Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The beauty queen from Cranberry also posts a new video explaining some of her actions—including why she called the Miss Universe organization “trashy.”
Sheena Monnin, the ex-Miss Pennsylvania USA from Cranberry, is continuing to fight back against the $5 million lawsuit Donald Trump filed against her last year after she claimed the Miss USA pageant was rigged. This time, she’s saying the arbitration judgment made against her in December has yet to be confirmed. “There was an arbitration judgment decision made on December 10th, 2012. The judgment was sent to the Southern District Court of New York to be affirmed,” she said in a statement to Patch. “The Miss Universe Organization (MUO) announced they had ‘won’ a $5 million judgment against me on December 18th. It is apparent that the MUO knew that the arbitration judgment had NOT been confirmed when they released the news to the public.” …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
The beauty queen from Cranberry creates a support page on Facebook as she prepares to appeal the $5 million judgment against her.
Ex-Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin is asking for the public’s help in battling a $5 million judgment made against her after she claimed the Miss USA competition was rigged. “This truth has cost me greatly,” she said in a YouTube video released New Year’s Day. “I’m at a place where for me to continue to fight this injustice, I need your help. I am not financially able to continue to fight this on my own.” After reaching the maximum capacity 5,000 friends on her Facebook page, the beauty queen also has created the Sheena Monnin Support Page. As of Wednesday the site had close to 1,500 Facebook likes. A Cranberry resident, Monnin made national headlines in June after she resigned as Miss Pennsylvania USA just days after the televised Miss…
Friday, December 28, 2012
Former Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin says a clause in the Miss Universe contract could prove her claim the contest is rigged.
Despite a $5 million legal judgment against her, it appears Sheena Monnin won’t let her war of words with media mogul Donald Trump go down without a fight. The Ex-Miss Pennsylvania USA from Cranberry once again took to her Facebook page to express her dissatisfaction with the Miss Universe organization—and this time she said a clause in the organization’s own contract gives credibility to her claim the contest was rigged. “Since I had no idea that an arbitration hearing had taken place until receiving notification of the judgment made against me, I would like to release an initial response,” she said on her Facebook page Thursday. Monnin resigned as Miss Pennsylvania in June, just days after the televised Miss USA 2012 pageant took place. …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Julia Belechak will take over duties for Monnin, who resigned as Miss Pennsylvania USA amid scandal in June.
Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA will be pulling double duty for the rest of the year. Cranberry resident Julia Belechak will take over the appearance duties of Sheena Monnin, who resigned as Miss Pennsylvania in June. Monnin, also of Cranberry, made headlines last month when she accused the Miss USA pageant of being rigged. In statements on her Facebook page, Monnin said a fellow contestant in the competition saw a list of the top five women in the pageant before judging began on the show. The 27-year-old also called the organization fraudulent, lacking in morals and trashy. The move earned her the ire of outspoken mogul—and Miss Universe co-owner—Donald Trump, who publicly threatened to sue Monnin. The Miss Universe Organization—which runs the…
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Plus, what did Donald Trump recently demand of the Cranberry resident? The answer may surprise you.
Although he has worked closely with Sheena Monnin since she won the Miss Pennsylvania USA title in December, the director of the state’s Miss USA pageant says he can’t support her recent allegations against the organization that crowned her. “I found her to always be a very thoughtful person,” Randy Sanders said Wednesday. “I was a bit surprised that she announced so early after the conclusion of the pageant her resignation. I wish her well, but I cannot agree with her reasoning.” Monnin, of Cranberry, made headlines this week when she accused the Miss USA pageant, which aired Sunday, of being rigged. The move earned her the ire of outspoken mogul—and Miss Universe co-owner—Donald Trump, who threatened to sue Monnin Wednesday during an …
Art Wegweiser
4:56 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Bravo to Ms Monnin for fighting the mean and nasty slime sack Trump. more ›