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May 13, 2009

Dressing Miss California

Trump Miss CA.jpg

Sorry, I haven’t been following this Miss California story that closely — until I came upon this photo of Donald Trump and the winner of his pageant. Let’s see, the mega-real estate and casino mogul bought Miss USA, right?

So, besides Miss Prejean becoming the conservative poster child of the week, by virtue of the current right-wing leadership vacuum (and the lingering wingnut propensity for culture war), what’s all this business about her taking her clothes off, and isn’t the Donald here — wearing that overdone look of nonchalance — creating the perfect piece of slapstick with the mock dressing of his doll?

(image: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images. Trump Tower. May 12, 2009. New York City)

  • metoo

    Yawn. The Donald has bad teeth right? That’s why he holds his mouth that way…?

  • Diggitt

    And that’s John Edwards looking on, at right, right?

  • mrboma

    Miss CA didn’t win… she came in second. The winner has got to be pissed that so much attention has been paid to the runner-up.

  • olpossum

    This is not very flattering to Mr. Trump, neither weight-wise, nor facial makeup-wise. Very unflattering, that makeup line. Very, very unflattering. Also the gap between the back of his neck and his do are not correct. Doesn’t he have someone accompany him everywhere to assure that these things don’t happen? Can’t he afford that?

  • P. Robert

    NOTE TO THE MINION OF TRUMP:
    HOW can you have such a duplicitious person like Trump representing you? I mean, here’s a person who has in the past fired people for misrepresenting the Ms. Universe and other pagents, and yet let a blond-haired, blue-eyed prostecticlly challenged bimbo KEEP her crown because HE liked the way she looked???? I guess if you’re Black or Hispanic, you would’ve been lost with the level of racisim this bozo represents, but if WHITE—then it’s ok if you posed nude, or if you find presenting your religious viewpoint as the law of the land is ok……I find that someone like Trump backing such a obviously hypocritical Ms. California as representing “honesty and the american way” speaks volumes about his business dealings, which I guess are just as duplicitious as the hypocrite earlier mentioned.
    Too bad. I really respected Trump, but now find him appallingly dishonest, pretencious, treacherous and completely without the honor it takes to be the head of the Ms. USA pagents. And, the rest of you should be ashamed of what level of dishonesty you now represent to the American public—it speaks VOLUMES of your level of greed and deception in Trump’s business dealings, and the level of contempt YOU maintain of the American public at large! Rosie O’Donnell was RIGHT!!!!

  • dada

    Isn’t there a Miss USA scandal every year?

  • Apple

    This really is Hell. First Joe the Plumber and now Miss California.

  • http://sbgypsy.blogspot.com sbgypsy

    Oh Yes, she’s still the most beautiful of them all….. Where’s the poison apple?

  • http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com Wordsmith

    Okay – okay….
    Miss California (how dated is that moniker) is first runner-up. Did SOMEONE actually WIN the Miss America pageant this year? My understanding is Miss I-was-tempted-by-Satan! California is NOT Miss America.