Miss Russia Sophia Rudyeva's Nipple is visible in her National Costume

What is with Miss Russia Universe 2009 Sophia Rudyeva or the Miss Russia organization? Are they trying to stir controversies so that Sophia will be an instant hit once she step down in Bahamas for the Miss Universe pageant?

After Sophia became a favourite buzz in pageant-related discussions after nude pictures of her appeared in the internet, another "scandal" is labeled to her.

Her nipple is hanging out in her national costume!!! Look closely on that picture shown above but if you can't see that nipple, here's a larger photo for everyone.

 

Holy cow! Miss Universe Organization would definitely not allow this. If Sophia insists, she might be disqualified.

Why does Sophia trying to be so controversial? She's lovely and she doesn't need all these controversies. Don't you think so?

Wardrobe Malfunction at Miss England 2009, Miss Leicestershire Exposes Boobs

Jade Elliott and the dress that malfunctioned

Even the world's best models have had to put their fair share of catwalk catastrophes behind them.

Naomi Campbell famously fell over on the runway in Paris and American supermodel Tyra Banks tripped up live on her own TV show.

Now a teenage beauty queen from Leicestershire has had to overcome a 'wardrobe malfunction' while competing in the Miss England 2009 pageant.

Stunning Jade Elliott, 18, from Desford, was strutting her stuff in London over the weekend after being crowned Miss Leicestershire in May.

The unfortunate incident happened on Sunday night, during the Fashion Student round.

Jade was given a bright pink dress to model, which had been designed by a student from Leeds, but she revealed more than she would have liked when the dress fell open.

The Mercury is not publishing the offending image to spare her blushes.

She had not noticed the wardrobe malfunction until she was greeted with a larger than normal round of applause and plenty of flashing lights as she came off stage.

She said: "That was the first time I had worn it and when I first put it on it was okay.

"As I was coming off I saw that quite a lot of people were clapping and all the photographers were taking pictures.

"I looked down and then realised what had happened. I've never been so embarrassed in my life.

"Nobody had said anything at all to me while I was on the catwalk. When I realised they had been taking pictures I was mortified.

"I just carried on as normal and pulled the top up."

Despite not making the top 15, the pretty brunette came away from the pageant with more coverage than any of the other contestants after the incident was reported – but she does not view that as a positive thing.

She said: "It's not the kind of attention that I want to be getting. I see it as quite negative.

"I've got absolutely no desire to do that kind of modelling so I don't see it as a good thing. It's just so embarrassing."

Jade says she would like to continue modeling but is having second thoughts about entering any more beauty pageants.

She says she will still have fond memories of the contest.

She said: "I enjoyed this so much. I had a great time and all the other girls were amazing.

"I was really pleased to get this far. Some of the other girls were quite a bit older than me and had been to lots of these things.

"But I'm not sure if this is the kind of thing I would do again."

Source: thisisleicestershire.co.uk

Trivia and Scandals at Miss England 2009 involving the winner Rachel Christie

The new Miss England is not only a Miss World 2009 hopeful but also a 2012 Olympics hopeful for heptathlon and the 400 metres dash. At the 2009 Miss World, twenty-year-old Rachel Christie is no doubt will be the winner of the Miss Sports, one of the fast-track events of the pageant.

If we are right with this, then, Rachel will be one of the semi-finalists since winner of a fast-track event automatically advances to the Top 10 or 15.

Rachel, competing as Miss London, won the pageant at London's Metropole Hilton Hotel last Tuesday, July 21st. She also became the first black winner in the history of the pageant by beating 14 other finalists.

The beauty queen is the niece of British Olympic 100 metres gold medallist Linford Christie.

Linford Christie, who still holds the British 100 metres record at 9.87 seconds, won the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He also won gold at the 1993 world championships and three European championships.

First Runner-up was Kat Hodge, a 21-year-old soldier decorated for bravery in Iraq. Viki Bailey was Second Runner-up.

Miss England Grand Final was decided after a public vote.

Rachel with runner-up Kat Hodge (right) and third placed Viki Bailey (left)

SCANDAL IN MISS ENGLAND 2009

Shortly after the announcement of Rachel Christie as Miss England 2009, it has been revealed that she only got 9 votes from the public. The pageant organizer had to come out to defend her.

