Everyone needs to stop writing mean and inappropraite comments about both Christina and Raquel. They are not the ones that caused all this drama. The people you should be bashing is Keith Lewis, K2 Productions, the “volunteer accountants”, and the one and only son of gun Donald J. Trump. They are the master minds behind all this! Keith Lewis is not a man of intergrity or class. I love that his idea of consoling are sorrows is with a holiday “gift” of bribes. Please stop Mr. Lewis your an embarassment and do something about your 80’s hair do! He is great at crying on cue and loves to talk trash. He has said it in the pass that he did not get along with Megan Tandy 07 winner and made comments about her bad skin. Oh wait he is a classy guy.?. By the way many of you don’t know this but if you look closely at some of the footage posted on you tube, google and various media outlets not once but twice does he run after Miss Barstow when she looses. If you look closely after he takes a picture with Miss Barstow as third runner up she walks away and a few seconds later he goes after her. Now some of you maybe thinking who cares. Well why didnt he run after Palos Verdes, Greater San Diego, Woodland hills? Just seems odd. Another shot of film you can see Keith looking at a particular angle, the direction Barstows VIP family section was and he looks scared and well to be frank like “oh crap someone did not get the memo” Contestants did you know that K2 Productions has put a restriction on the film distribution not only to the media but to the public as well. Why? Because there are a lot of things they don’t want you to see but more importanly hear. Look ladies kudos to you if you want to continue to participant again next year but just remember the kind of people you will be surrounded by. Funny how Keith has stated via email that he makes no money producing the pagent but last that I heard he lives three doors down from the one and only Halle Berry. Oh that’s where my $8,000.00 went.! Girls why hasnt he showed anyone the official, official ballots? I mean that would end it all, right? Well that will never happen they have been sealed and re-written with love by Mr. Keith Lewis. Oh by the way I think it is so cute when you watch the press confrence he had for the recrowning look at him stare at Raquel. It is so creepy, so disturbing and just plain wrong. Raqul if I were you I would never be alone with him, I mean seriously honey the way he is looking at you would make a priest happy. Keith have a great time making next years event bigger and better that’s the least you can do right. If anything he should get crowned “Mr Manipulator USA 2008, 2009, 2010……” Donald Trump must be so proud of his young son. Trump only hires the best. Resume to The Donald with love Keith Lewis
Objective: To make a lot of money manipulating beautiful young girls (check)
Experience:
I can cry on cue (check)
I can bribe a bunch of girls with cute emails and gifts (check)
I can lie and change the lives of young hot girls as I please (check)
I can sell my soul for a price and live happily next door to Halle Berry (check)
The Donald to Keith
“Your Hired”

Merry Christams and a Happy New Year!

this situation is both outrages and beyond ridiculous!! I STRONGLY believe that CHRISTINA SILVA is the rightful winner of the crown…she won that crown along with her title as Miss California USA 2008 FAIR & SQUARE!!! This is an extremely unfortunate situation, and sadly, I am not all surprised! I attended Sunday’s final pageant event and I couldn’t even begin to describe the disappointment i felt for such a lack of organization and professionalism in many errors that occured that night. This is all so appaling expecially because this is one of our country’s biggest pageants. Yes there were many beautiful women on that stage Sunday night, Christina has what many of those girls don’t, and that is, she’s ALL NATURAL! As for the BITTER contestants that have put up comments on this article…you girls should be ASHAMED of yourselves!! Especially because you contributed to her winning the MISS CONGENIALITY award…which no one PAYS anyone including judges to win that award. To think that you girls were running to represent our state? WHAT HYPOCRITES!! I may not speak for all but i’m sure I speak for many when I say that you should NOT be running in pageants where you would be chosen as a ro model to young women.You would be a HORRIBLE role model teaching young women hypocracy…Christina obviously has what you don’t. She is an all around well rounded WOMAN, something you lack! If Christina does in fact give Raquel the crown like she “deserves”, then you know what? NO MATTER WHAT, she walks ON TOP & IN FRONT because she would be handing over the crown and walking away with her INTEGRITY & CLASS!! CHRISTINA YOU DESERVE THAT CROWN! YOU WON IT FAIR AND SQUARE! DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE BITTER HEARTS OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON AND BETTER THAN THEM. They are probably just upset because they didn’t get nearly as close as you did to winning that title!

Great article from the L.A. Times. and dumb comments from the Quit Whining writer. He can’t even write properly. What a loser!!!

