that he has retracted his apology. He won't stop digging for dirt on this girl until he finds something that makes her give up her crown. She pissed off the wrong person!!!

PeppyGPhiB · #11 04-21-2009, 04:36 PM

Miss Calif. goes to a christian college in San Diego that I hadn't even heard of...and I even attended a christian college in southern California! Her bio on the Miss Calif. website has scripture quoted...she sounds very religious. There were more diplomatic ways to answer the question, and she sounded surprised and flustered to even be getting the question. Whomever coached her did her a real disservice.

WVU alpha phi · #12 04-21-2009, 04:38 PM

Until recently, my sorority sister and good friend competed in pageants (not sure if she was in the Miss USA or Miss America circuit). We were discussing the topic through email today and while she said she doesn't personally agree with gay marriage, her response would've been:

"thats a tough question because it is so controversial right now and i see both sides of the issue. On one hand, marrigae is traditionally between a man and a woman but on the other who are we to stop someone from being happy? Ultimately the decision should be left to each state to decide based on what they feel is apprioprate."

I thought that sounded pretty good!

Jimmy Choo · #13 04-21-2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by WVU alpha phi

Until recently, my sorority sister and good friend competed in pageants (not sure if she was in the Miss USA or Miss America circuit). We were discussing the topic through email today and while she said she doesn't personally agree with gay marriage, her response would've been:

"thats a tough question because it is so controversial right now and i see both sides of the issue. On one hand, marrigae is traditionally between a man and a woman but on the other who are we to stop someone from being happy? Ultimately the decision should be left to each state to decide based on what they feel is apprioprate."

I thought that sounded pretty good!

That is EXACTLY the answer you are taught to give. I agree with whoever said that her coach did a bad job of prepping her for something like that.

ASUADPi · #14 04-21-2009, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Choo

There were so many ways she could have answered that question that 1)would have been an actual answer and 2) wouldn't have made her look so bad. She did neither and deserved 100% to loose. And now that she's going on talk shows trying to look like a victim? Disgusting!! She told MSNBC this morning that she's going to pray for Perez Hilton. I think she needs to pray for herself b/c she's pissed off Perez so bad that he has retracted his apology. He won't stop digging for dirt on this girl until he finds something that makes her give up her crown. She pissed off the wrong person!!!

Not to sound mean, but that would totally be fine with me because then AZ would be first runner up. LOL. Then all I need is NC to win Miss Universe and then AZ would become Miss USA (albeit by default but still). A girl can dream. LOL.

I didn't like CA in the first place, so I don't feel a bit bad for her that she is taking flack for her craptastic answer. Unfortunately that is the name of the game, look at Miss Teen NC, her answer is legend.

Jimmy Choo · #15 04-21-2009, 08:04 PM

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Not to sound mean, but that would totally be fine with me because then AZ would be first runner up. LOL. Then all I need is NC to win Miss Universe and then AZ would become Miss USA (albeit by default but still). A girl can dream. LOL.

I didn't like CA in the first place, so I don't feel a bit bad for her that she is taking flack for her craptastic answer. Unfortunately that is the name of the game, look at Miss Teen NC, her answer is legend.

That was Miss SC Teen USA, bless her heart!