According to the organizer, Christie was placed first by four of the six judges in the final and won the competition.

But in a public vote before the final, the winner of which won a place in the last 15, Miss Christie - who is also a part-time model - came 49th out of the 54 candidates.

People had been invited to take part in the survey conducted on the Miss England website, with calls costing £1 each on a premium rate phone line.

Fellow finalist Zoiey Smale got 2,013 votes compared to Miss Christie's nine but failed to finish in the top three.

She said: 'I felt quite let down as did all the girls that I spoke to because the ranking three didn't win any of the wards that were available for our hard work in the run-up to the finals.

'There were so many things we had to do. Yet none of it matter at the end of the day. The public vote was supposed to be acting as one of the judges' decisions. It was a big deal to me, but on the night it felt like it meant nothing.'

Organiser Angie Beasley said all the girls knew success in the public vote would only secure a place in the last 15 and counted as one-seventh of the final judging decision.

'When it gets to the top 15, they are judged on their confidence and their posture on stage and they are judged on their beauty and their personality,' she said.

'When it gets to the top 15 you cannot have the public vote judging that, it has to be a professional panel.'

Miss Christie also had a fast-track place because she had won the Helen E Cosmetic Award which guaranteed a spot in the final.

Half the finalists were fast-track contestants.

Current Miss World winner, Ksenia Sukhinova attended the pageant as a VIP guest.

Miss England 2009 Rachel Christie in her long gown with her trophy

Miss England 2009 Rachel Christie in her swimsuit

Miss Singapore Rachel Kum's Another Scandalous Picture

Rachel Kum, Singapore's representative to the Miss Universe 2009 pageant in Bahamas is in hot water again, for the nth time, for having another racy picture circulating in the net.

Rachel is definitely one of the most attacked candidates to the Miss Universe along with Miss Philippines Pamela Bianca Manalo and Miss Vietnam Vo Hoang Yen. Poor three lovely beauties who have been into public scrutiny just because of their dreams of representing their countries to an international pageant like the MIss Universe.

Well, the photo is taken from a party and there's nothing wrong being involved in this idea of fun but as a beauty queen, we really have to be very careful.

More of her racy pictures in here.

Miss Singapore "Scandal" - Rachael Kum's Racy Pictures

Rachael Kum, Miss Singapore 2009 and her country's representative to the Miss Universe 2009 pageant to be held in the Bahamas is facing hard time with fans who are not happy on her for winning the crown.

Mostly Singaporean fans, as I have seen on different forums and discussions, are really very vocal about their sentiments on the beauty queen. They say that Rachael should not have won because of her questionable integrity.

Well, this is only a statement I have read from the forums and not my own judgment. I believe that comments from other fans can't fully support the claim that Rachael is not a good role model.

But there are some "racy" pictures of Rachael showing her naughty moments that "might" support the sentiments of the fans. These are actually sent to us and when we checked Rachael Kum's blog, these said pictures are actually posted in her pages.

I leave the judgment to our readers - that's you.

The first picture shows Rachael standing beside a penis mascot and she's making gestures as if she's biting the head.

In the second picture, look at the bottom left corner, Rachael is with another woman in a position suggesting homosexuality.

Lastly, the third picture shows Rachael wearing a costume while a "doll" is in front of her as if she is getting an oral sex.

Is Rachael Kum a lesbian? I don't know that. How about you? What can you say?

Miss Nude South Africa

In case you haven't heard yet, there is another unique beauty pageant that is taking place in South Africa. If most of us love to see beauty candidates in their evening gowns and swimwears, I doubt if you can appreciate these things in the Miss NUDE South Africa.

Yes, this is a pageant which requires candidates in their birthday suits. This is organized by Sexpo.

As expected there are Christian protesters gathered outside Cape Town Convention Centre where the pageant will be taking place to denounce it. But the pageant organizer rejected claims that the event exploited women

"We are all here by our own choice: no-one's been forced to be here," said a topless Bella Anderson at her stall in the expo.

"I mean, I love sitting here... I enjoy this. It's not like I'm a prostitute or anything.

"I'm just enjoying the fact that I'm a woman first of all, and second of all I'm using my womanly side and my femininity... to have fun with people.

"It's not like I'm sleeping with anyone or doing bad things."