This message is for Quit Whining, I guess you are such a moran and do not have a life. You wrote a 3 page essay on this incident and think you are going to get your point accross???
I think not!!! First of all, you are obviously trying to bash Christina. Well, let me tell you, are alone out there. Christina was one of the best contestants on that pageant. She was fit and classy. You probably wished different but it didn’t happened. It just shows were this pageant is going. They actually preferred someone who does not have poise and can’t even speak in public. You know, they had to give the crown to Miss Barstow because she had paid her dues. She has been in pageants for 10 years of her life. Yes, Christina said this was a dream come true because she didn’t imagine this would happen to her the first time around. Get your facts straight. There wasn’t any booing when Christina won. There was booing when Miss Barstow was called as the 2nd runner up. The booing came from her family. I too was seating in the bottom level. What video are you looking at??? More than half of attendees were from Barstow and seating in the VIP section. Huuh, how did they all end up there? Well, in all Christina’s face has been all over the nation and even in other countries. I have been following the story and all has been postive for Christina. She has appeared in Good Morninmg America, CNN, every local news channel, E, The Ellen Degeneres Show, radio shows, etc. She does not need this pageant to get were she wants to be. Yes, she has worn her sash but only because they have asked her too during her interviews. Anyways, she was still Miss California until, Barstow got crowned. After that she has not worn the sash or crown. Do your homework if you are going comment. Mark my words, Christina will be famous and Miss Barstow will just be Miss California for a year. What then.

I agree with the person who said that
only the family of miss beezly was boooing when she was chosing for second
runner up I was also seating in the front row … I did not hear any boooing
when MISS SILVA. Won.
But what I do remember is that barstow’s
family
some how got the whole front row section
KEITH LEWIS PLEASE TELL THE TRUTH.

IF ANY OF YOU CAN REMEMBER WHEN BARSTOW
WAS CROWND IN A SMALL ROOM WHERE KEITH
HAD ALL HIS FRIENDS ATTEND…
THE GUY LOOK LIKE HE WAS IN LOVE WITH
THE GIRL JUST LOOK AT HIS FACE.

( HE LOOKS LIKE A TOTAL SNAKE )

i was at the pageant. my daughter was a teen contestant. her first and hopefully last. we sat in the same row as the beezley family( i know this because i had a smoke outside and met raquel’s grandma) and they we’re the people who booed when christiana was crowned.they were soooo barstow .

HAHAHA BARSTOW BACKED DOWN FROM AND INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTINA SILVA DUE TO THE FACT THAT SHE KNOWS SHE CAN TALK!!!

Miss Los Angeles aced the swimsuit competition.

Looked great in an evening gown.

Poise?

You be the judge:

When Christina Silva of Koreatown was asked on the final day of the Miss California USA beauty pageant 10 days ago in Los Angeles if she was a leader or a follower, she said:

“I’m a leader. I’m on top and in front.”

Silva’s adoring family was in attendance at the Orpheum Theatre, sweating it out as she made the cut to the final 15, the final 10, the final five. And then, the impossible dream:

Silva, a 24-year-old actress, was crowned Miss California.

Her first thought: Miss USA or bust!

Imagine, then, the crushing blow that came just four days later. Silva said she was summoned to the Los Angeles home of pageant director Keith Lewis. She thought she would be signing a contract that would open doors to unlimited opportunity. Instead, she was told the unimaginable.

Due to a so-called error in the tabulation of voting by pageant judges, she was not a winner, after all. Nice try and see you later.

Instead, the crown belonged to Miss Barstow, Raquel Beezley, who had been second runner-up.

“It was the shock of my life,” says Silva, who didn’t understand the explanation that judges’ point totals had been accidentally reversed. If that were the case, why wasn’t the fifth-place finisher the winner? Silva had to wonder whether the pageant simply preferred Beezley’s look, or wanted to reward her for having been on the pageant circuit longer than Silva had.

“I went there with such joy and happiness in my heart, and when I was told I didn’t win, I just broke down and cried. My mom held me and I said, ‘Why me? Why is this happening?’ “

Excellent questions, if you ask me. And here’s another: “What kind of Mickey Mouse operation is the pageant, anyway?”

Let’s not forget this is all part of some Donald Trump fantasy. His Miss Everything operation includes Miss Universe and Miss USA, and the most interesting news always seems to come out after the winners are crowned. Trump fired one Miss Universe and almost dumped last year’s Miss USA when she entered rehab.

