Miss USA 2022 Controversy Lingers
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I recommend watching the whole pageant. I heard that Texas won through favoritism so I watched the pageant. Personally, based on her: answers, walk, and overall confidence; she is my pick for Miss USA.
Imagine competing for 4 times at different pageants, losing 3 times and when you finally win, you spend your year explaining things and defending your crown. I feel really bad for R'Bonney, not her fault yet she has to pay the price - kinda like Pia in 2015.
Exactly. But I think the huge upside for her is that people haven’t paid this much attention to Miss USA in a long time. I think it’ll help her following and reach.
@ Dani - Don’t you think that fulfilling her philanthropy/advocacy is more important than the # of people they reach? Lol you’re saying that the attention she has now she can capitalize on no matter how she got it. Sometimes there is no silver lining. Just bitter contestants itching for five more minutes of relevance.
@@DaniWalker you are crazy! Have you heard yourself?? Upside for her? Really??? Trash
@@DaniWalker I agree, bad publicity is still publicity, this controversy could hype her to Miss Universe.
Not if she loses her crown
Miss Universe USA winner was all deserving of the crown. I guess contestants especially those complaining her victory should watch her performances and assess their own performances honestly, compare and these girls will realize Miss Texas was a clear winner and did really shine that night. Her advocacy really made a huge impact, very consistent and relatable. When you join a beauty pageant with a purpose such as Miss Universe, it is not only your face value but your heart and your brain matters. When you complain because you believe you are a lot better than Miss Texas and finding fault creating controversies against the winner, then you have a big problem with yourself more than the organization or any person you are blaming at. Self-check and acceptance of defeat are sport worthy.
42:10 It is a call to us Filipinos, asking for us to also support her. She is like saying, "I am not forgetting my Filipino roots. Please give me your support as well." We heard you, queen.
I think Crystal Stewart who is from Texas and head of the pageant showed preferential treatment to her fellow contestant from Texas. Miss USA was botched, Dani. It was botched. I don't blame Miss Texas USA, the contestant but Crystal Stewart should be fired.
Krystle can't be fired she owns Miss USA and Miss Teen USA lol
@@Paakid She owns the license, which can be taken away by MUO
@@Paakid she has been stepped out of that role of President Miss USA. 😂
It’s so painful to watch Miss Montana saying this is not bullying. Montana is so convinced that these allegations have no effect on R’Bonney and that somehow she’s not a victim despite continuously fueling the cyber hate against her (which she’s trying to mask as an attack to the Miss USA org? Tf?!) I’m glad she’s taking advantage of this short term clout because it’s the only time she’s ever gonna get it. No one is “gaslighting” you, whatever the hell that means. If anything you’re the one fooling yourself. This entire situation just makes it clear day by day why R’Bonney won and others (including and most specially Montana) did not. And FYI, Miss Texas DID WIN ON HER OWN MERIT. xx
This gives me miss Venezuela 2016 going after miss canada 2016 vibes
It’s funny how montana and the other contestant claim they are not bullying or going for the new Miss USA when they clearly are! They are doing it just doing it a different way because they still refer to her
Agree! 👍👍
Yeah, I’m sorry. How do you expect them to tell their story then? She’s an integral part of their grievances. Sure, there may be some sour grapes here but this whole thing smells fishy AF. I’m happy the contestants have a platform to tell their story as well. There’s way too many stories for us to act like their accusations don’t deserve to be treated with some merit.
Agree, it saddens me so much what is happening to R'Bonney. I wish nothing but success for that girl.
clearly bullying
@@watchnlearn4362 they can refer to the organization and Krystal since they are the ones who supposedly rigged the competition
R'bonney's designers for state costume and evening gown are both Filipinos. She has everything planned and figured out going into Ms. USA. Kudos to you, kabayan R'Bonney!