Anderson, who is conducting lap dancing workshops at Sexpo, said she hoped visitors to the event would leave more comfortable with who they were, rather than worrying about what other people said.

Spokesperson for the Christian Action Network Taryn Hodgson said Christians believed sex was a gift from God and should be expressed only within the confines of marriage.

"We shouldn't take something that's private and personal and make it public," she said.

She also said it was outrageous that an industry that promoted the "objectification and exploitation" of women should be given space at a premier tourist destination in the heart of the city.

Scandal: World Supermodels Pageant caught in hoax by Australian Models

The organisers of a Taiwanese beauty pageant have claimed they were conned by a modelling agency when it sent Australian women posing as international contestants.

Models claiming to be from 24 different countries took part in The World Supermodel Pageant co-hosted this week in Taichung by the city's tourism association TMTA and an Australian modelling organisation, the Apple Daily said.

Esma Voloder of Bosnia was crowned the winner but Taiwanese organisers later found that nine women, including Ms Voloder, were all Australian models claiming to represent countries including Croatia, France, and Sri Lanka.

"I was conned by the Australians... I had no idea about this. I feel so foolish," organiser Huang Chih-hui was quoted by the paper as saying. Ms Huang said she had entrusted an Australian modelling organisation to recruit the contestants and admitted she did not check the women's passports to verify their nationalities.

The organisation's representative, identified by the paper as Gavin Dooley, rejected the charges but declined to provide any proof of the women's nationalities, the report said.

The Australian-born winner Voloder was quoted by the paper as saying that her parents were Bosnian refugees and that she considered herself Bosnian.

Taiwan's once-thriving pageant industry has been plagued by a string of scandals in recent years.

In 2003, Miss Taiwan Liu An-na was stripped of her crown after she was found to have bribed judges while the runner-up who replaced her was accused of working as a hostess in Japanese bars -- charges she rejected.

Miss California vs. Miss Rhode Island: Is There a Double Standard over Racy Photos?

This is a rush transcript from "On the Record," May 11, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Some racy pictures of Miss California could end up costing her her crown. But is there a double standard at play here? Take a look at this picture. This is Miss Rhode Island USA posing in "Maxim" magazine before she won her crown.

So why isn't she in danger of losing her crown? And what does Miss Rhode Island think about this controversy.

Joining us is live is Miss Rhode Island USA, Alysha Castonguay. Nice to see you, Alysha.

ALYSHA CASTONGUAY, MISS RHODE ISLAND USA: Nice to see you. Thank you for having me.

VAN SUSTEREN: I'm glad to have you here. So what you think, should Miss California lose her crown or not?

CASTONGUAY: Absolutely not. I don't think it's something that she should lose her crown over if it's just the photos. And I know there are a lot of other things that are going on right now, but for the photos, definitely not.

VAN SUSTEREN: Do you know her at all?

CASTONGUAY: We met briefly. We were at Miss USA for about 17 days. So we talked a few times. She's a very nice girl.

VAN SUSTEREN: So you're not close friends or anything like that?

CASTONGUAY: No.

VAN SUSTEREN: Now, your situation, your pictures -- you had your pictures taken before you competed, is that right?

CASTONGUAY: Yes, I did. I had them -- they were taken in February 2008, and I was crowned in September of 2008.

VAN SUSTEREN: When you competed, did the pageant people know that those photos were out there of you?

CASTONGUAY: Yes. I contacted the Miss Rhode Island staff, and I submitted the photos because they were published, and I knew that somebody could get their hands on them.

And to eliminate a catastrophe from happening, I sent them in to the Miss Rhode Island staff, and they sent them to Miss Universe, and that left me with three weeks to prepare for Miss Rhode Island USA. I was waiting on a response from the Miss Universe organization on whether or not they cleared the pictures, and they did.

VAN SUSTEREN: So it wasn't the Rhode Island pageant that Okayed the, but the Miss Universe, the umbrella organization, which would presumably be over Miss California and every other state, right?

CASTONGUAY: Yes.

VAN SUSTEREN: Do you know, does that go all the way up to Donald Trump, or is that a separate entity, if you know?

CASTONGUAY: I am not sure. I don't k now if they would bother Donald Trump with something like that. But I think that they have some staff that works out situations like that.

