Donald Trump to make the final call on Miss USA runner-up’s fate

October 10th, 2009 NEW YORK - Donald Trump once left behind his former wife Marla Maples at the runway because she was behind schedule for a few minutes, it was revealed. The business magnate's daughter Ivanka made the revelation in her new book 'The Trump Card'.

September 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - American business magnate Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka, is all set to tie the knot with her fianci, Jared Kushner, on October 25. According to the New York Post, the lavish wedding will take place in New Jersey, on Ivanka's father's Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, reports Contactmusic.

September 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - Business magnate Donald Trump personally helps shortlist six of the 15 finalists in the Miss Universe pageant every year, it has been claimed. The pageant owner's involvement as a judge was revealed by the contest's choreographer Michael Schwandt.

September 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former Miss California Carrie Prejean has slapped the state organization with a lawsuit, alleging it discriminated against her religious beliefs and caused her emotional distress, her lawyer has said. The 22-year-old, who was controversially stripped off her crown due to her anti-gay marriage activism, turned to Los Angeles Superior Court against K2 Productions, co-executive directors Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler and publicist Roger Neal.

August 24th, 2009 Miss Venezuela 18-year-old lady Stefania Fernandez is the new Miss Universe 2009. She has been crowned as Miss Universe on Sunday at the picturesque Paradise Island on Atlantis  in the Bahamas.

August 24th, 2009 Surprisingly this time there was no single Asian contestant among the Miss Universe 2009 top 15, even hot favorite Kianca Manalo, Miss Philippines and Ekta Choudhry Miss India, did not able to make it. Where as Croatia, Albania, Sweden and Switzerland are this year’s surprise entries in the Top 15.

August 12th, 2009 NEW YORK - Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza is set to appear topless in the September issue of men's mag Maxim. The magazine will hit newsstands just as she relinquishes her crown Aug.

July 20th, 2009 23-year-old Brandon resident Anna Tadlock  has been crowned as new Miss Mississippi 2009 in a packed auditorium at the Vicksburg Convention Center. The competition began Wednesday with 47 contestants and was whittled down to 10 during a live telecast.

June 15th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Miss Universe Australia Rachael Finch may loose her crown after details of her row with the pageant's national director were made public. Finch was said to have sent a letter of complaint in an email to the New York head office of the Miss Universe Organisation, a copy of which has leaked.

June 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Miss California Carrie Prejean, who sparked a furor at the Miss USA pageant by taking a stand against gay marriage, has been stripped off her crown. She was fired on Wednesday for failing to fulfill her obligations, according to a release by K2 Productions, the independent producers of the Miss California USA pageant, under license from Miss Universe, reports Fox News.

June 11th, 2009 Donald Trump ousts Prejean as Miss CaliforniaLOS ANGELES — It's official: Controversial Miss California Carrie Prejean has heard the words "you're fired" from pageant boss Donald Trump. Trump issued a statement Wednesday saying he sacked Prejean for failing to honor her commitments as Miss California USA.

May 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - A day after Donald Trump allowed Miss California Carrie Prejean to keep her crown following controversy over her opposition to gay marriage and semi-nude photo scandal, former beauty queen Shanna Moakler has resigned from her spot with the Miss USA California organization. Moakler, the reality star and ex-wife of drummer Travis Barker, is a proponent of gay rights.

May 13th, 2009 Miss California USA can keep crown, Trump decidesNEW YORK — Miss California USA lost some goodwill with controversies over semi-nude photographs and her association with a conservative advocacy group for marriage, but she gets to keep her crown. Carrie Prejean's comments about her opposition to same-sex marriage ignited a media firestorm after a celebrity judge suggested her response may have lost her the Miss USA title; she finished as first-runner up.

May 12th, 2009 Trump says Miss California USA can retain crownNEW YORK — Miss California USA can retain her crown despite controversies over semi-nude photographs taken of her as a teenager and her association with a conservative advocacy group for marriage, pageant owner Donald Trump said Tuesday. Carrie Prejean's comments about her opposition to same-sex marriage ignited a media firestorm after a celebrity judge suggested her response may have cost her the Miss USA title; she finished as first-runner up.

May 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Miss USA runner up Carrie Prejean has said that her leaked topless picture is an attempt to disgrace her for her anti-gay marriage views. The reigning Miss California was speculated to have lost the Miss USA crown after she spoke against same sex marriages, while responding to a question during the competition.