Miss USA's Bigot Backlash And Stripping Scandal Begins Now!
LatestHours into her Miss USA tenure, Rima Fakih has her first (low-grade) scandal: a “Stripper 101” crown in college. Meanwhile, creative right-wing haters are implying, in more ways than one, that she won because of a pro-Muslim, pro-immigrant conspiracy.
First, the yawn-worthy “scandal”: in college, Fakih won a pole-dancing competition, during which she did not strip. She did, however, exhibit some impressive leg muscles.
Meanwhile, neocon pundit Daniel Pipes wondered on his blog if there was some sort of affirmative action Muslim conspiracy:
They are all attractive, but this surprising frequency of Muslims winning beauty pageants makes me suspect an odd form of affirmative action.
Perhaps it was just an excuse for him to post some photos of some beautiful women. But then he updated, quoting a reader in agreement who said:
“No surprise here. Affirmative action was first applied in beauty contests for black women to win in the 1980s, then it was the turn of Latin, brown skinned women, and now it’s Muslims. That’s why most people ignore these rigged “events.”
Thank god someone is looking out for those inherently unattractive black and brown-skinned women. Otherwise, who would ever think they were pretty?