Pageant Tea! Was Miss USA Rigged?! Contestants Walk Off Stage As Miss Texas Is Crowned!
06.10.2022 - 01:47
/ perezhilton.com
The tea is piping hot with this one!
Fans of Miss USA are now convinced this year’s pageant was rigged after Miss Texas R’Bonney Gabriel was crowned the winner! If you haven’t been paying attention to the beauty pageant circuit, the 71st Miss USA was crowned on Monday night, but the ceremony did not end with the kind of celebration viewers are used to! And now some think the whole thing was scripted!
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Most viewers were thrown off by the show’s final moments. Here’s what went down: after it was announced Miss Texas won, she quickly hugged the runner-up, Morgan Romano from North Carolina. However, she didn’t look that surprised by the reveal — almost as if she knew she was going to snag first place.
More shocking, the other contestants avoided congratulating R’Bonney (unlike years prior) and instead walked off the stage! Oh s**t! The winner was then forced to embark on her first walk as Miss USA 2022 while only the hosts congratulated her. Awkward!
Ch-ch-check out the now-viral moment for yourself (below)!
Oof! It’s def an odd moment!
Taking to social media after the cringe-worthy crowning, fans speculated about what could have been going wrong behind the scenes to cause the mess on screen. Take a look at the top theories:
A solid guess! But judging by another TikTokers sleuthing, it doesn’t seem like a mean girl attitude had anything to do with this! Attorney Martinez on TikTok broke down the pageant drama on Wednesday — and she had receipts!
In her first video about the controversy, she actually claimed “the contestants of Miss USA had reached out to [her]” and asked her to explain the drama! Referencing another unnamed Instagram user’s “receipts” on the