I'm not really sure how high it went, but I know that it went into the hands of some staff members of the Miss Universe organization.

VAN SUSTEREN: Now that you are Miss Rhode Island, if you went out and took those pictures, is there anything in your contract or your agreement that would prevent you from going out and just doing those pictures like that yourself, now?

CASTONGUAY: Yes. Now that I'm Miss Rhode Island, yes, it's contracted. It's in our contract.

And I didn't know if it was something we had to submit from before, but in order to eliminate anything, I just submitted them just so that they would know that it's out there and everything would be laid out on the table before I entered Miss Rhode Island.

VAN SUSTEREN: When you compete in this contest, do they ask you on an application, are there any pictures sitting out there someplace that might be embarrassing? Is there any sort of application or anything that you are obliged to tell them before you compete?

CASTONGUAY: They ask you if you have you a Facebook, if you have a MySpace, if you have any photos on there, anything that you've done previously.

I mean, to me, if I took those photos for "Maxim" and they never used them, I don't know if I would tell the Miss Universe organization about them. If they weren't published, I don't know if I would come forward with saying that if they didn't use them.

And I feel that's what happened to her. I feel she probably took these photos for a job or a possibility, a chance at modeling. It's nothing less than what you would see in a Victoria's Secret catalogue, or anything like that.

So I don't know if she just didn't submit them because they weren't published, or what happened with that. But the reason why I submitted mine is because they were published and they were out there.

VAN SUSTEREN: Do you have a sense that her answer to her question is haunting her in any way or is going to sort of play into the decision, or is it simply the pictures?

CASTONGUAY: I think it has a lot to do with her answer to her question, that final night. I think that's part of the reason why that picture's out there.

She answered a question with her honest opinion, and I don't think that America was ready for that question to be answered both ways. And I think that when a question like that is answered, you need to be prepared to receive that answer both ways that it can go.

It's somebody's opinion. We're 51 girls that represent the United States, and we're 51 individual girls with our own opinions. So, I mean, it's not just her opinion. I'm sure there are other girls out there who have the same opinion as her. And, unfortunately, this had to come of it.

VAN SUSTEREN: What do you do now? What is the job of Miss Rhode Island now that the Miss USA Pageant's over? What's your obligation?

CASTONGUAY: We have appearances in Rhode Island. My state isn't really as big as many of the other states. But I travel around Rhode Island doing different things, different events. There are a lot of parades coming up for Memorial Day. And I just did a charity event the other day.

There's a lot of different things that come up. You just make appearances, anything.

VAN SUSTEREN: Alysha, thank you very much, and you do a great job representing Rhode Island, I suspect. I think you probably do a really good job. Thank you.

CASTONGUAY: Thank you for having me. I appreciate it.

Scandal: Miss Rhode Islands Alysha Castonguay Semi-Nude Pictures

Miss California Carrie Prejean is not the only American beauty queen who is in the hot water for having racy pictures surfaced in the net. It's just that Carrie's controversy is more scandalous because of the non-stop attacks from unhappy members and supporters of the gay and lesbian communities. In fact, the semi-nude photos of Carrie just started to surface in an attempt to shame her for an anti-gay marriage answer to a question during the Miss USA 2009 pageant.

Miss Rhode Islands, Alysha Castonguay, has also her share of the spotlight. Before she won her state title, she posed without tops for a men's magazine, the Maxim. But like Carrie, Alysha was also allowed to keep her title.

Here is one of the controversial photos of Alysha.

I can't post in my blog the other two more daring pictures. Visit my this link to see them.

Sarah Palin on Carrie Prejean

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin re-appeared on the national stage tonight, jumping to the defense of a beauty pageant contestant who has been at the center of a media feeding frenzy in recent days.

"The liberal onslaught of malicious attacks against [Miss California] Carrie Prejean for expressing her opinion is despicable," said Palin in a statement. Palin added that she spoke to Prejean soon after the beauty queen said publicly that she believed she had lost the Miss USA competition due to her answer to blogger -- and contest judge -- Perez Hilton that marriage is between a man and a woman.

"What I find so remarkable is that these politically-motivated attacks fail to show that what Carrie and I believe is also what President Obama and Secretary Clinton believe --- marriage is between a man and a woman," Palin added. "Our Constitution protects us all -- not just those who agree with the far left."

