Oh No! Miss USA Contestants Look Like Porn Stars not Pageant Queens!

"They're not looking to bring peace to the world," Shugart explained to Today show co-host Matt Lauer on May 11. That's why it was not just OK, but it actually made sense to have the 51 contestants photographed in bust- and leg-revealing, bras, panties, fish-net stockings and open men's shirts, while laying on beds and chaise lounges, for their pageant promo shot.

The "come hither" black and white photos make the contestants look more like members of Tiger Woods' harem than the young ladies who supposedly combine beauty and brains we're used to seeing in pageants.

Geez, remember when it was a big deal that bikinis were introduced into the formerly one-piece swimsuit competition?

Girls in bikinis appear chaste next to this year's crop of potential Miss USAs, who all also are adorned in masses of long wild hair, heavy smoky make-up and pouty lipstick.

For the shocking reactions to the sexed up Miss USA's and Donald Trump's defense click to read more!

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Comments

[David Ramirez]

11:36 AM on 05/18/2010

Legitimate news has gone tabloid; beauty pageants have gone sexual. Sex sells and it's all about the quickest way to make a profit. Sort of like comedians cussing to get a quick, cheap laugh. There are plenty of porn sites and other things involving beautiful women. Miss USA should be it's own entity with their own standards.

[RealityChezck]

10:01 AM on 05/17/2010

Unemployment is around 10% , a underwear model job is still a job.

[rocketrobinnm]

05:53 PM on 05/20/2010

So how much are you suggesting that the hiring of underwear models is going to decrease unemployment, but what, 0.0000003 percent?

[RealityChezck]

06:13 AM on 05/25/2010

Does it look like I am suggesting anything ? Learn how to read something before you attempt to read INTO something.

[DatelessNerd]

11:55 PM on 05/14/2010

Actually, male interest in beauty pageants has been declining ever since hardcore porn became readily available on the internet.

Think I'm kidding? Look at the demographics of the TV audience. Pageants are a primarily a fantasy for women, not men.

[Ken Freedom]

08:19 PM on 05/18/2010

I kind of doubt that pornography has anything to do with it. I don't any men who have ever watched beauty pageants, and if they ever had a male audience it was probably before the invention of cable (which gives more options). I watched the Miss USA pageant once, when I was 13, and never again. Because no matter how pretty the women are, pageants are still as boring as watching paint dry.

Also, far more than porn, the fact is that the average person gets bombarded with images of pretty women in every media all the time. Even here on HuffPo there is a constant bombardment with images of attractive women. At some point you just stop caring.

[PresidentRobertBooth]

07:39 PM on 05/13/2010

They don't look like porn stars.


The very suggestion is ridiculous.

[rocketrobinnm]

05:44 PM on 05/20/2010

What, did you check out the 1963 contestant photos?

[ReesieKitty]

04:44 PM on 05/13/2010

I don't denounce attractive young women wanting to look sexy at all. But the blatant shill of the dying pageant business is pretty pathetic. As interest in the competition drops, they've obviously decided that sexy pictures are the only tactic to get people's attention again. THAT is the pathetic part.

[rocketrobinnm]

05:46 PM on 05/20/2010

Precisely!

And this is but another reason why this pageant should (to quote The Donald) be Fired.

Pageants are something born of a bygone era, and women (if anyone) should be at the forefront of having them banned from modern society as sexist, demeaning, and pointless.

[FearlessFreep]

04:43 PM on 05/13/2010

Next thing you know, they'll have them posing in swimsuits!

[grok it]

02:24 PM on 05/13/2010

Since beauty pageants have always been about whoring, I don't see why these photos should be a surprise.

[norepublicanleftbehind]

10:44 PM on 05/12/2010

I am sure they are the same strong, intelligent womem as their foremothers. They just own their sexuality. Unlike their predecessors who were supposed to pretend that they didn't have any. Yes, it looks abit trampy and that is a sad reflection on the pagent for nostalgia's sake but it's not the same pagent and they are not the same women.

It will evolve. From no sexuality, to very blatant, to somewhere in the middle.

They'll get the hang of it.

[medicontheedge]

07:10 PM on 05/12/2010

I'm normally not a nostalgic person... but I can remember when the Miss America pageant contestants, were while very photogenic, sort of were "all american" girls..

. the fakest thing they did to enhance their natural looks was to tape their tits together..now, it's a contest to see who has the best "work" done.....too bad.

[mslindac]

07:58 PM on 05/12/2010

This isn't Miss America—that's the pageant nobody wants to watch on TV anymore. This one is Miss USA/Universe, which has always been about which girl is the hottest.

[norepublicanleftbehind]

10:40 PM on 05/12/2010

Trumps tramps

[rocketrobinnm]

05:48 PM on 05/20/2010

Nobody watches anymore because unlike back in the days when you routinely got 3 channels on the TV there are better things watch on the other 243 channels (or whatever) nowadays.

[haimchaim]

12:32 PM on 05/12/2010

trying to get what u what is an excellent way to have a path into someones admiration ..

[filiusj]

11:49 AM on 05/12/2010

Guess they don't have to worry about past photos getting them kicked off the show.

[coolaid8]

11:36 AM on 05/12/2010

Surprised?

[Dakotadem]

11:12 AM on 05/12/2010

Women selling their bodies for money? Porn stars or beauty queens - same thing. Always has been.

[rocketrobinnm]

05:49 PM on 05/20/2010

"Walks like a duck, must be a duck!"

[Shane - Ireland]

10:51 AM on 05/12/2010

This is the number one issue Americans are concerned about today...with jobs and the economy a distant second and third.

[Chelsea-Lyn Rudder]

10:31 AM on 05/12/2010

These pictures are just another example of Miss USA's attempt to stay some what relevant and in the view of mainstream America. Most people who watch and follow pageants are either "has been beauty queens" (myself included) or gay men. Annually the pageant tries to do something to compete with the "American Idol's" of the media sphere. These pictures are just part of the p.r blitz that is necessary in order to keep Miss USA on broadcast television.

By the way, it is possible for a woman to be both intelligent and sexy. Those that get that combination right should be respected for both.

[mslindac]

08:00 PM on 05/12/2010

That's exactly what I've been saying. Being stuck in the past is why the Miss America pageant's ratings have been tanking for years.

[rocketrobinnm]

05:51 PM on 05/20/2010

Yeah - but what you're saying is about like "mooning" passers-by to get them to stop at your lemonaid stand.