BuzzFeed has an explosive new story out this morning accusing Donald Trump of walking in on teen beauty queens, one as young as 15, while they were undressed during a Miss Teen USA pageant in 1997:
Fmr teen beauty queens, including one who was 15 at time, recall Trump walking in on them while they were undressed https://t.co/n0S0s5NsbF
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) October 12, 2016
According to the article, Trump allegedly told one of the girls, “Don’t worry, ladies, I’ve seen it all before”:
"Trump, she recalled, said something like, 'Don't worry, ladies, I've seen it all before.'"https://t.co/6p05VxCYYj
— Jamie Benson (@jbensondc) October 12, 2016
Ivanka Trump, who was also 15 at the time, co-hosted the event:
https://twitter.com/jtes/status/786147721346424833
BuzzFeed reports that Mariah Billado, former Miss Vermont Teen USA, allegedly complained to Ivanka about her father’s intrusion, with Ivanka reportedly saying, “Yeah, he does that“:
Most of the women had fond recollections of Ivanka Trump, who, they said, came into the changing room to mingle. Billado said she told Ivanka about Donald Trump entering the room while the girls were changing their clothes. Billado remembers Ivanka answering, “Yeah, he does that.”
These new allegation mirror what Trump told Howard Stern in 2005 when he bragged that he’d go backstage before the show to make sure “everything is good.” From CNN:
“Well, I’ll tell you the funniest is that before a show, I’ll go backstage and everyone’s getting dressed, and everything else, and you know, no men are anywhere, and I’m allowed to go in because I’m the owner of the pageant and therefore I’m inspecting it,” Trump said. “You know, I’m inspecting because I want to make sure that everything is good.”
“You know, the dresses. ‘Is everyone okay?’ You know, they’re standing there with no clothes. ‘Is everybody okay?’ And you see these incredible looking women, and so, I sort of get away with things like that. But no, I’ve been very good,” he added.”
Neither Trump, the Trump Organization or Miss Teen USA responded to BuzzFeed’s requests for comment:
The Trump campaign and the Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment. The Miss Universe Organization, which runs Miss Teen USA, declined to comment.
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