Before Michaele Salahi was a party-crashing Real Housewife, she was "Missy," a brunette with dreams of modeling. Let's take a look back at who Missy-Michaele was 26 years ago.

This is how you make it in America: Noted White House party-crashers Tareq and Michaela Salahi will be "the most visible members" of Bravo's upcoming series The Real Housewives of D.C. Meanwhile, Desiree Rogers is unemployed. [The Daily Beast]

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Tareq and Michaele Salahi were "invited" to testify before Congress today about their party-crashing ways, but they say they won't be appearing. Also not planning to show: White House social secretary Desiree Rogers.

Last night, late, great Jezebel editor Megan Carpentier and friends described the White-House-crashin' Salahis as "the Speidi of Washington." What does that make scapegoat Desiree Rogers: LC? Or, worse, Audrina - someone raising herself above her natural place and abilities?

Party-crasher photo-bombing: It had to happen, we're just surprised it didn't happen sooner. [Asylum, via Buzzfeed]

The more Michaele and Tareq Salahi try to tell their story of how they were "invited" to the White House, the more it looks like Swiss cheese. After the jump, we take apart some of their most ridiculous assertions.

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White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi went on the Today Show this morning to claim they were actually invited to last week's state dinner. Unsurprisingly, the White House and Secret Service disagree.