The Alaska governor and former vice presidential candidate has struggled to balance her current job with her ambitions on the national stage. The latest example: She was expected to attend the White House Correspondents Dinner last weekend but canceled at the last minute to attend to flooding in the Last Frontier. (The First Dude -- Palin's husband Todd -- did attend the dinner.)

Miss Georgia Kimberly Gittings Stands Behind Prejean

Miss California, Carrie Prejean learned she would be allowed to keep her crown Tuesday despite risqué photos taken of the 21-year-old surfacing. The beauty queen was also under fire for her answer to a question about gay marriage during the Miss USA pageant. Tuesday night, Miss Georgia opened up about the controversy.

Miss Georgia, Kimberly Gittings said she stood behind her friend Prejean 100 percent and she wasn't surprised that the California beauty queen was allowed to keep her title. Gittings also said she was confident that Prejean will do a great job as Miss California.

Gittings said the crowing moment of being in the Miss USA pageant was getting to know the other women in the competition. The Lilburn native said she developed a close friendship with many of the women in the pageant, including Prejean.

"She was really nice, beautiful in person, and funny too," said Gittings of Prejean.

Prejean came under fire for her answer to a question about same-sex marriage during the Miss USA pageant.

Gittings said as Miss USA you have to be ready to address any topic and speak from the heart.

"I stick behind her opinion, the fact that we come from a country that you can speak you mind," said Gittings.

Prejean found herself in the middle of more controversy when risqué photos she took when she was younger surfaced. Pageant director Donald Trump called the photos "lovely."

"It wasn't that risky, in our generation that's what we see, from celebrities to everyday people," said Gittings.

Gittings made to the top 15 in the Miss USA pageant and placed 4th in popularity in an online viewer vote.

Gittings said while the pageant was rocked with scandal she learned how important it is to stick to your guns.

"Somebody's going to get upset no matter what your opinion, but if you stand behind [what you] say whole-heartedly and you're confident in your decision, you shouldn't have any excuse," said Gittings.

Gittings has a non-profit organization that helps people with eating disorders. Gittings will head back the University of Georgia in the fall where she is a double major in communications and pre-med.

Gittings is also in ROTC and will be going into the Air Force as an officer. Gittings said she wasn't done with pageants just yet and will likely compete on the Miss America circuit.

Dethroned Miss Nevada Peeved by Miss California "Double Standard"

There once was a beauty queen who took naughty pictures and, some years later, did not get to keep her crown.

Despite the magnanimity shown to Miss California Carrie Prejean, Katie Rees—Miss Nevada 2007—was out of luck when racy pics of her showed up after she won her title.

And she's none too happy about what she perceives to be a "huge double standard."

"Semi-nude photos are semi-nude photos," she told E! News, comparing the topless lingerie pics of Prejean with her own shots, which featured a 17-year-old Rees baring a breast, flashing her thong, and doing her best Katy Perry impression.

Miss Universe Organization honcho Donald Trump deemed the photos inappropriate and stripped Rees of her Miss Nevada USA title in December 2006.

And this isn't the first time since that Rees has spoken out in opposition to the less harsh treatment doled out to some of her pageant peers.

She called it "unfair" when Miss USA 2006 Tara Conner was allowed to keep her title after the then-underage beauty queen was spotted drinking in various NYC bars and, at one point, kissing one of her gal-pals.

Rees said today that she and Prejean both signed contracts swearing that there were no nude or semi-nude photographs of them in existence.

And they both broke the contract, Rees added, but she is the only one who had to pay so harshly for her mistake. She asked for a chance to reclaim her title, but was denied.

"I don't know why I am the only one who was punished for their behavior," she said. "I was only 19 when those photos were taken of me, and it was me in my personal life, far before I was crowned Miss Nevada. Carrie actually posed for these professional semi-nude photos.

"I think that's worse."

Last week, after the blogosphere was already ablaze with Prejean's anti-gay marriage comments, a racy pic of the Miss USA runner-up was posted on TheDirty.com. Prejean later admitted to having posed for that and other shots when she was only 17, having been convinced "in her naiveté" to do so by the photographer.

Earlier today, Trump ruled that Prejean will remain Miss California.

