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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Report: Second Miss USA Contestant Backs Sheena Monnin’s Rigging Claims

Plus, the Miss USA organization is moving forward with legal action against the Cranberry resident.

In the week since she first earned the ire of Donald Trump by claiming the Miss USA competition is rigged, ex-Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin, of Cranberry, is continuing to grab headlines. Fox News reported Wednesday that a second Miss USA contestant has stepped forward to collaborate Monnin’s story that she heard Miss Florida, Karina Brez, reveal the list of finalists backstage before the pageant’s Top 15 were announced June 3. The contestant, who spoke to Fox on the condition of anonymity, said Brez appeared upset and flustered as she revealed the names. “I thought it might be because she didn’t make the top 15 cut, but at that point she was able to reveal to me at least four of the five names who went on to be the top girls,” the …

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