How about firing some of the people running the show?

To add insult to injury, Silva says Lewis pushed her to play the role of Miss Congeniality and personally call Miss Barstow to break the news. This would have been like asking Jennifer Aniston to call Angelina Jolie and offer to turn over her wedding ring.

“I’m not going to use the word threatened, but I am going to use the words pressured and manipulated,” says Silva, who has since hired an attorney to argue her case.

I’ll get to Lewis’ response in a moment.

But Silva says he told her she could continue to wear “the crown and the sash, but if this leaks out somehow, your career and your integrity will be completely jeopardized. You don’t want to be that kind of girl. You’re a girl of faith, right?”

Silva says she had nothing against Beezley, the new winner. So she placed the call and delivered the news.

“It was so difficult, I had to hold back tears,” said Silva, who then went home, locked herself in her room and cried for days.

In a statement, the pageant said “a mistake was made by the volunteer accountant who tabulated the votes” on the night in question, the night on which Christina Silva’s future looked so gloriously bright.

The release said Silva was told she could keep her crown, the sash, “and the $4,500 Miss California USA necklace,” and that she could have her $1,500 entry fee back.

Lewis seems to express surprise that Silva wasn’t playing the good sport.

“It is unfortunate that now, several days later, we have heard reports that Miss Silva feels manipulated although she has not returned our calls or e-mails,” he says in the news release.

“We support Christina in her quest to seek the truth. At the end of the road she won’t find an ounce of discrimination, preferential treatment or impropriety. What she will find is simple human error.”

Reached last evening at his home, Lewis said the audience reacted disapprovingly when Silva was announced as the queen of California. He didn’t think anything of it, he said, until a judging coordinator told him, “The judges are talking, and they’re surprised at the winner.”

Lewis said further examination of the ballots revealed that point totals were assigned to the wrong contestants.

Nice going.

This could be the biggest voting scandal since the hanging chads. And, as with Florida in 2000, I’m not even sure what to believe. The more Lewis attempted to explain how it all went wrong, the more confused I got.

How hard can this be?

Hot in Bathing Suit - 5 points.

Frumpy in Bathing Suit - 1 point.

Quick Witted- 5 points.

Barely Verbal - 1 point.

Pencil them in and move on to the next contestant.

Lewis denied telling Silva that refusing to give up the crown would hurt her career, and he still thinks he was right to encourage her to call Miss Barstow with the news.

“My advice to her was to take the high ground,” said Lewis. “I think she did the right thing. She cried, I cried.”

There’s nothing to cry about, Miss Los Angeles.

I mean no disrespect to Miss Barstow, nor am I suggesting that her dusty, drive-by town couldn’t produce a beauty worthy of the crown. All I’m saying is that until a better explanation of this fiasco is offered, this column will continue to recognize Christina Silva as the official Miss California.

You got a problem with that, Donald Trump?

In looking back at statements made since this whole thing started, I see that Christina has changed her story on several things; talk about milking it to the end…..
In Miss Silva’s own words in reference to the title; ‘I don’t want it back … I want nothing to do with the crown and the title at this point”. Now she says she is not giving it up and continues to wear and represent the title. You didn’t earn it, stop wearing it!
In her own words: Winning a title like this has been a livelong dream, yet it is public knowledge that this pageant was Christina’s first, ……….How is this possible if she has been dreaming of it for so long?
I guess she doesn’t work too hard on achieving her dreams unless there’s publicity in it.
In her own words: “There was no Booing going on in the audience when I was crowned”, yet you can hear it in the background in the on line video as her name was called.
The program book says that Christina is 5’ 7” tall, if this is what she put on her application, I believe we would find out that this is an exaggeration if we were to measure her.

Christina, you got what you were looking for, a boost to your career, now move on and get over it. Why do you and your friends insist on tearing down a young lady that is truly living her childhood dream, the dream she has pursued for over half of her life? She was told that she was the winner, BY YOU! And she has taken the crown as expected and will represent the State of California with pride.

By the way: lets refresh our memories with a very eloquently made observation that was posted right after Christina was mistakenly crowned…………….