The other candidates took out Miss Texas our of their group chat, and they have the guts to keep saying they’re not trying to attack and bully the winner but just the Miss USA org? Oh please! Mental advocates during the pageant, but they show their true colors after not bagging the crown. I thought we learned from what happened to Cheslie already. Clearly not.
I saw the screenshot when that happened and I really didn’t understand it. That made me so sad to see. I was with Miss AK USA 2018 at the time and we were both like, “oh nooo this is not the way.” 😭😭😭
@@DaniWalker Let's admit. The backlash isn't even about these girls grievances vs Miss USA org., but how these girls are promoting women empowerment and unity (as per Miss Montana), but they walked out on their sister during her coronation and removed her from their groupme; gaslighting everyone in social media saying that they don't have anything against Rbonney and that Rbonney is a deserving winner. This is like means vs end ethical issue but done so horribly wrong.
I agree!! I thought these ladies already learned of what happened and know the power of social media.. they could have brought forward this directly to MUO but instead come out and make it public to gain followers sympathy and indirectly bullying even they “claimed” that RBonney is also a victim. MUO acted fast on this matter. I could have understand if they brought this to MUO and nothing happens then they can speak out to social media but unfortunately they want trial by publicity.. that is so sad
@@scylervispo4612 now losers up front. advocates of mental health causing someone harm. that's why they're not winners. they are losers.
They got her out of the chat, so R'Bonney would not get unnecessary messages about what was going on since she could be a mouthpiece for *the organization* so she wouldn't snitch to Crystle. Logistically, it was better to do that since it expressed the issues of, say it again *the organization!* Also, let Cheslie rest in peace, and don't use her name in this drama.
Tbh overall this video is great... BUT I feel like Dani should talk more about how Miss. Montana handled this situation very very wrong. Y'all can call it whatever you want but SHE IS BULLYING the new Miss. USA!!!!!!!!!! PERIODTTTT!!! It's not until something bad happens to somebody that everyone start acting like they care about a situation. Dani you have a platform in the pageant community and I would've honestly expected just a bit more of your support for the new queen! /: I still love you but I'm just a bit disappointed.
She wasn’t bullying 😂 this is the funniest thing I have ever heard. If I’m playing tennis and the umpire clearly makes an error in judgement e.g. foot fault or an out call and I dispute it and that’s what made me lose the title at the semi final or final. Who am I bullying 😅😅😅 grow a brain 🧠 it’s a competition not congeniality
So the treat that she had was purchased at a Filipino store before the pageant by her incredibly thoughtful boyfriend. He brought a WHOLE BAG of Filipino treats for us (her family) and we were in the booth with her when she got to eat said treat. She was genuinely so excited about this treat because she had been on such a healthy diet for so long. And if ANYBODY knows R’bo they know she loves her snacks
Ensaymada was the Filipino treat😀
So if Texas already said she’s willing to have a conversation about it all why is a Montana’s response so nasty? I think Montana is a bully and this is a personal vendetta against the winner
Allegations aside, on coronation night, lets be honest - Ms Texas gave the best OVERALL performance. I saw Texas, North Carolina and Ohio as my top 3 performances. Before crowning, I based my choice on the candidate who has the greatest chance of winning the Miss Universe crown. In the end, I placed my bet on Miss Texas. Lo and behold, she won. I was ecstatic!
Congrats Miss Texas!
I extend sympathy to the girls who weren't treated fairly.
Miss Texas USA- PROVED WHY SHE WON. She stood out from the moment she stood on stage- I knew it would come down to her and Miss Nebraska.
Miss USA should elect you, Dani to be the national director. You are more fair than Crystal Stewart. You would do a better job than she has done.
Everyone would go to Mexico! 😅
How can they plan a retreat to do the photo headshots of all the contestants without all the confirmed contestants?? That makes no sense and it is unfair to Colorado. Im beginning to question Crystal Stewart's way of operating the Miss USA organization
Yes, any reasonable director would check to see all of the state pageant schedule and plan accordingly.