Rees, who says that she has never actually met Trump, thinks the real-estate tycoon made a mistake by giving her the ax.

"I have been scrutinized in the press and have tried to move on with my life, but it's hard," she told E! "Everywhere you go, people judge you on these photos and already think they know the type of person you are."

But despite everything, she said, Rees is proud of the way she has handled the aftermath of her own pageant debacle.

"At least when those pictures of me came out, I admitted I was wrong and told young women in America how big of a mistake it was and to be careful because everything can affect your future," she said. "That's more than Carrie has done. She has lied about her age when she took the photos, lied about how many there were and hasn't acknowledged that she was wrong by breaking the contract. I don't think that is a good role model and I hope young women recognize that."

Scandal: New Set of Miss California Carrie Prejean's Semi-Nude Photos

The "attack" on Miss California 2009 and Miss USA 2009 runner up, Carrie Prejean, by mostly gays who were offended by her answer during the final question and answer portion of the Miss USA pageant continues with TMZ, a popular site for celebrity gossips, discovering more of Prejean's racy pictures showing her boobs and nipples.

The site claimed that the semi-nude photos of Carrie Prejean was shot profesionally only last year when the controversial beauty queen was already 20 years old.

Well, expect that this scandal or controversy involving Miss California will go on now that the owner of Miss Universe, Donald Trump, let Carrie keep her title. She was not dethroned which disgusted many Carrie haters. Expect them to hunt for more racy pictures of her.

Here are some of the semi-nude pictures of Miss California from TMZ.

Donald Trump Rules: Carrie Prejean Will Keep Her Crown Despite Racy Pics Controversy

Beauty queens are in the eye of the beholder. And for Donald Trump, Carrie Prejean will always be a beauty queen.

Trump, the owner of the Miss Universe Organization and thus decider of Miss California's fate, resolved today to let the scandal-scarred and contract-violating titleholder keep her crown, over yesterday's urgings of Golden State pageant officials.

"Carrie will remain Miss California," the Donald announced at a press conference this morning, adding that "we are in the 21st century."

"We've really studied these photos," he said. "We've made a determination that everything we've seen to date that she's done—some were very beautiful, some were risqué—the pictures taken were acceptable, were fine, and in some cases were lovely pictures."

The aesthetic argument is one Trump returned to several times over the course of explaining his decision.

"If Carrie weren't so beautiful, this never would have come up," he said. "Carrie is totally beautiful. And her answer, because of that, took on more importance. Unfortunately, that's the way the press works. You should be ashamed of yourselves."

As for Prejean, she took time out to give thanks to her own holy trinity: Trump and Miss California officials, her fans, and—no acceptance speech is complete without him—God.

"I would like to thank the thousands of Americans who have sent letters, sent emails, messages...I cannot count the number of fan mail I have received in the past three weeks of people expressing their support to me," she said, choking back tears. "They have confided in me that they have found hope and inspiration in my story.

"Most importantly, I would like to thank God for trusting me with this large task and giving me the strength to stand by my beliefs."

And while she dismissed the recent spate of leaked topless photos as one-off poses, Photoshopped snaps and otherwise unknowing outtakes from a surf magazine shoot, she did spend some time explaining the other alleged violation of her Miss California contract—lobbying against same-sex marriages.

"Being at the center of a media firestorm is not something I had planned or signed up for," she said. "Let me be clear, I am not an activist, nor do I have a personal agenda.

"I was thrown into this firestorm from the time I was asked the question on stage…The president of the United States, the secretary of state, and many Americans agree with me," she said.

And while she went on to admit that she has "become an advocate of not redefining marriage," she will continue to do so without ties to any particular organization.

"I am not working for the National Organization for Marriage. I spent about an hour with them," she said.

"I am not going to be speaking out against same-sex marriage. I'm going to resume my duties as Miss California, but also stay true to my personal beliefs. We will see how we will balance the two.

"I want to reaffirm my commitment to Miss California USA."

Part of how Prejean will now do that is by incorporating her hard-learned lessons in "civility, respect and tolerance" into her state duties.

"Not everyone may like me or agree with me, but I hope at the end of the day, everyone will respect my rights as I respect theirs."

"It has been a long journey for me, as you all know, but through all this I stand before you today a stronger woman than I was yesterday and I am proud of that."

