In what is described as a totally surprising turn of events, Donald Trump, the flamboyant former owner of the Miss Universe Organization emerged as the winner of the hotly contested 2016 US presidential election.
Trump rose to pageant supremacy when he acquired the Miss Universe Organization in 1996, which also included ownership of the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA systems. Months ago, Miss Universe 1996 Alicia Machado of Venezuela, who was the first winner to work under Trump, opened up with some scandalous stories that were meant to attack Trump’s candidacy prior to the elections.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – November 9, 2013: Donald Trump poses on the Miss Universe 2013 red carpet with Aras Agalarov (right), a billionaire Russian real estate mogul with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Agalarov’s son, Emin (left), a dance-pop singer with ambitions to international stardom and who got Trump to appear in one of his music videos. | Getty
Under Trump’s management, the New York-based Miss Universe pageant was seen being hosted by exotic countries, including Russia which was the last foreign country to hold pageant in 2013.
Despite the new ownership – Miss Universe was bought by WME / IMG last year – the winners of Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA still live at the Trump Tower apartment, located in New York City.
Miss Universe 1996, Alicia Machado of Venezuela, (Right) is greeted by businessman Donald Trump during a staged workout at a gym in New York in a Jan. 28, 1997 file photo. Photo: REUTERS/PETER MORGAN
Donald Trump and Brook Lee, Miss Universe 1997. Immediately after Donald Trump became a co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization, American Brooke Lee won the crown in Miami, Florida on May 6 1997.
Wearing the Mikimoto crown, Jennifer Hawkins, the newly-crowned Miss Universe 2004, poses with Miss Universe Organization co-owner Donald J. Trump at CEMEXPO in Quito, Ecuador on June 1, 2004 after the LIVE NBC broadcast of the 53rd annual Miss Universe competition. ho/Miss Universe L.P., LLLP
Wearing the new Mikimoto crown, 24-year-old Oxana Fedorova, of Russia, poses with Donald J. Trump, co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization, at a press conference at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico following the Miss Universe 2002 competition on May 29, 2002.
Miss USA 2013, Erin Brady, Donald J. Trump, and Miss Universe 2012, Olivia Culpo announce the location of the 2013 MISS UNIVERSE Pageant as Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia on November 9, 2013 after the 2013 MISS USA Competition.HO/Miss Universe Organization L.P., LLLP.
Mr. Donald J. Trump, Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo, Miss Teen USA 2012 Logan West, and newly crowned Miss USA 2012 Nana Meriwether during the Official MISS USA¨ Crowning Ceremony from the Trump Tower in New York, NY on Wednesday, January 9, 2013.
Stephania Fernandez, Miss Universe 2009, Donald Trump and Kamie Crawford, Miss Teen USA 2010 backstage at the 2010 Miss Universe Pageant at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday, August 23, 2010. ho/Miss Universe Organization LP, LLLP
Donald Trump and Ximena Navarrete, Miss Universe 2010 onstage after the 2010 Miss Universe Pageant at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday, August 23, 2010. ho/Miss Universe Organization LP, LLLP
The newly crowned Miss Universe 2012, Olivia Culpo, poses onstage with Donald Trump after this year’s LIVE NBC Telecast of the 2012 Miss Universe Competition at PH Live in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 19, 2012. HO/Miss Universe Organization L.P., LLLP
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