Miss USA becomes another victim of the Arizona immigration law
May 18 2010 by Niall J Rice
Rima Fakih went on to win the Miss USA beauty pageant
Was it fair of 'Office' star to ask such a highly contentious question at the Miss USA 2010?
The controversial immigration law in the state of Arizona is again under the spotlight today. This follows a question posed by one of the judges; US Office star Oscar Nunez, towards a Miss USA contestant, who then subsequently finished second. This has left many that watched the event, particularly the entertainment media in the US, theorising that the question was a deliberate banana skin planted with only one objective.
As Miss Oklahoma, Morgan Woolard, was asked the question of whether the law should be controlled by state or government the crowd immediately started booing.
Seemingly unperturbed the Miss USA finalist answered;
“I'm a huge believer in states' rights. I think that's what's so wonderful about America.
“So I think it's perfectly fine for Arizona to create that law and I'm against illegal immigration, but I'm also against racial profiling so I see both sides in this issue.”
Polls taken immediately after the pageant indicated that her views were in line with most of the American public, although many felt the politically charged question to be unfair in the circumstances.
The new law has caused upset since being introduced, leading to a boycott of the state by San Francisco and legal challenges imminent from the White House.
The crown of Miss USA 2010 was eventually claimed by Miss Michigan, Rima Fakih, with conspiracy theorists left to mull over Miss Woolards second place. Discussion boards have hummed with opinions of the event since.
“Oscar Nunez question regarding US immigration was used intentionally to sink."
“She had it in the bag until that question.”
The crown had yet to become accustomed to its new owner when another hullabaloo began, this time concerning the winners past exploits at a stripping contest. The contest, ‘Stripper 101’, happened in 2007, photos from the event were tracked down by organisers to a Detroit radio station.
An investigation is underway into the pictures of Miss Michigan; however, there appears to be no remittance for Miss Oklahoma over the incongruous US immigration question.
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