She also stands today as a beauty queen who once again has the support of the Miss California organization behind her.

While pageant codirectors Shanna Moakler and Keith Lewis yesterday all but replaced Prejean in her duties as Miss California, they appeared alongside her at today's press conference forming a united front.

"I think Carrie's excited to get back to being Miss California USA and we're excited to have her," Lewis said.

"They were having some miscommunication with Carrie, and I use the term 'miscommunication' somewhat loosely," Trump said. "The communication problem, I believe, is totally solved.

"They are really getting along very well. They've been meeting for hours in my office and I really think that they developed a relationship they didn't have before."

Just yesterday, Miss California pageant officials crowned a replacement-in-waiting, Miss California runner-up Tami Farrell, whom they also announced as the ambassador for the new Beauty of California initiative.

Lewis and Moakler also let slip that they had strongly recommended that Trump give Prejean the old heave-ho from her pageant post, mostly due to her failure to disclose her racy shots.

For her part, Prejean shrugged off the scandal, saying the most recent spate of photos were taken by a professional photographer between shots on a windy day, and blamed unexpected gusts—and an ethically-challenged cameraman—on her unwitting exposure.

Trump has a history of being forgiving of misbehaving beauty queens. Back in 2006, he gave Miss USA Tara Conner a second chance after she admitted to drinking, drug use and other behavior unbecoming a pageant winner, and sent her to rehab.

"In a way this is a bigger issue," he said. "Tara had serious alcohol and drug problems, and I'm very proud of her. We gave her a second chance...She's doing fantastic.

"That was a personal problem that she had, this is a very big issue. This is an issue that probably will be debated for a long time."

Though it's a debate that, for once, won't be started by Trump himself.

After opening the press conference up to questions from the press, the mogul was inevitably asked what his response would have been on the now infamous pageant question.

"It's not up to me," he said, expertly sidestepping the query. "It's a very, very, big issue and it's an issue that has two sides and I understand both sides very well."

And as for the question's equally infamous asker?

"I'd love to have him back," Trump said. "Look, I know Perez Hilton. He's doing his thing, I'm doing my thing, we're all doing our things."

As it stands, Prejean will be doing her thing as Miss California until November, when the next state winner will be crowned.

Miss La Paz Maria Laura Nietch is barred from Miss Bolivia 2009

Beauty pageant scandals and controversies continue to heat up after a winner of Miss La Paz (capital of Bolivia, a landlocked country in the South America) was barred to join the Miss Bolivia 2009 by the Gloria Promociones, the pageant organizer.

Maria Laura Nietch, 18, was supposed to join the Bolivia's national pageant that will select their representative to the Miss Universe to be held in the Bahamas on August 23. But the pageant organizer contested that Nietch is not eligible to compete because she is not a Bolivian but an Argentinian national.

Originally, Nietch migrated from Argentina but she has been living for 15 years in Bolivia.

The only good news for Nietch was the decision of the organizers to keep her as the official winner of Miss La Paz 2009. She can continue her title and will go straight to Miss Bolivia 2010 if her Bolivian citizenship will be dealt with.

According to La Razon, Nietch does not have dual citizenship but she was already in the process of nationalization. Her nationalization was delayed by bureaucratic procedures.

Her runner up, Pamela Chavarria of Illimani, will go on as Seniorita La Paz in the Miss Bolivia pageant which will be held on May 15 in Sucre.

'Confucius Invented Confusion' says Giosue Cozzarelli, a Miss Panama 2009 contestant

"Who was Confucious?"

That was the question that barred a contestant of the Miss Panama 2009 to continue with the pageant. She was disqualified immediately by the pageant organizers. I pity the beautiful Giosue Cozzarelli.



Cozzarelli was asked in a pre-pageant interview infront of a big crowd with that question. She confidently answered, "Confucius...was one of whom invented confusion and that's why...ehhh... One of the most ancient, he was one of the Chinese Japanese who were one of the most ancient. Thank you!"

Honestly, I don't know much about Confucious except that he was one of the greatest Chinese philosophers of all time. Am I right with this? That was not a fair question to a beauty pageant. Beauty pageant is not a quiz bee.

Giosue fans are protesting her elimination, claiming that it was not fair that a question related to knowledge was asked instead of a question that required one's personal opinion.

