This Miss USA Contestant Is Suggesting That The Most Recent Pageant Was Rigged
The Miss USA beauty pageant is one of the most highly anticipated pageants in American culture. Since the 1960’s women have competed in the pageant in hopes of becoming a role model for women all across the country.
The 71st annual Miss USA pageant was held on October 3rd, and R’Bonney Gabriel from Texas won.
As big of a celebration as it was, a few fellow contestants have spoken out since, claiming that this year’s pageant was rigged and filled with favoritism.
One of those contestants is Miss Montana, Heather Lee O’Keefe. Heather has been interviewed by multiple media outlets and has taken to TikTok to express her disappointment in not only this year’s contest but the entire organization.
“Was Miss USA rigged?” asks Heather in one of her TikTok videos. “I don’t know. I’ll let you be the judge of that.”
Heather then lists off a bunch of information that many pageant viewers probably didn’t know about.
One example of favoritism towards Miss Texas was shown when she was allegedly given a trip to Cancun by the pageant and was flown to and from there on their sponsored airline.
During the flight, the crew took time to make a special announcement and tell passengers that the “newly crowned” Miss Texas USA was on their plane.
TikTok; pictured above is Heather in her video
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“She was the only contestant to receive this special kind of treatment and receive a solo trip to Cancun,” says Heather.
Heather also points out that Miss Texas has been a frequent client at the MIA Plastic Surgery medspa in Houston since 2021.
This year, one of the surgeons from that spa was a judge for the Miss USA pageant. During the competition, Heather points out that the surgeon would only repost videos of Miss Texas onto his social media accounts.
In previous videos, Heather has stated that she is not angry with R’Bonney Gabriel personally but is extremely frustrated with the Miss USA organization.
“The Miss USA organization says that they want empowered women,” says Heather. “Empowered women stand up for themselves.”
Since the allegations against this year’s competition have been made, R’Bonney has stated in an interview with Extra that she “would never want to go into a competition,” knowing that the title would just be handed to her.
“I would’ve never worked so hard, and I would never disrespect any of the other contestants,” says R’Bonney.
To view Heather’s TikTok video, visit the link here.
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