US beauty queen to pay €5m after claiming contest was rigged

A federal judge in New York has upheld an arbitrator’s ruling that a Pennsylvania beauty queen must pay the Miss USA pageant US $5m (€3.8m) for defaming Donald Trump’s pageant organisation.

US beauty queen to pay €5m after claiming contest was rigged
Fri, 05 Jul, 2013 - 17:27

A federal judge in New York has upheld an arbitrator’s ruling that a Pennsylvania beauty queen must pay the Miss USA pageant US $5m (€3.8m) for defaming Donald Trump’s pageant organisation.

Sheena Monnin resigned as Miss Pennsylvania last year, saying the contest was rigged.

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