Here’s my take on the CA pageant. I am neither a disgruntled contestant nor the family of one. I am a “disinterested party” - had no “horse in the race,” so to speak. I just attend for fun and to appreciate the beautiful girls, and I have done so off-and-on for many years. I have met a number of the girls personally, and I am usually a strong CA supporter. For example, I thought Brittany Hogan, Stephanie Brink, and Tamiko Nash all had a great shot at winning their national events, and I also thought Meagan Tandy and Kylee Lin were strong choices for ’07. I thought Ellen Chapman had one of the most beautiful faces in ’04, and so on back through the years. The point being: I am not a chronic complainer or a sore loser.

I will try to be as fair as possible in my report. BUT, if you don’t want to hear anything negative, please don’t read this post. I am going to tell you what I saw and heard – I was at both prelims and finals. Finals night was strange indeed, and I found the outcome of Miss absolutely incomprehensible.

But let me start with Teen. The Teen field seemed both small and relatively weak to me, a little over 30 girls. I didn’t see anyone that had the whole package. I came up with only a top 10, and I was pretty close. 4 of my 10 made the top 5. Conspicuously absent from my list was Ventura, the eventual winner. So I was surprised. My original choice was Greater San Diego (Kelly Snyder), but I think she lost it in SS. After that my choice would have been Beaumont, as I think she had the best face for a possible placement at TUSA, followed by Temecula. Nevertheless, the winner seemed likeable, humble, articulate, & cute – very teen looking. I am not optimistic she will place at the next level, but there are 4 months to re-style & prepare. Since there really wasn’t an all-around obvious choice, I can live with this one and I wish her the best! I must say that the interviews at teen were probably the best final ro u nd interviews I have ever heard – and that includes interviews at the miss level too! All 5 had good to fantastic interviews and made their families proud, I am sure! Great job! The winner was radiant. I liked her blue EG.

Now for the Miss competition. In fairness to the judges, I suggested in a previous post that, after looking at pictures and after attending prelims, I did not see an obvious winner. So I agreed with Max and B that it was a competitive year, but only in the sense that there was not one clear front-runner - as there was in Tamiko’s year (IMHO). But despite a large field of 90 women, I respectfully disagreed with them (Max & B) about there being lots of prospects for a top placement at Miss USA. I didn’t see it, though I do think there were a handful that were already in Miss USA shape physically – among them Carrie Prejean, Raquel Beezley, Sara Chapman, and Amber Coffman. The lack of an obvious front-runner is why I posted earlier that it would no t surprise me if an unknown candidate swooped in to win. But never in my wildest dreams (er, nightmares) did I expect what happened.

Miss Los Angeles, the eventual winner, first caught my eye on Finals night during the opening dance number, but not in a good way. With 80 girls on stage, my gaze was drawn to her because she was gyrating provocatively, unlike any of the other girls. She was grinding her hips and pelvis, trying (unsuccessfully) to act sexy – using her hands and lips, as well as her body movements, to exude raw sexuality - like some kind of “hoochie-mama.” I heard the man seated in front of me laugh out loud and say to his companion, “She looks like a pole dancer.” Honestly, I am guessing the Scott Grossman, if he could see it, must have been mortified. She looked like a stripper alright, and someone else nearby said: “Get that girl off the stage.” It was, shall we say, not classy.

At prelims, I use a little scoring routine. I give a “3” (excellent ) , a “2” (pretty good), or a “1” (no chance) to each girl in SS and in EG. Then I see which girls have a total of “4” or higher. Usually I’m pretty close on top 15. Even this year, with all the surprises, I got 9 out of 15 right, plus 2 more were on my list of 4 bubblers. But this girl who won - I had her for a “1” in SS and a “1” in EG. At no time was she ever on my radar for top 15.

The biggest surprises of the first round were 1) the inclusion of the eventual winner, and 2) the exclusion of Amber Coffman (Brentwood), Nana Meriwether (Malibu), and Carol Chen (San Francisco). Amber was very toned and fit; I thought she was a shoo-in for top 15 and top 10, especially considering her interviewing skills. As for Nana Meriwether, I thought she took prelims by storm. An African-American woman, at least 6’1” – a UCLA student and volleyball player (someone said she may go to Olympics). She was athletic, trim, and well-proportioned. Although not facially stunning, she was cla s sy, well-styled and seemed very comfortable in her skin and on stage. I thought she might be the newcomer to steal the crown, and I would not have been disappointed. She had a fabulous gown – people gasped at prelims! And Carol Chen – I found her the loveliest of the Asian girls, and she won the EG award with a stunning gown. I was not surprised by the exclusion of Cassandra Jean or Megan Bushell, nor by the earlier-than-expected exits of Lacey Wilson and Sara Chapman. I don’t want to be unnecessarily negative however, so you’ll have to ask me if you want to know more.

