Trump reportedly rejected “too dark” and “too ethnic” Miss Universe contestants
Another day, another scandal.
The President of the United States has been accused of dismissing contestants from his Miss Universe pageant for being “too ethnic” or “too dark-skinned,” according to a newly publicly investigative report by journalists Michael Isikoff and David Corn.
The forthcoming book from the two, according to Atlanta Black Star, is entitled “Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump.”
— Bronx principal who banned Black history lessons now accused of taking away students’ project —
Excerpts published on Mother Jones show a troublesome reality of a man with power.
“He often thought a woman was too ethnic or too dark-skinned,” another Miss Universe staffer recalled. “He had a particular type of woman he thought was a winner. Others were too ethnic. He liked a type. There was Olivia Culpo, Dayanara Torres [the 1993 winner], and, no surprise, East European women,” reads the text.
In particular, one former Miss Universe staffer alleges that Trump would constantly “make changes” to the list of women who did and didn’t make the cut, especially if he felt “there were too many women of color” on it. And only woman who “snubbed his advances,” would allegedly automatically get the boot.
The excerpt says that he was, however, open to new possibilities. The staffer also said, “If [Trump] didn’t like a woman because she looked too ethnic, you could sometimes persuade him by telling him she was a princess and married to a football player.” Not sure how to interpret that but it doesn’t feel… celebratory.
— Photos from ‘Black Panther’ themed pageant hosted by fraternity is Wakanda magic —
TEEN USA DRAMA
The credibility of the allegations aren’t so far-fetch when you reach back to a 2016 Miss Teen USA winner— Kamie Crawford. Crawford alleged that Trump “doesn’t like Black people.”
Crawford, who won her crown in 2010, said she was warned about Trump’s alleged prejudice before meeting him when he was still an owner of the Miss Universe Organization.
“As the first (woman of color) to win the title in almost a decade — I was forewarned prior to meeting him that, ‘Mr. Trump doesn’t like black people. So don’t take it the wrong way if he isn’t extremely welcoming towards you. If he is, then (you) just must be the ‘type’ of black he likes,” Crawford tweeted Thursday night.
“Now again… I’m 17. Raised in the suburbs of Potomac, MD. Only experienced racism personally ONCE and it was outside of my hometown. SO needless to say, I was totally caught off guard and super nervous (because) this is supposed to be my boss I’m meeting — and he might not like me ALREADY?”
— Naomi Campbell will only work now if it helps black people: ‘I don’t give a f**k about fame’ —
The 23-year-old star of BET’s “F in Fabulous” added, “Sure enough after I was warned about him, I saw him in action & witnessed him completely snub a black contestant at Miss Universe rehearsals while she was practicing on stage. Literally turned his back to the stage and made a face like he was going to vomit at the sight of her.”
“Luckily for me — I was the ‘type’ of black he liked. He toted me around his buddies who were all there gawking at the Miss Universe girls, bragged about how ‘beautiful’ and ‘well spoken’ I was. ‘She’s so smart, look how smart she is,’ he kept saying.”
Crawford said she was initially “over the moon” that the real estate mogul took such a liking in her.
“But in hindsight, there was nothing to be excited about. This man is running for president of a country with ALL ‘types’ of black &honey, if u ain’t his ‘type’ Idk what to tell u,” she wrote. “But I will say this —VOTE on November 8th if u don’t wanna find out what his ‘type’ isn’t.”
And now, we have the man for 4 whole years. My, my, my…
