{"id":13282,"date":"2012-06-06T03:06:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T03:06:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-06-06T03:06:09","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T03:06:09","slug":"Was-Miss-USA-2012-Pageant-Winner-Rigged-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13282","title":{"rendered":"Was Miss USA 2012 Pageant Winner Rigged?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin turned in her crown. Of course, pageant officials said that her charges have no merit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Even so, Sheena Monnin wrote on Facebook, &#8220;Effective immediately I have voluntarily, completely, and utterly removed myself from the Miss Universe Organization.<\/strong> In good conscience I can no longer be affiliated in any way with an organization I consider to be fraudulent, lacking in morals, inconsistent, and in many ways trashy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>According to Monnin, Miss USA officials chose the five finalists in advance of Sunday&#8217;s show.<\/strong> She even claims to have proof of this. If this is true, that would be a huge issue for the Miss Universe organization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is the always hilarious Trump&#8217;s response!:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7SolwKGDibQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>There were two Asian American contestants this year! Both did not place.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandie Cazimero, Miss Hawaii USA<\/strong><br \/>\nBrandie, of Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, and Filipino descent, attends the University of Hawaii at Manoa where she is majoring in apparel product design &#038; merchandising and minoring in business administration.<br \/>\n<iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n6QKu8X1AO0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WxG8fIh4FtA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nitaya Panemalaythong, Miss Minnesota USA<\/strong><br \/>\nNitaya, of Laotian descent and fluent in the language, is the first Asian American to hold the title of Miss Minnesota. Born in a refugee camp, she came to the USA as an infant and now financially supports her 10-member family with her brother-in-law.<br \/>\n<iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hO94nLpplEI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dYbXyThnbQ4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin turned in her crown. 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