Miss Teen Louisiana Lindsey Evans has been arrested on several charges including possession of marijuana and walking out on a restaurant tab.

Evans and her friends did dinner at a Louisiana restaurant and then dashed out on a $46.07 tab (it was probably IHOP or Chilis).  The only problem is that Evans left her purse at the establishment.  She was arrested when she came back for the bag and cops found weed in her purse.  She has now been charged with theft and possession of pot.

I love pageant girls for many reasons. They are good for business here at the Shack.  They always make the rest of us feel smart.  Does anyone know the % of pageant girls that end up going through therapy of some sort?  I think the answer would be shocking.

Redneck Louisiana parents almost always spell their daughter’s names the wrong way like Britknee or Dienasty!

Has anyone else noticed that pageant girls get in more trouble with the law than NBA and NFL players?

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Here is the much hyped Sarah Palin swimsuit video from the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant. This was before the two piece bikini took over most pageants. The 80’s hair is bad as is the video quality but overall Palin’s got a pretty decent body, and extremely stunning by 1984 standards. Where would we be today without You Tube?

More Sarah Palin News and Photos

For the second year in a row Miss USA fell during the Miss Universe pageant in Vietnam. This year it was Miss USA Crystle Stewart who tripped and fell smack dab on her pageant booty. She did recover rather nicely from her fall.

Last year it was Miss USA Rachel Smith who fell in Mexico City (watch video).

Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza Crowned Miss Universe 2008

Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza has been crowned Miss Universe 2008. The first runner-up went to Miss Columbia Taliana Vargas. The pageant was hosted by Jerry Springer and took place at the Crown Convention Center in Nhr Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam.

After winning Mendoza said she discovered how to stay poised after being kidnapped as a little girl in her homeland.

An elated Dayana Mendoza received the crown from her predecessor, Riyo Mori of Japan, and then prepared to meet a gaggle of reporters. Miss Venezuela, 22, was once kidnapped in her homeland and says the experience taught her to remain poised under pressure.

Miss USA Crystle Stewart just like last year’s Miss USA fell down during the pageant when she got tangled up in her dress (watch video of the fall).

Tension got under the skin of Crystle Steward of Texas, the second Miss USA in a row to fall down during the Miss Universe pageant. She tripped on the train of her bejeweled evening gown as she made her entrance.

The pageant was hosted by Jerry Springer and judged by Donald Trump, Jr., Robert Cavalli, Nadine Velazquez, Louis Licari, Jennifer Hawkins, Taryn Rose, Nguyen Cong Khe, Joseph Cinque and Eesha Koppikhar.

Here is a look at the Top 10 Contestants:

• Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza
• Miss USA Cyrstle Steward
• Miss Italy Claudia Ferraris
• Miss Russia Vera Krasova
• Miss Dominican Republic Marianne Cruz
• Miss Kosovo Zana Krasniqi
• Miss Australia Laura Dundovic
• Miss Spain Claudia Moro
• Miss Mexico Elisa Najera
• Miss Columbia Taliana Vargas

More Photos of Miss Venezuela

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British Army L/Cpt Katrina Hodge rose to fame back in 2005 as ‘Combat Barbie’ after she saved the lives of several soldiers in her regiment while fighting in Iraq.

L/Cpl Hodge was nicknamed Combat Barbie in 2005 after being given a bravery commendation for saving the lives of members of her regiment in Iraq.

They were held at gunpoint when their vehicle overturned but L/Cpl Hodge punched the gunman and took his rifles.

Now ‘Combat Barbie’ is up for the title of Miss England.  If she wins the beauty pageant she would go on to compete in the Miss World pageant.

“I was delighted to have been selected for the Miss England final and it is a great honour,” she added.

“Being a part-time model and a serving soldier is certainly a world apart. I want to use this competition to highlight the work that the Army are doing and what they have done for this country.”

Her story reminds me of Sgt. Jill Stevens who won the title of Miss Utah and competed in the Miss USA pageant earlier this year.

More Photos of Combat Barbie 

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Miss Washington Elyse Umemoto is the latest beauty queen to find herself in hot water. Umemoto is catching heat for flipping the bird for a photo while wearing her Miss Washington crown.

Umemoto, who competed for the Miss America title this year and was second runner-up, isn’t really doing anything all that controversial but wearing the crown in the pictures is just plain stupid.

The Miss Washington Executive Field Director Mike Miller released a statement saying the organization is “embarrassed” by Umemoto’s actions and then goes on and on about some crap that I stopped reading after he started paraphrasing Shakesphere.

I am excited! It has been way too many months since a pageant girl did something stupid. Maybe this will start a strong streak of pageant girls gone wild.

And Some Nice Photos of Umemoto
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Miss Texas Crystle Stewart is the winner of the Miss USA 2008 pageant that was broadcast live on Friday night in Las Vegas. Stewart beat out Leah Lavaiano from Mississippi. Congrats to all of the finalists and hopefully they can avoid staying out of trouble and away from scandals in the months to follow.

