Photos of Miss USA in stripping contest emerge

May 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Washington, May 18 (ANI): It has emerged that Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih had taken part in a stripping contest sponsored by a Detroit radio station.

According to MyFOXDC.com, 23-year-old Fakih appeared in several photos on Mojointhemorning.com, a morning show on Detroit”s Channel 955.

Two of the photos are from a strip tease contest held in 2007, and show Fakih performing on a stripper pole in front of an audience of women dressed in their underwear.

“Congratulations to Miss Michigan, Rima Fakih who was crowned Miss USA on Sunday night! Rima is a Dearborn resident and the first Arab American to wear the crown,” Fox News quoted the site as stating.

“Rima is a Mojo In The Morning listener who has joined us in studio and at events. Check out Miss USA Rima Fakih when she won Mojo In The Morning”s ”Stripper 101” contest in 2007,” it stated.

According to the website, the judges were strippers, and awarded Fakih first prize. The prizes included jewellery, gift cards, adult toys and a stripper pole for home use.

Only women attended the event, and Fakih never removed her clothing at the event, the radio station said in a statement.

Miss Universe representatives have contacted producers of Mojo In The Morning and requested more photographs and information regarding Fakih”s involvement in the ”Stripper 101” contest.

When asked if Fakih”s status as Miss USA was in danger, pageant representatives would not answer.

Morning show host Mojo says the controversial photographs were taken from their website where they have been posted for three years.

He said Mojo In The Morning will not release any further photographs and hopes that Donald Trump does not ask Fakih to relinquish her crown.

“It would be foolish to consider anyone other than Rima to represent the USA. The photos taken from our website are no more provocative than those on the Miss USA website,” he added. (ANI)

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Paula Abdul dismisses painkiller addiction

May 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

New York, May 8 (ANI): Singer Paula Abdul has said that she was not addicted to painkillers for 12 years, has never been drunk and never checked into a rehab.

The comments come days after the American Idol judge revealed in an interview with Ladies Home Journal that she’d battled a 12-year addiction to painkillers.

The magazine said that Abdul, to overcome her habit, checked into the La Costa Resort and Spa in California last Thanksgiving to wean herself off painkillers, reports The New York Daily News.

Now, however, she claims that the magazine got it wrong and took her remarks out of context.

Abdul, 46, told two radio shows Thursday morning that she never said she had been addicted to painkillers or checked into rehab.

“It was very stressful for me to hear that and to be quoted saying something. I never said,” Abdul told hosts on the Detroit radio show “Mojo in the Morning.”

“I’ve never checked into a rehab clinic. I’ve never been addicted or abused drugs, and I’ve never abused alcohol. I’ve never even been drunk in my life,” she said.

When hosts of the Dallas-based radio show “Kidd Kraddick in the Morning” asked her if it had been difficult to talk about her struggle with addiction, she replied, “I didn’t. I was quoted as saying something I didn’t say.”

In her defence, the stunner said the facility where she was reported to have retreated to detox is a vacation spot, not a clinic. (ANI)

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Marital Infidelity Dating Agency offers free lifetime membership to LeAnn Rimes

March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): World’s largest infidelity-dating site has offered singer/actress LeAnn Rimes free lifetime membership after she was caught making out with her married TV movie co-star.

Ashleymadison.com has offered the 26-year-old star a free lifetime membership in a bid to help her find true love.

The website officials said in the offer, “We feel confident that Leann will indeed find true love on our site OR at the very least, a fantastic one night stand.”

Website President Noel Biderman feels that LeAnn “shouldn’t have to suffer in silence any longer,” but also stresses “hooking up with co-workers is never a good idea!” reports Fox News.

Biderman has also extended a free membership offer to LeAnn’s hubby Dean Sheremet, following rumours about his sexuality after a woman posing as “his cousin” phoned Michigan’s “Mojo in the Morning” radio show to say Sheremet “doesn’t care” about his wife’s alleged infidelity because “he’s gay.” (ANI)

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Gwen Stefani stole son’s name from No-Doubt bandmate

March 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Mar 18 (ANI): Singer Gwen Stefani has revealed that she stole her son’s name Zuma from No Doubt bandmate.

Gwen was struggling to find a name for her son with husband Gavin Rosssdale, but she finally settled for the name Zuma after No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont’s wife Mieke rejected it.

Although it was claimed that Gwen named her son after her favourite beach, it was actually her bandmate who gave her the idea.
“I kind of stole it from him. I didn’t steal it, I mean his wife didn’t want it. It was just one of those things that just happened. I just wanted Zuma to have a little bit of a quirky name,” the Daily Star quoted Gwen as telling radio show Mojo in the Morning.

Meanwhile, Gwen has named her other two-year-old son Kingston.(ANI)

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Miley Cyrus not moving in with beau Justin Gaston

March 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment

New York, Mar 12 (ANI): Teen starlet Miley Cyrus has laughed off reports stating that she is planning to move in with beau Justin Gaston.

In an interview to Detroit’s “Mojo in the Morning” show on WKQI, the Hanna Montana star said she’s not ready for a live-in relationship because loses a her temper easily.

“I get annoyed really easily,” the New York Post quoted Cyrus as saying.

“I love him to death . . . but no . . . [Justin] is so smart, but just like, everything has to, like, go where it’s supposed to go and if it doesn’t, I get like really frustrated,” she added.

Meanwhile, the 16-year-old actress has revealed that she is suffering from a heart condition, which isn’t life threatening,

In her new autobiography, ‘Miles to Go’, the Cyrus has written that she has tachycardia, which means that her heart rate exceeds the range of a normal resting heart rate.

“The type of tachycardia I have isn’t dangerous. It won’t hurt me, but it does bother me. There is never a time onstage when I’m not thinking about my heart,” she said. (ANI)

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