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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Report: Second Miss USA Contestant Backs Miss PA Sheena Monnin’s Rigging Claims

Plus, the Miss USA organization is moving forward with legal action against the Cranberry resident.

In the week since she first earned the ire of Donald Trump by claiming the Miss USA competition is rigged, ex-Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin, of Cranberry, is continuing to grab headlines. Fox News reported Wednesday that a second Miss USA contestant has stepped forward to collaborate Monnin’s story that she heard Miss Florida, Karina Brez, reveal the list of finalists backstage before the pageant’s Top 15 were announced June 3. The contestant, who spoke to Fox on the condition of anonymity, said Brez appeared upset and flustered as she revealed the names. “I thought it might be because she didn’t make the top 15 cut, but at that point she was able to reveal to me at least four of the five names who went on to be the top girls,” the …

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Updated: Donald Trump Plans Lawsuit Against Miss USA Contestant from Cranberry Over Accusations (in Cranberry Patch), Who Will Fill Sheena Monnin's High Heels? Pageant Experts Weigh in (in Cranberry Patch), and Ex-Miss Pennsylvania USA Sticks To Story, Says Trump Lawsuit Won’t Stop Her (in Cranberry Patch)

Friday, June 8, 2012

Ex-Miss Pennsylvania USA Sticks To Story, Says Trump Lawsuit Won’t Stop Her

The 27-year-old beauty queen from Cranberry appeared on the 'Today' show Friday morning.

Despite threats of a lawsuit from Miss Universe co-owner Donald Trump, former Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin said she wouldn’t back down from her claims that Sunday’s televised Miss USA was fixed. “I feel prepared to continue to pursue the truth,” the 27-year-old beauty queen said during an appearance Friday morning on NBC’s Today show. “I know what I heard and I know what I in turn witnessed come true.” Monnin, of Cranberry, made headlines this week when she turned in her title and claimed, in two statements on her Facebook page, that a fellow contestant in Sunday’s competition saw a list of the top five women in the pageant before judging began on the show. She also called the organization fraudulent, lacking in morals and trashy. …

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Updated: Donald Trump Plans Lawsuit Against Miss USA Contestant from Cranberry Over Accusations (in Cranberry Patch) and Who Will Fill Sheena Monnin's High Heels? Pageant Experts Weigh in (in Cranberry Patch)

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