First Runner-Up: Miss Mississippi Leah Laviano
Second Runner-Up: Miss New Jersey Tiffany Andrade
Third Runner-Up: Miss Oklahoma Lindsey Jo Harrington
Fourth Runner-Up: Miss Pennsylvania LauRen Merola

View the Top 15 Finalists

More Photos of Miss USA Crystle Stewart (below)

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Miss Tennessee Haily Laine Brown

Here is a quick look at the Top 15 Contestants on the Miss USA 2008 Pageant live from Las Vegas, Nevada. Bumpshack is pulling for Miss Tennessee Hailey Laine Brown and Miss Indiana Brittany Mason.

I was the judge of a national Miss Teen pageant a few years back that Brittany was the winner of. She is a very genuine, down to earth and a very girl. In other words, not your typical pageant girl.

Here are the Top 15 in no particular order:

• Miss Minnesota - Kaylee Unzerzagt
• Miss Massachusetts - Jackie Bruno
• Miss Oklahoma (Top 5) - Lindsey Jo Harrington
• Miss Rhode Island - Amy Diaz
• Miss Missouri - Candice Crawford
• Miss New Jersey (Top 5)- Tiffany Andrade
• Miss South Carolina - Jamie Hill
• Miss Tennessee - Hailey Laine Brown
• Miss Pennsylvania (Top 5)- LauRen Merola
• Miss Mississippi (Top 5) - Leah Laviano
• Miss Texas (Top 5) - Crystle Stewart
• Miss Indiana - Brittany Mason
• Miss California - Raquel Roxanne Beezley
• Miss Utah - Julia Bachison
• Miss Florida - Jessica Rafalowski

VIEW THE WINNER HERE

Katie Rees has accepted a plea deal and agreed to pay fines for five misdemeanor traffic violations. Since she agreed to the deal the prosecutors dropped the resisting arrest charge.

Katherine N. “Katie” Rees, 23, a former Miss Nevada USA, avoided trial by pleading no contest to speeding, operating a motor vehicle without proof of insurance and driving with an expired registration, a suspended license and suspended registration.She agreed to pay up to $1,312 in fines.

Rees rose to fame back in 2006 when extremely racy photos (see here) ended up on the internet.  Rees lost her crown in the wake of the scandal.

Just How Long is Katie’s Tongue

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Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund is the new Miss America for 2008. Haglund, lipstick from ear-to-ear, was all smiles and tears after winning the beauty pageant on Saturday night.

She is a 19-year-old college student at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Conservatory of Music. She hopes to one day have a career on Broadway.

Platform Issue: Raising Awareness of Eating Disorders

Talent: Operatic Vocal

Photos and Finalists Below

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Arizona beauty contestant/pageant winner Kumari Fulbright who won Miss Pima County 2005 and Miss Desert 2006 can now claim to have the worst celebrity mug shot of all-time. Fulbright faces five felony charges after she and three men falsely imprisoned a man, robbed him, bit him, and threatened him with his life. More Photos

The Five Worst Celebrity Mug Shots of All-Time

1. Kumari Fulbright - Star-light, star-bright as this beauty contestant was arrested on five felony charges of armed robbery, aggravated robbery, kidnapping and two charges of aggravated assault with a gun.
2. Nick Nolte - Back in 2002 Nolte was arrested for driving under the influence in California.  He was also booked for failing to take a shower for two weeks straight.
3. James Brown - The Godfather of Soul was arrested on domestic abuse charges after pushing his wife, Tommie Rea Brown, the the floor during an argument.
4. Andre the Giant - He was arrested back in 1989 for assaulting a local TV cameraman. Andre weighed over 550 pounds.
5. Glen Campbell -The country star was arrested and booked on DUI, Hit-n-Run, and aggravated assault charges after kneeing a cop in the thigh at the police station.

Scandalous sexual photos of Miss France Valerie Bergue have caused a shock in Europe and with pageant officials but they have backed down and decided to let Miss France keep her crown and title.

Valerie Begue won her title three weeks ago. Then, some old glamour pictures were published, prompting calls for her sacking for contravening the contest’s strict rules on provocative images.

But the Miss France organisers have now backed down.

“I’m so happy to keep my crown,” said Valerie. “I thank you, Madame de Fontenay. I thank you and all those who have supported me.”

I think the norm is for pageant girls to have suggestive past photographs according to pageant stories from the last two years.

Newly crowned Miss Belgium, Alizee Poulicek, was booed by many in attendance after she answered a judges question in French instead of Dutch.  Poulicek speaks French, English and Czech but not Dutch.

After she failed to answer a question in elementary Dutch and switched to French during Saturday night’s competition, 20-year-old Alizee Poulicek was booed by some of the 3,400 fans in Antwerp, the heart of Dutch-speaking Flanders.

In a country that has been without a government for nearly 200 days because of continued strife between Dutch- and French-speaking parties, the beauty queen’s linguistic abilities has taken on larger significance.

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Sergeant Jill Stevens of 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment from the Utah National Guard has been crowned Miss Utah giving Mormons something to be excited about this Christmas season.  She served in Afghanistan back in 2o04.

