Global Backlash As Miss Jamaica Places 5th In The Miss Universe Pageant

Miss Jamaica and Miss Colombia

The Miss Universe pageant has been rocked by a global backlash that began in the audience of the live, internationally televised show that took place in Miami, Florida this year. Pageant favorite, Miss Jamaica, Kaci Fennell, placed fifth in the competition, leading to loud, spontaneous booing from the audience. It was a first in pageant history. Twitter erupted in anger as people began posting their displeasure at the elimination, stating Miss Jamaica had been "robbed." 

Miss Colombia, Paulina Vega, was awarded the crown. People on Twitter also posted items revealing Wikipedia had updated their website with the winner's name (Miss Colombia Paulina Vega) 15 minutes before the live pageant results were announced on the air, leading people to state the show is rigged. 

 

Many did not display anger at Miss Colombia winning, as she is beautiful as well, but they expressed the view Miss Jamaica should not have placed so low and should have won. Many of the people who made comments on Twitter to that effect are black, white, Hispanic and Asian from a number of countries. The backlash grew so bad, it made global newspapers such as the Washington Post, The Kansas City Star, the Daily Mail (UK) and Inquirer Group (Philippines). It has also featured on a number of global entertainment news programs on television.

 

The Huffington Post stated some area blaming race as a factor in Miss Jamaica's shock exit. The website pointed out only 4 black women have won Miss Universe. The finals of this year's telecast certainly lacked diversity. Miss Jamaica was the only black woman among the 15 finalists, when Miss Haiti and Miss Gabon were beautiful as well. 

Wikipedia announcing Miss Colombia the winner 15 minutes before it was stated on the live television broadcast

The news gets worse. According to local news reports, taxpayers in Miami footed the bill for the show and at a loss, not getting the return on said investment. Trump used the Miss Universe pageant to promote his new real estate development in the Miami suburb of Doral. The only problem is, while Doral has a number of lovely homes, it is not a central location in Miami. The most sought after suburb of Miami is Miami Beach, which contains South Beach and is the more popular backdrop for filmed projects.  

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Twitter Is Upset That Miss Jamaica Didn't Win The Miss Universe Crown

Posted: 01/26/2015 9:35 am EST  - Not everyone is happy for the newly crowned Miss Universe. On Sunday, Miss Colombia Paulina Vega beat out first runner-up Miss USA Nia Sanchez and contestants from more than 80 other countries at the pageant in Miami, Florida. 

However, instead of the usual cheering, the audience booed the judges' decision, making it known that crowd favourite Miss Jamaica Kaci Fennell's fifth place (officially she was fourth runner-up) wasn't good enough. Some people claimed Kaci lost due to her short hair, while others claimed it was due to race. (Only four black women have won the title since the pageant first started in 1952.) 

The stunning brunette had a lot of fans due to her obvious intelligence, her beauty and her "unconventional" pageant style, which included sporting a cute pixie cut instead of the traditional long hair that's typical of most contestants... "I don't have long tresses like everyone else, I'm just representing myself and that's what beauty pageants are all about," said Fennell. "You don't have to look a certain way ... and I feel like I represent that." Kaci also called Usain Bolt, the world's fastest short-distance runner, and the late Bob Marley as her country's greatest contributions to the world. 

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Pebbles Does Interviews With Wendy Williams And Huffington Post Spilling Information On What Happened With TLC (Videos)

TLC's former manager and mentor, Pebbles, cleared the air on the Wendy Williams Show and in a separate video interview with the Huffington Post. Pebbles refuted TLC's claims in the film "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story." She obtained a retraction from VH-1, with the network having gone from stating the movie is a "true story" to a "fictionalized" account of TLC's story.

This supports what the Judiciary Report stated all along about the biopic, that it contains inaccuracies, embellishments and lies. The makers of the movie utilized poetic license in a biopic, which is dishonest and defeats the purpose of retelling a life story.

Pebbles revealed during the Wendy Williams interview that she is of the belief Rozanda "Chilli" Thomas, slept with her then husband, L.A. Reid. This is an item the Judiciary Report has maintained for years. Pebbles also stated she did not rob TLC of millions of dollars. Once again, the Judiciary Report has maintained from the beginning, knowing the entertainment industry and contracts, the lion's share of the TLC money went to Clive Davis at Arista.

During Pebbles' interview with the Huffington Post, she revealed she never kicked Chilli out of the group. Pebbles stated Left Eye and T-Boz came to her stating of Chilli, "She's gotta go. We want her out. P we're not doing another day with her." She stated she took the blame because she wanted Chilli to remain in the group, believing she was right for the trio and if the girls kicked her out themselves, they would never get back together. Pebbles further stated T-Boz knows the truth but is "not telling what happened" so as not to offend Chilli, whom she still works with.

Chilli caused problems because she is promiscuous. She was sleeping with L.A. and Dallas Austin at the same time, causing distractions in the group. These types of things are known to cause problems. When Diana Ross was sleeping with Berry Gordy at Motown and receiving the most perks, the other members became jealous and upset.

When Kandi Burruss of Xscape was sleeping with producer Jermaine Dupri, who also did work for TLC, the other members resented it. Chilli, who came from poverty, was trying to get a rich man to make her wealthy and did do so by any means necessary, even if it meant betraying the person who gave her a chance at fame (Pebbles).

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Pebbles also spoke about one of the original members of TLC, Crystal, who stated on the V103 radio station in Atlanta, Georgia that she kicked her out of the group, because she wanted to take home the contract to have her mother look it over, as she did not understand what it stated. Pebbles' response to this claim is, "Crystal made up stuff. She didn't get that far into the group to see a contract. Why are we making up stuff."

Another point Pebbles refutes regarding the movie is that there existed a conflict of interest in the group having the same lawyer she did, which she states is a lie. Pebbles stated, "We did not have the same attorney." She called Joel Katz's office in Atlanta and asked him to negotiate on behalf of the girls, who she gave "100% of their merchandising."

The biopic made fun of Pebbles for giving the group used RAV4 vehicles when their first album was released. However, Pebbles stated they chose the vehicles. They were new artists and their first album had only gone platinum at that time (1,000,000 copies sold). Therefore,  "Lamborghini money" was not there. TLC's second album was their biggest hit to date, selling over 10,000,000 copies in America alone.

Lionel Martin, TLC, L.A., Babyface and Pebbles on the video set of "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" 

At the end of the day, Pebbles summed it up as TLC being her vision and group that she named and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars developing. She used her talent and connections to make the group successful and was pushed out of the way and thrown under the bus before the production on their second album began.

She was not given the standard opportunity to renegotiate their contracts, as any other manager would have been afforded. Then TLC took on massive debt in making songs and videos that cost millions to produce and had to repay LaFace and Arista that debt before seeing any profit. Long after Pebbles was pushed out of the picture, TLC still had money problems due to their choices. It would be nice if TLC and Pebbles could sit down together, hash out their differences and call it a truce.