From that point on, the biggest surprises of the night (perhaps of the entire history of the CA USA pageants) were the inexplicable inclusion of Miss Los Angeles, Cristina Silva, at each round. It was such a “WTH” phenomenon. Just unbelievable! As she stood on the stage in top 5, she was obviously trying to move her body in a sensuous manner – hips, pursing her lips in a kiss, etc. It was ludicrous, no c lass at all, like an animated cartoon, like a joke. I halfway expected the hosts of “You’ve been punked” to come on stage any minute. It was ridiculous, and an offense to all those girls who came prepared to present themselves as physically fit and as beautiful women of distinction. The ultimate was her interview. She was asked if she is a leader or a follower (which, in fairness to her and in criticism of the judge, is a bad question, cuz there’s really only one “right” choice). Though I can’t quote her exactly, she said in a loud, aggressive, almost defiant manner: “I am a leader. Oh yeh, I do what I want to do when I want to do it. I am up front and on top!” Like I say, I can’t remember the exact words, but I know the last sentence is an exact quote. Yikes! It exuded class alright – low class. She scared me, and I can only imagine what Keith Lewis is thinking now and what kind of year he has in store. You’d probably have to see it on video to get the impact.

After the top 5 was assembled, I still had hope of redemption and thought the bizarre nightmare would soon come to an end. My rating would have been:
1. Winner: Carrie Prejean. Not a great interview, but not bad either. I would have picked her cuz her face has a classical, sculpted, almost mysterious beauty – she had the best chance IMO to place at MUSA. Plus her body was great, stage ready for USA, and she’s got great, full-bodied hair. EG also fabulous IMO.
2. 1RU: Nicole Chiu. She was not on my radar screen at all coming into finals night, but she grew on me as the evening progressed. A classy, Chinese-American girl, articulate and poised in interview; had a great red EG. Though not my choice, I thought she might have a chance to place at USA cuz of her unique ethnic look.
3. 2RU: Raquel Beezley. Very cute, sweet, seems very likeable – and loads of people were pulling for her! Her body was the best I’ve ever seen it – kudos to her! She was USA ready physically, and I l oved the SS she wore. I was not as fond of her EG, and I thought she was just a little timid in her presentation, especially in EG. Not sure her facial beauty would make the cut at USA, but I would not have been at all disappointed if she won.
4. 3RU: Woodland Hills. Really pretty face. Her EG, however, was one of my least favorite.
5. 4RU: Cristina Silva. This girl was a hot mess all night. Unbelievable to think she could make 4RU, let alone win this darn thing. Plain EG that did not reach the floor. Body completely out of shape with no chance of redemption – short of stature, no curves, no waist, no muscle tone. Odd pasture and movement all night. Ridiculous, over-the-top, obnoxious presentation. No class. An embarrassment from start to finish. Never saw anything like it before. Hope to never see anything like it again.

Well, needless to say, when they read the results I thought they must have mistakenly read them in reverse order. The whole place fell silent . In shock. “There must be a mistake,” I thought. And indeed there was. A tragic mistake. My opinion, BTW, has nothing to do with race; I had no idea she was a Latina until interview, and I (and everyone else) was completely turned off long before that. Many of the non-Anglo women were beautiful and classy and among my favorites. But this girl was crass, tactless, obnoxious. She has absolutely no chance whatsoever at MUSA unless The Donald is preparing the way for more in-your-face, low class controversy on Pageant Place. From this point of view, and in light of what has happened in MUO in the last year, I thought it was a very sad day for pageantry. I went home feeling sick, even though I am just a fan and have no stake in this. This kind of result really hurts pageantry IMO. It discourages contestants from competing, and obviously inhibits viewers (unless, of course, you want to see pole dancing, mud wrestling, burping girls, or other reality show garbage).

As for th e judges, I cannot imagine what happened or what they were thinking. It’s not rational. I mean, doesn’t a director instruct his or her judges to “find me a winner who can excel at or win MUSA - and that means her face needs to be gorgeous, she needs to be classy and distinguished, and her body needs to be smokin’ (or close enough to be transformed into such in 2 to 3 months).” I do not want to be mean-spirited, but nobody in their right mind would pick Miss Silva as fitting this description. In fact, none of those things are remotely true of her. So I blame her for her bad behavior, but I blame the judges for picking her, unless they received bad instructions from the director, or he from MUO.