But Stevens will tell you that photos have where she is making faces and making others laugh has always been more her style. Sgt. Jill Stevens is a combat medic with the 211th Aviation Group. She deployed to Afghanistan in 2004. “Loved every minute of it,” she says. “There’s been some hard times, but it has taught me a lot. You’ve got to grow and learn from everything…Taking care of soldiers whenever they got sick. We did get rocket attacked often. Took care of shrapnel wounds and did a lot of IVs.”

Stevens is a true American hero. She shows that one doesn’t have to be one dimensional.  She gave and sacrificed for her country and I know that millions of Americans will be pulling for her in the 2008 Miss America pageant

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The state of California has goofed again.  This time they gave the title of Miss California to the wrong woman.  The newly crowned Miss California is Raquel Beezley from Barstow.  Miss Christina Silva was originally given the title before she gave it up under pressure.  All the confusion was due to a simple accounting error.  It is just the latest scandal for Donald Trump and his pageant kingdom.

Raquel Beezley, 21, was awarded the title of Miss California after organizers of the Nov. 25 Miss California pageant discovered an apparent accounting error that led to a shake up in the order. Christina Silva, 24, the declared the winner of the annual state beauty pageant, relinquished the title to Beezley, the second runner-up, after feeling pressure to step down.

“They never could explain their accounting error, but told me that if I didn’t give up my crown to Miss Barstow, my personal integrity could be questioned, and my career could potentially suffer,� she said.

The error, first reported by the celebrity TV show “Extra,� is the latest problem to beset Donald Trump’s Miss Universe Organization that controls the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants.

The pageant’s state director, Keith Lewis, said several judges questioned the results of the competition at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles. Lewis said the error was discovered the next day after the ballots were opened and recounted. “It was a simple human error,� Lewis said Monday.

How can they let this happen?  I thought the reason they hired the experts from the big accounting firms to tally results is to make sure this happened.  The title should have remained with the first woman and the pageant officials should have had to shoulder and take blame for the mistake.   Donald Trump and company are about to feel the heat once again

The pageant world has been ridiculed over the past year for a few things:

• Miss South Carolina Laura Caitlin Upton’s gaffe
• Miss New Jersey’s sexual and racy leaked photos
• Miss Universe Cecilia Bolocco busted with panties down
• Miss USA Tara Connor admits using coke
• Miss Nevada Katie Reese loses her clothes and crown

Britney Spears should find solace in the fact that she is not the only ditzy blond that MTV took advantage of during their VMA telecast on Sunday night.  MTV found no guilt in taking advantage of Miss South Carolina Teen Lauren Upton.

Upton is the teen pageant contestant who added to everyones stereotype of pageant girls at the Miss Teen USA pageant with her most confusing answer to a judges question (video).

She looked even worse last night with her brief cameo during the show.  She is getting her fifteen minutes of fame but at what price to her ego in the future?  You never know though, it worked well for Anna Nicole Smith.

A comical video and stab at the blunder answer Miss Teen South Carolina Laura Caitlin Upton gave at the Miss Teen USA pageant last week.

View Laura’s original answer from the Miss Teen USA pageant here.

Miss South Carolina Teen USA Lauren Caitlin Upton didn’t win Miss Teen USA and that is a shame because she could have used the scholarship money for college or at least hopefully a junior college.

Her response is painful and rather funny but let’s all remember she is still a very young girl and was under a lot of pressure…especially standing next to Mario Lopez. I mean she has been watching him in Saved By the Bell re-runs for at least half her life.

She will be on the Today show today (Tuesday August 28th)

At least it is not a pageant scandal this time!

Hilary Carol Cruz was crowned Miss Teen USA on Friday night.  Cruz competed at Miss Teen Colorado and is 18-years-old.

Miss Teen Colorado Hilary Carol Cruz received her crown from outgoing Miss Teen USA Katie Blair at the conclusion of the two-hour competition at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

Cruz hopes to become a journalist and be a better role model for the pageant after a turbelent year for outcoming Miss Teen USA Katie Blair.

The First Four Runners Up

1. Miss New Jersey Alyssa Campanella
2. Miss North Carolina Kaitlin Coble
3. Miss South Carolina Lauren Upton
4. Miss West Virginia Chelsea Welch

photo: Miss Teen USA

Miss Teen Louisiana, Logan Brook, from Amite, Louisiana, is the youngest girl to ever participate in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

SHE IS FIFTEEN YEARS OLD.

I once upon a time lived in Louisiana and can say within a 98% certainty that Logan has been drinking for five plus years and has a mouth that could put any sailor to shame (satire). I would love to be wrong but Louisiana women are of a completely different cloth.

She could follow in the footsteps of Ali Landry who placed seventh in Miss Teen USA in 1990. Ali went on to become Miss USA in 1996. The first contestant ever to win Miss USA after competing in Miss Teen USA. She finished sixth in the Miss Universe pageant held that same year in Las Vegas.

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