Quits, blast trans contestants (Photo – NBC)
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — While reputable reports are skim, it is clear one of the contestants — Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin — quit just prior to the end of the Miss USA pageant held a few days ago. The Miss Universe organization is reportedly saying it’s because they allowed trans woman Jenna Talackova to compete. Contents of an email from Monnin to the Miss Universe organization the day she quit was disclosed:
” . . . a pageant system that has so far and so completely removed itself from its foundational principles as to allow and support natural-born males to compete in it. This goes against ever moral fiber of my being. I believe in integrity, high moral character, and fair play, none of which are part of this system any longer.”
Reports say that Monnin has changed her story since then and now accuses the pageant of fraud claiming that ‘the top 5 were selected in advance’. The organization however, insists the Jenna Talackova controversy was the reason she quit.
I wrote this piece on trans people in beauty pageants for the Huff Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/courtney-odonnell/jenna-talackova_b_1530563.html
My previous post on Jenna Talackova: http://lexiecannes.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/transgender-beauty-contestant-jenna-talackova-new-photos-new-complaints/
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Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin quits, blast pageant for allowing trans contestants (Photo – NBC)
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Too bad there’s such an idiotic brain behind that pretty face.
She’s not even that pretty!!!!
Sounds like Miss Pennsylvania USA is jealous and has a serious issue.
I’d be telling her good riddance and don’t let the door hit you in the a** on the way out. We don’t need bigoted, hate-filled morons competing for the title.
I bet she’s never had plastic surgery, a boob job, teeth work and coaching on how to win a contest. I think she’s a Romney supporter.
She obviously can’t handle others that are more beautiful and intelligent … idiot assigned female at birth!
I thought at first that Sheena Monnin was another crazy bigot but on reflection I’m not so sure. She says she quit because she claims the pagent is rigged. Being that this pagent is a Trump owned operation I can believe that they tried to cover their ass and claim Sheena quit due to Jenna being allowed to participate when indeed Sheena may have quit because the judging was rigged. Plus this would have the benifit of undoing some of the damage the pagent inflicted on itself when it first ruled against Jenna competing. The terrible comment attributed to Sheena is just that, “attributed”. And attributed by the pagent. Where is the proof that Sheena actually said or wrote that. It’s not that I’m defending Sheena, it’s just that Trump is a low-life, duplicitous scumbag and I trust him or anybody connected to him or his businesses about as far as I can throw a Sherman tank.
Your comments about Trump may have some merit, however Monnin’s timing on this makes her look bad. She should have spoken out earlier if she suspected something was amiss. Instead she quit mid-show when it became apparent she wasn’t going to win. Not really a good position to be in if you’re a whistleblower.