Anyway, on a happier note, a number of formers were present and looked great, for the most part. Meagan looked good. Kylee had an adorable pink & black dress at prelims and looked great all weekend. They did a great job as MCs at prelims. In fact, as good as Kylee was on sta g e this weekend, it’s hard to figure how she didn’t place at TUSA. Not sure what went wrong – maybe confidence, as she was very young. Brittany Hogan did a good job as co-MC at Finals, and she looked fabulous! She did a good job of thinking on her feet and playing off of the other co-host – Sam. I could see her in acting or hosting a show. Very natural and likeable. Stephanie Brink was in the crowd Finals night with a mega-watt “presence,” gorgeous and wearing a hot red dress – looked like she could’ve hopped on stage and competed on the spot (and in retrospect I wish she had). Saw Candace Sanders at prelims, very thin but exotic looking, though I wish those sheep-dog bangs would go out of style. And obviously Ellen Chapman was in the house too, though I didn’t talk to her or get too close. And Katie Blair - saw her close up in the foyer. I liked her when she won, but was less impressed up close, perhaps in part because she’s got about 3-4 inches of dark roots showing in her h air. That’s a no-no in my book. Anyway, that’s who I saw.

I had never been to the Orpheum Theater before; it’s a nice old theater in a not very nice part of downtown L.A. Just a block away there was a huge billboard advertising YMI jeans, with a picture of Riyo, Rachel, & Hilary. I thought that was cool; wonder if it was planned.

Well, that’s my report; and, like pretty much everyone else, I’m still scratching my head.

For everyone, who is the winner now!!! Christina is known nationwide!!! Raquel should thank her because if it wasn’t for Christina, no one, I mean no one would know who that other girl is, what’s her name?

For the Anonymous writer that addressed Dana Sullivan, first learn how to write and spell, you sound as dumb as Raquel. Well that explains why you are probably friends.

What accounting firm tallied the votes. I think they should make the public aware of the firm. They let us know during the televisived show. I do not want to hire them.

I watched Ms. Beezley’s interview on FOX 11 and with all do respect, it was HORRIBLE! She is not articulate AT ALL. I am not looking forward to having Ms. Beezley represent out state at Miss USA…Taking the crown away from Christina was a HUGE mistake.

This whole thing stinks. Are you telling me that the judges don’t knowhow to count? It looks to me that the organizers could not accept that a latina competing for the first time was the winner. There is no integrity or honor in this pageant. If it was an error, then why wasn’t it given to the first runner up??? For sure now, Ms California has no possibility of winning!!!!

All you that are bashing Raquel for “loving to shop”… what girl don’t? Who cares if shes Miss CA and LOVES to shop… thats not what shes about! Shes a down to earth girl… that lives, laughs, and learns. If you knew her you would know that. If she loves anything its her family and most of all her mom Christine!

Then to say shes does not know how to speak in public! Give her a chance… shes still trying to take everything in. Let her bask in her glory. Cut her some slack for a bit. She will be just fine as Miss. California and will make California PROUD!

Good luck in Miss. USA ROCKY! WE LOVE YOU!

There were 5 judges and 2 girls in the final vote. Both girls are beautiful but how difficult would it be to compare 2 scores and figure out which is higher. This whole thing whether wrong or right is embarrassing for the whole state. I wish the best of luck to Christina and Raquel, as now there is a slim chance that Miss Cal will be selected as Miss USA just because of this whole fiasco. You would think as pageants have been around forever and that this process isn’t anything new. There could have possibly been pressure on Christina and there could have been pressure on the judges to check or change the count. Or maybe the judges just don’t know how to count. WHat ever the reason it is ashamed. My question to the judges ” Are you smarter than a fifth grader?” Next time if you have to use your fingers to count. I hope this event will not damage the careers and lives of both women and they can come out of this with their heads up, beautiful and successful whether they wear a crown or not.

Hey anon, that wrote dumb Barstow.. You can’t even spell so who are you to judge? Raquel was great tonight on FOX and EXTRA!

I looked at my program from the Miss California Pageant and according to Christina’s information; it says that she is 5’7”. I can’t believe this is true…. She looked awfully short? Could she have put misinformation on her application?

Talk about dumb……….. you can’t even write correctly!