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Yoyo dieter Newt Gingrich fat-shames Miss Universe at gay GOP dinner

Thursday, September 29, 2016

“You’re not supposed to gain 60 pounds during the year that you’re Miss Universe," the former House speaker told the Log Cabin Republicans.

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Bette Midler turns Miss Universe blunder into George W. Bush insult

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Bette Midler doesn't suffer fools gladly.

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Miss Spain becomes first openly lesbian national beauty queen

Monday, August 25, 2014

Miss Spain has revealed she is in a lesbian relationship, becoming the first openly gay national beauty queen. Patricia Yurena, 24, revealed in an Instagram photo that she is in a relationship with singer Vanesa Cortes.…

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Miss Universe: Transgender contestants should have their own pageants

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Gabriela Isler, the former Miss Venezuela who was crowned Miss Universe on Saturday, said she does not believe transgender contestants should be allowed to participate in the Miss Universe pageant.

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Thomas Roberts to host Miss Universe in Moscow to give LGBT Russians ‘hope’

Thursday, October 17, 2013

NEW YORK -- Thomas Roberts, an openly gay journalist and news anchor for MSNBC, announced Thursday he plans to host the upcoming Miss Universe pageant in Moscow, calling it a "huge, visible opportunity for LGBT people.…

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Miss Universe pageant rejects call to move competition out of Russia

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

The Miss Universe pageant has responded to a Change.org petition calling for this year’s pageant to be moved from Russia because of that country’s recently enacted anti-gay “propaganda law.

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Bravo’s Andy Cohen will not travel to Russia to host Miss Universe

Thursday, August 15, 2013

NEW YORK -- Andy Cohen, an Executive Vice President at the Bravo channel and host of "Watch What Happens Live," says he is passing on hosting the 2013 Miss Universe pageant because he does not feel…

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Judge OKs defamation ruling against anti-transgender Pa. beauty queen

Friday, July 5, 2013

NEW YORK -- A federal judge in New York has upheld an arbitrator's ruling that a Pennsylvania beauty queen must pay the Miss USA pageant $5 million for defaming Donald Trump's pageant organization after she allegedly…

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First transgender contestant to compete for Miss California USA crown

Friday, January 11, 2013

Among the 229 contestants competing for the title of Miss California USA will be Kylan Arianna Wenzel, a 26-year-old transgender woman from Century City, Calif. Wenzel will be the first ever transgender contestant after the Miss Universe…

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Anti-transgender pageant contestant ordered to pay $5 million for defamation

Monday, December 24, 2012

A former Miss Pennsylvania USA, who gave up her state crown shortly after the Miss Universe organization announced its decision to allow transgender participants, has been ordered pay the pageant organization $5 million for defamation.

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