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highplainsdem

(48,975 posts)
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 07:54 AM Oct 2016

Teen Beauty Queens Say Trump Walked In On Them Changing

Source: BuzzFeed

Four women who competed in the 1997 Miss Teen USA beauty pageant said Donald Trump walked into the dressing room while contestants — some as young as 15 — were changing.

“I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, ‘Oh my god, there’s a man in here,’” said Mariah Billado, the former Miss Vermont Teen USA.

Trump, she recalled, said something like, “Don’t worry, ladies, I’ve seen it all before.”

-snip-

Most of the women had fond recollections of Ivanka Trump, who, they said, came into the changing room to mingle. Billado said she told Ivanka about Donald Trump entering the room while the girls were changing their clothes. Billado remembers Ivanka answering, “Yeah, he does that.”

-snip-

Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kendalltaggart/teen-beauty-queens-say-trump-walked-in-on-them-changing



Ivanka was 15 at the time, the article says, and cohosting the pageant.

And her "Yeah, he does that" comment, shrugging off behavior that would have seemed inappropriate to most people, makes me wonder how often he'd walked in on her when she wasn't dressed.
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Teen Beauty Queens Say Trump Walked In On Them Changing (Original Post) highplainsdem Oct 2016 OP
My revulsion knows no bounds. trusty elf Oct 2016 #1
CNN reporting HurricaneWarning Oct 2016 #20
All the time... that's my bet. lapfog_1 Oct 2016 #2
And the tea-bagging, mouth-breathing, joshdawg Oct 2016 #3
Well now it is bordering on pedophilia titaniumsalute Oct 2016 #4
The pictures of him with a very young Ivanka, the comments about Paris Hilton bullwinkle428 Oct 2016 #13
Trump's comments about Jeffery Epstein, convicted pedophile... Major Nikon Oct 2016 #18
Golly! This seems so totally out of character for him! Orrex Oct 2016 #5
I saw this on daily beast too bmstee01 Oct 2016 #6
There are dark secrets here. madaboutharry Oct 2016 #7
The whole family seems to operate like this is a hostage situation..... dawnie51 Oct 2016 #8
In a Howard Stern interview several years ago he boasted about walking in on contestants -Steph- Oct 2016 #9
Why isn't Trump listed as a sexual predator? Botany Oct 2016 #10
He needs to be put on the list BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #12
Does this not sound just like Trump's grabbing some pussy story he told B. Bush on the bus? Botany Oct 2016 #15
I have noted before BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #16
It's suprising that no other candidate during the primaries TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #22
"Trump was their ratings cash cow." BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #28
Because just like he says, he can get away with anything Major Nikon Oct 2016 #19
Trump likes to hump demotux Oct 2016 #11
Ugh! The rape accusation of the 13 year old needs to be taken seriously! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #14
What a disgusting pervert. n/t MicaelS Oct 2016 #17
How many more of these stories will come out in the next four weeks? One per day at least Coyotl Oct 2016 #21
How did such a creep get this close to the WH? True_Blue Oct 2016 #23
The good news is that Trump met his future Secretary of Education there... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #24
God, he's creepy. nt leftyladyfrommo Oct 2016 #26
Gagging here. Oh, Ivanka sweetie? You should see somebody about that codependence Hekate Oct 2016 #27

HurricaneWarning

(220 posts)
20. CNN reporting
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 09:50 AM
Oct 2016

CNN just did a segment on the weird relationship between Trump and Ivanka. There was no doubt they thought something was off.

joshdawg

(2,648 posts)
3. And the tea-bagging, mouth-breathing,
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 07:58 AM
Oct 2016

knuckle-draggers will still vote for him and cheer him on. Go figure.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
13. The pictures of him with a very young Ivanka, the comments about Paris Hilton
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:52 AM
Oct 2016

when she was 12 or 13, the rape allegation...I've been getting the pedophilia vibe for a LONG time.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
18. Trump's comments about Jeffery Epstein, convicted pedophile...
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 09:40 AM
Oct 2016
"I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,'' Trump booms from a speakerphone. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it -- Jeffrey enjoys his social life."
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/n_7912/

dawnie51

(959 posts)
8. The whole family seems to operate like this is a hostage situation.....
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:14 AM
Oct 2016

I have been thinking really dark thoughts about this relationship for a long time. The creep factor is HUGE here. Too many inappropriate pics, too much kissy, butt touching etc. Now this. Mr. Entitlement knows no boundaries, and in his rarefied circles, children services does not exist, and who would tell anything anyway? Very, very disturbing.

