From an article on TODAY’s website:
“Photo Courtesy of the Miss Universe L.P., LLP”
In a first for any U.S.-based pageant organization, the Miss Universe Organization has taken the unusual step of releasing topless photos of its outgoing Miss Universe, Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela, to Maxim for the magazine’s September issue.
As you may recall, the Miss Universe Organization (which owns and operates the Miss USA pageant) treated the “topless” photo of former Miss California Carrie Prejean’s somewhat differently:
In a statement given to the Associated Press, pageant spokesman Roger Neal explained that, “Prejean has run afoul of several sections of the 12-page contract that prospective contestants were required to sign before competing…The contract contains a clause asking participants whether they have conducted themselves ‘in accordance with the highest ethical and moral standards’ and if they’ve ever been photographed nude or partially nude.”
It is also worth noting that while Miss Prejean came under scrutiny for undergoing plastic surgery (here are some particularly vile thoughts on the subject from Keith Olbermann and company on his “Countdown” program), the current Miss Universe, Dayana Mendoza, has apparently undergone plastic surgery as well.
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On a lighter note, do you really buy that it’s “topless” if the women are covering themselves with their arms? It might not be “G” rated, but a distinction needs to be made…
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