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pnwmom

(108,977 posts)
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 05:59 PM Oct 2016

That Trump beauty contest thing? It was much worse than we've been hearing.

"People" were trying to make the nude girls "fawn all over" Trump when he arrived in the dressing room.

And I'd like to know who these "people" were -- was he accompanied by other men, who also came to enjoy the optics?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/10/12/former-miss-arizona-trump-just-came-strolling-right-in-on-naked-contestants/

As for Tasha Dixon, she only confirmed what Trump told Howard Stern, except with detail. She described to the Los Angeles TV station her experience with Trump as a contestant in 2001 in a dressing room where she and others were changing into bikinis:

He just came strolling right in. There was no second to put a robe on or any sort of clothing or anything. Some girls were topless. Others girls were naked.

Our first introduction to him was when we were at the dress rehearsal and half naked changing into our bikinis.

To have the owner come waltzing in, when we’re naked, or half naked, in a very physically vulnerable position and then to have the pressure of the people that worked for him telling us to go fawn all over him, go walk up to him, talk to him, get his attention.

SNIP

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That Trump beauty contest thing? It was much worse than we've been hearing. (Original Post) pnwmom Oct 2016 OP
What bothers me a lot is that it has taken so long for this to come out. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2016 #1
I totally agree, though I understand why these LuvNewcastle Oct 2016 #23
+1 C Moon Oct 2016 #30
this maggot MFM008 Oct 2016 #2
Pair this with the Howard Stern quote Worktodo Oct 2016 #3
I want to be sick all over again. sheshe2 Oct 2016 #4
GROSS sarae Oct 2016 #5
Think of it this way FreeState Oct 2016 #13
remember... his glowing children! Divine Discontent Oct 2016 #14
Puke... puke... puke... Raster Oct 2016 #6
"...go fawn all over him, Control-Z Oct 2016 #7
A slimier version Of Hugh Heffner. Old and In the Way Oct 2016 #8
He says in that Stearn Interview that The_Casual_Observer Oct 2016 #9
let's be fair, he was but a youth of 55 then! Divine Discontent Oct 2016 #16
"How about a hug for the Donald?" - Billy Bush alcibiades_mystery Oct 2016 #10
And he got his kiss too. It's like a magnet The_Casual_Observer Oct 2016 #11
More on the beauty contest thing ... Jarqui Oct 2016 #12
Miss USA and Miss Universe, not Miss America. nt tblue37 Oct 2016 #17
As contestants, all those girls probably had to sign 'morality' clauses procon Oct 2016 #15
That's what I suspect too Plucketeer Oct 2016 #21
He's admitted to being a sexual predator SHRED Oct 2016 #18
I think Trump's biggest annual expense is for Tic-Tacs. nt TeamPooka Oct 2016 #19
Some as young as 15. What would the criminal charge be for this situation? . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #20
I suppose this is why he went into the Beauty Contest business in the first place. TonyPDX Oct 2016 #22
There are so many articles about this that I've lost track of them, but in one article... George II Oct 2016 #24
Gross!!!!! pnwmom Oct 2016 #28
He's like an American Jimmy Savile. I hope that lowlife gets his, but good. He deserves to be shamed catbyte Oct 2016 #25
EEEEEWWWWW!!!! meow2u3 Oct 2016 #26
Wonder how many of them vomited? MsMAC Oct 2016 #27
He is truly sub-human. unitedwethrive Oct 2016 #29

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,855 posts)
1. What bothers me a lot is that it has taken so long for this to come out.
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:02 PM
Oct 2016

That should have been made public when it happened.

Do not for one moment think I disbelieve these reports. I don't. But it's sad how much of this crap women wind up tolerating.

LuvNewcastle

(16,844 posts)
23. I totally agree, though I understand why these
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:14 PM
Oct 2016

girls didn't speak up at the time it happened. Way too often women are ignored when they complain or they're blamed for the incident. Meanwhile these 'men' go on to gain greater power and privilege. It's a nasty perpetual motion machine that we can't seem to stop.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
5. GROSS
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:10 PM
Oct 2016

Creepy, disgusting, predatory pedophile.

Does he have a single redeeming quality? I've never seen one.

FreeState

(10,572 posts)
13. Think of it this way
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:37 PM
Oct 2016

We have an admitted sexual assault to a former Presidents cousin, who knew it was on tape and did nothing about it. This corruption runs pretty deep.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
7. "...go fawn all over him,
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:18 PM
Oct 2016

go walk up to him, talk to him, get his attention."???

This is worse than just one sick, twisted, pig. Other adults condoned and encouraged the girl's participation in what amounted to a sex show for Trump. Charges of some kind need to be brought up against every last one of them. I'm so angry right now. These were young girls. I don't know what to say. Seething.

Old and In the Way

(37,540 posts)
8. A slimier version Of Hugh Heffner.
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:27 PM
Oct 2016

At least Hugh's had women of legal age that knew what the Plyboy lifestyle was about. Trump used underage girls lured into his stable under false pretenses.

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
9. He says in that Stearn Interview that
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:31 PM
Oct 2016

"these were beautiful women"

Jesus, these were teenage girls. He was what? 60 years old?

Divine Discontent

(21,056 posts)
16. let's be fair, he was but a youth of 55 then!
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:42 PM
Oct 2016

Seriously... this stuff is just so facepalm-inducing... How is this perv at 1% in the polls, okay, we'll give him the 22% of bigots (based on those who said Dubya was doing a good job at the end of his term), but how is he at nearly double that, and is triple that in several states (WV, KY, TN, AL, etc).

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
10. "How about a hug for the Donald?" - Billy Bush
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:32 PM
Oct 2016

"...to have the pressure of the people that worked for him telling us to go fawn all over him, go walk up to him, talk to him, get his attention..."

Creep mode.

Jarqui

(10,124 posts)
12. More on the beauty contest thing ...
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:35 PM
Oct 2016
http://people.com/politics/a-brief-history-of-donald-trumps-letterman-appearances-after-the-retired-host-calls-him-damaged/
In another interview from 2010, Letterman asks Trump what he “fixed” about the Miss America pageant. “I made the heels higher and the bathing suits smaller,” Trump said. (Trump went on to say something like, then ratings went way up...)


“With this kind of genius, we have nothing to worry about,” Letterman responded dryly. “Everything is going to be fine

procon

(15,805 posts)
15. As contestants, all those girls probably had to sign 'morality' clauses
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:40 PM
Oct 2016

not to engage in behaviors that might embarrass the pageant owner or his brand. Evidently Trump had a different set of rules for himself.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
21. That's what I suspect too
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 07:08 PM
Oct 2016

They'd have lost whatever they had to gain if there was so much as a whisper about this crap. Damned pageants are are nothing but peep shows anyway. There's beauty in almost every woman. Exceptions would be Kelly Conway, Coulter and the like - and even THEY probably have a square inch of skin somewhere on their bodies that would be appealing in and by itself.

George II

(67,782 posts)
24. There are so many articles about this that I've lost track of them, but in one article...
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:23 PM
Oct 2016

....the person who told them to "fawn over him" in one case was his daughter Ivanka!

Trump family values.

catbyte

(34,383 posts)
25. He's like an American Jimmy Savile. I hope that lowlife gets his, but good. He deserves to be shamed
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:47 PM
Oct 2016

out of public life. And anybody who's still supporting that sleazy, worthless POS can go fuck themselves.

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)
26. EEEEEWWWWW!!!!
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:55 PM
Oct 2016

What a pervert! I hope he goes to prison in general pop, with no protection from the horror he's about to get from the inmates. I'll be celebrating when he gets a taste of his own medicine!

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