-Steph-

(409 posts)
9. In a Howard Stern interview several years ago he boasted about walking in on contestants
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:24 AM
Oct 2016

while they're changing and naked. He said he could get away with things like that because he owned the pageant. He wasn't specifically referring to the teen pageants when he made the remarks, but given what we know now, what he said definitely seems to apply to all of his pageants.

Here's some of what he said:

“I’ll tell you the funniest is that I’ll go backstage before a show and everyone’s getting dressed,” Trump told Stern in the recordings. “No men are anywhere, and I’m allowed to go in, because I’m the owner of the pageant and therefore I’m inspecting it…. ‘Is everyone OK’? You know, they’re standing there with no clothes. ‘Is everybody OK?’ And you see these incredible looking women, and so I sort of get away with things like that.”

Botany

(70,501 posts)
15. Does this not sound just like Trump's grabbing some pussy story he told B. Bush on the bus?
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:54 AM
Oct 2016

"And so I sort of get away with things like that.”

Trump: “I’ll go backstage before a show and everyone’s getting dressed and ready and everything else. And you know, no men are anywhere. And I’m allowed to go in because I’m the owner of the pageant. And therefore, I’m inspecting it. You know I’m inspecting it. I want to make sure everything is good.”

Stern: “You’re like a doctor.”

Trump: “Is everyone OK? You know they’re standing there with no clothes. Is everybody OK? And you see these incredible looking women. And so I sort of get away with things like that.”

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/10/11/former-beauty-queen-she-other-contestants-were-forced-to-greet-trump-even-when-not-fully-dressed/

BumRushDaShow

(128,920 posts)
16. I have noted before
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 09:27 AM
Oct 2016

He has been law-breaking for decades. The material that is out there on him that has actually been reported on in the mainstream media over the past 40+ years, is breathtaking.

I don't know if this will be society's watershed moment to finally make a move on him, but I expect that he has built up a support system over the years and will be "calling in favors" soon. He is a "godfather" of the entertainment and business worlds, with his finger in so many industries that it would take years to untangle (which is why he has gotten away with what he has), but they need to find the one thing that will take him out (like how they finally got Al Capone), and get on with it.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,185 posts)
22. It's suprising that no other candidate during the primaries
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 10:16 AM
Oct 2016

brought these things up. Of course, it's surprising that NO ONE in the MSM covered these things before. Of course, Trump was their ratings cash cow.

BumRushDaShow

(128,920 posts)
28. "Trump was their ratings cash cow."
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 11:33 AM
Oct 2016

And that was exactly why they dismissed his past potentially criminal dealings and him in general.

But little did they know that he apparently made a decision this go-around, to get ready for his next venture - and it was not really his seeking the Presidency, although doing such would afford him the ability to further nationalize his "brand" and pad his pockets while his breathless groupies ran interference for him. It was to create his own branded media conglomerate.... And he showed them (the naive media) how masterful he can be manipulating them and otherwise using them for his own gain as he kamikaze-style bowled over 16 other lunatics running for the nomination while the media propped him up.

And when he loses and leaves a trail of destruction of the GOP in his wake, he will deploy the Breitbarts and Ailes and Omorosas and Don Kings and Hulk Hogans and Ted Nugents and Scott Baios and the beauty pageants and golf courses, and be ready to roll.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
19. Because just like he says, he can get away with anything
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 09:44 AM
Oct 2016

He has an army of lawyers just waiting to pounce on anyone who ever accuses him of anything and if massive intimidation doesn't work, he pays them off before anything goes public.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
14. Ugh! The rape accusation of the 13 year old needs to be taken seriously!
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:52 AM
Oct 2016

The victim has a witness too.

Trump supposedly told the victim that she would end up "like Maria" if she told what happened, and "Maria" was a former victim who was never seen again! Or so the victim and witness claim.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
21. How many more of these stories will come out in the next four weeks? One per day at least
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 10:14 AM
Oct 2016

would be my guess.
Trump could end up jealous of Barry Goldwater's showing!

Hekate

(90,674 posts)
27. Gagging here. Oh, Ivanka sweetie? You should see somebody about that codependence
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 11:33 AM
Oct 2016

You have a daughter now, right? Codependence is a bitch from Hell, and when you finally see it for what it actually is, it can shatter your world.

Ivanka probably still thinks all daddies do this.

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