Posted on 06/30/2015 11:47:48 AM PDT by drewh
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) —Organizers of next month's Miss USA pageant say "the show will go on," despite NBC's decision to not broadcast the event after splitting with Donald Trump.
"We are disheartened by recent events but the show will go on," the Miss Universe organization said in a statement Tuesday morning. "We are moving forward, full-steam ahead as planned for the next two weeks, culminating in the crowning of a new Miss USA on July 12."
However, the show currently has no television broadcaster.
Before NBC pulled out, Univision, the biggest Spanish-language broadcaster in the country, decided last week to end its five-year contract to air the pageant as a protest against Trump's derogatory comments about Mexicans, which he made in announcing his presidential campaign.
"While world politics and other influences will undoubtedly play a role, the pageant will always seek to transcend controversy," the Miss USA pageant's statement continued.
"It is unfortunate that recent events beyond our control have only served to negatively impact the women who participate in the pageant, our state directors, our sponsors and our fans. We want our supporters to know we remain committed to them and we will be conducting the pageant, regardless of the current situation."
Trump owns half of the organization that oversees both the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants.
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Univision is gonna pay big time.
They seek to transcend controversy? Is that idiot Perez Hilton going to be a judge and bitch about homosexual marriage again???
Time for Fox News to air some special Miss USA Sunday night programming to supplement Greg Gutflend and the O’Reilly Westerns!
Check out this dolt:
Mekahlo Medina, a reporter at an NBC affiliate in California and the head of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, called on NBC to “acquire 100% ownership of the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and air those events without the shadow of such mistrust and fear Mr. Trump has created.”
rumour had it that ‘Caitlyn’ Jenner was going to be a judge this year, no way that will happen if it airs on FOX.
A. The Miss America pagent
ummmm.....let’s see, 52 young, beautiful, scantily clad young women....I wonder, can we get a television network interested in carrying programming of that nature? I wonder...
What about the other 5 states?
Not really a fan of the arm pit shot.
Why not a contestant? /s
You don’t piss off a dude who has $9 Billion. Don’t think for a moment that the powers that be at NBC and Univision aren’t shared scitless.
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