I admit I almost died laughing when I watched the video but I just wish Giosue will be strong enough to face this controversy or "scandal" produced by a beauty pageant.

You'll have to excuse the weird laugh sequence at the end: this was the only video on YouTube with an English translation (so far)

A Dethroned Miss California? Announcement Planned for Monday

Will Carrie Prejean lose her crown to Miss California runner-up Tami Farrell? Speculation has been brewing for days, and on Monday, her fate will be announced.

According to E! News, the co-directors of the Miss California USA pageant, Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler, will be holding a press conference on Monday to announce their decision on gay marriage-opposing, semi-nude title holder Carrie Prejean.

Officials are in talks with the 21-year-old beauty queen's reps to determine whether she should keep the coveted tiara due to possible contract violations.

Carrie Prejean has been a lightning rod for controversy since she lost out - she was first runner-up - to Kristen Dalton at the Miss USA Pageant April 19.

First, there were her public appearances with same-sex marriage opponents, then sexy topless and underwear pics she took as a teen and did not disclose.

Many believe that her anti-gay marriage stance, revealed after judge Perez Hilton asked about it during the finals, cost Prejean the Miss USA title.

Either way, she's still Miss California - unless contest owner Donald Trump decides to strip her of that crown. Ultimately, the decision rests with him alone.

Carrie's father, Will, predicts she will keep her crown. He also said that Sarah Palin and the gay community are both on her side, though, so who knows.

If there's a precedent for this sort of thing, it may have been set in 2006 when Miss USA Tara Conner was not stripped of her crown by Trump despite alcohol, drug and girl-on-girl action photos that leaked to the Internets.

However, one indicator of which way Trump & Co. are leaning this time around could be that Tami Farrell, the first runner-up in the Miss California pageant, will be on hand at Monday's press conference. So stay tuned.

Will Miss California lose title over topless photos?

Miss California Carrie Prejean has found herself disrobing her way through more controversy!

On Monday, photos surfaced on a web site showing a topless Carrie Prejean posing provocatively. However, Carrie quickly responded to the photos, claiming she was only 17 years old when the pictures were taken.

But was Carrie’s claim a strategic move since many media outlets would not likely air underage nudity?

Today, Access Hollywood uncovered evidence, which may put her age at over 18 when the photos were taken.

The Miss California USA organization told Access they were “shocked” by the photo and said they believe the images were shot between the time of now-21-year-old Carrie’s breast augmentation and the Miss USA Pageant, which would be roughly nine weeks ago.

Victoria’s Secret at first confirmed Carrie was wearing their line of lace lingerie in the photo and that particular line was not manufactured until 2006. Carrie’s 18th birthday was in 2005.

Prejean’s spokesperson told Access she “swears up and down” that she was 17 or under when the pictures were taken and that she was not wearing Victoria’s Secret.

Shortly after Victoria Secret’s initial confirmation, a rep for the company told Access, “without seeing the underwear in person, there is no way for me to confirm that these are in fact Victoria’s Secret underwear.”

Prejean’s spokesperson also said the photos were shot by a friend or family member to be used in a portfolio. Her spokesperson told Access that Carrie directed the photo session and someone else actually shot them.

In addition, Prejean penned a handwritten note to Access, reiterating her age at the timem of the photograph.

“The photo in question was taken was I was a minor, several months before the 2005 pageant,” the note, dated May 5, 2009, read. “The photo was not meant for disclosure to the general public.”

Carrie told Access she feels targeted because of her stance on traditional marriages, saying, “I am a Christian, and I am a model. Models pose for pictures including lingerie and swimwear photos.”

According to page 15 of her Miss USA contract, obtained by Access Hollywood, she’s barred from being “photographed in a state of partial or total nudity.”

Carrie’s contract with Miss California USA also prohibits nudity, stating on page five, “appearing in public or permitting myself to be photographed in a state of partial or total nudity or in a lewd, compromising or sexually suggestive manner constitutes a violation of this provision (this includes photographs of images that may appear on any Web site, such as MySpace of Facebook).”

Whether or not Carrie’s stripped down photo will strip her of her tiara is still unkown. However, a decision about Carrie’s future as Miss California is expected to be announced within the next few days.