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Thursday, May 16, 2002
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Miss Universe
It doesn't get any bigger than the Miss Universe pageant. But once again the event is embroiled in a controversy, and this one is a beauty.
Miss Lebanon, Christina Sawaya has dropped out because she won't compete in a pageant alongside Miss Israel. Miss Isreal, Yamit Har-Noy, says, “That's too bad that she couldn't be here, but what can I say.”
Yamit told “Extra” that the trouble is all about the bloody violence in the Middle East. The situation is so ugly, the two beauty queens can't be photographed together for fear of being exiled, or worse, when they return home. She says, “It's a difficult time for Israel. I hope everything would be okay.”
In Puerto Rico, where the pageant is being held, the rumors were that Miss Israel couldn't even wear her sash for security reasons.
As for other contestants, most, like Miss Egypt, were upset by the controversy at the pageant. She says, “It has nothing to do with politics and I don't want to talk about anything related to politics.”
This isn't the first furor to rock Miss Universe's world. Last year, miss Israel wore a bulletproof vest and Miss France was rumored to really be a man. Well, she wasn't.
Now pageant owner Donald Trump says this year's controversy is even more troubling. He says, “It's sad really sad. You've got women who don't like each other now.”
But Trump, always the businessman, will just keep his eye on the prize.
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