Miss Usa

Since 1952, Miss USA has been held annually; judging the contestants in swimsuit, gown, and interview. Though the judging standards are quite shallow in my opinion, the Miss USA winner, who goes on to compete in Miss Universe, is expected to be a role model for our impressionable youth.

While many Miss USA winners have did their best to uphold their role model responsibilities, others fell short. For example, Ex-Miss Usa winner, Rima Fakih. Rima competed in and won Miss Michigan in September of 2009. In 2010 she represented Michigan in the Miss USA pageant. Rima won the Miss USA crown in May of 2010. She became the first Miss Michigan USA winner since Kenya Moore, who won in 1993.

(image via The Daily What)

She's beautiful isn't she? Rima is believed to be not only the first Lebanese American, but also the first Arab American, and Muslim to win the Miss USA title. Unfortunately officials for the pageant released a statement saying that their records were not detailed enough to confirm these beliefs. Whatever the truth may be, winning a Miss USA crown is a big deal for anyone, right? 

Unfortunately for Rima, not even 24 hours after she was crowned, the media got a hold of a very scandalous photo of Rima dancing suggestively on a stripper pole. Nothing wrong with some harmless dancing, right? According to the media, Rima wasn't just dancing. She was taking part in a "Stripper 101" contest held by a radio station. What's even more eyebrow-raising? She won.