@@PungiFungi Exactly
The organizers should've wait all of the States elected their representatives before planning this Mexican trip. No wonder it causes such controversy
I felt like I was watching an investigative piece on CNN.....you really did good on this ☺️
😂😂💕thank you!!
Miss Montana claims that they are not after Rbonny but she also proudly said that they removed Rbonny from their group chat! 🙄🙄🙄
LOL. And they didn't realize R'BONNEY is the closest they can get to have a chance in getting that Miss Universe crown.
I was gonna say the same.
You know this to be a fact? A lot of you are assuming that R'Bonney is going to make top 5 or top 2 but we have seen girls left out at semifinals or after top 10.
I personally believe she is not material for top 15 at Miss Universe.
She has what it takes to be Ms Universe… a strong contender!
She has what it takes to be Ms Universe… a strong contender!
I feel like I am watching a scene from a Simpson's cartoon where a person's been shot, there are bullet holes everywhere, and the Simpson's cop is pushing the crowd back, saying, "There's nothing to see here. Move on. There's nothing to see here."
😂😂😂🙈
Thank you for weighing in on this issue and inserting your experience at Miss USA. It validates the other contestants experiences but also your point of view is more credible.
I don't understand why any of this is even a conversation when R'Bonney very clearly outperformed every single other candidate. Even if it was "rigged," no one can argue that she didn't deserve the title. This just feels very attention seeking from people who didn't even make the top 16.
Two things can be true at once. RB was the best girl of the night. But also, enough has come out to see the organization showed her favoritism (probably because she’s would be our best chance at MU). Just because RB was the best and deserved to win doesn’t mean the organization handled the competition ethically.
NONE of the judges should be affiliated with any sponsors that have used any of the contestants for branding prior to the competition.
I really feel bad for Rbonney, she does not deserve this
I've been watching the MUSA pageant since the 70's and this is the first time that something like this has happened. This is horrible and I hope that the organization gets to the bottom of this.
Same here 💔
Hi Carlos I’m a fan since 1970.
Not true controversy is not new
@@barbarabutler1650..I think this is far beyond controversy. And it’s something I’ve never seen come out of the pageant in my lifetime.
@@CarlosCastro_ every year there will be one contestant who will stand out from the pack and every year there will be sour grapers. I think the advent of social media had embolden sour grapers to be more loud and hence lend credence to their complaints. But I watched Miss Montana's vid and it appeared her list of complaints were more about how the pageant was ran (one t shirt for the whole week???) than RBonney winning.
State pageants sometimes screw up and mess up dates and trips. But this looks very shady.
Pretty dark and deep for sure. If you look at Crystle's social media, she has a photo at the Spa in Mexico dated Aug.8 which was exactly the time frame that reportedly Rbonney was there filming😩. It will be interesting to see how that one is explained.
Considering the *S_X_L* m.i.s.c.o.n.d.u.c.t evidence on Crystle's appointed VP husband (Max),
have you ever asked yourself why Crystle and Max take the contestants out of the country (Mexico x2) to prepare for a USA representation 🤔. The testimonies from numerous 2021 contestants on the precarious environments with strange men, strip clubs, only alcohol for breakfast also with strange men, etc., gives me G Maxwell vibes 😳.
It’s allllll so strange to me. I need to look more into it. But I think contestants aren’t speaking as much because of legal proceedings. Lawyers may ask them to wait on any public statements.
@Taylor Monte - not ridiculous at all. There are contestant contractual agreements for all. It's not verified that the president went to the filming in Mexico, but it is verified that Rbonney went behind her state directors back going to Mexico which is a breach of contract. It's pretty murky as to whether she actually paid her own way and so hopefully the investigation will require Rbonney to produce receipts. Either way, if she paid for the sponsor did, she still lied about it to other contestants and was delinquent in the contract that she signed.
@Taylor Monte - were you there? 😆. No, you were not so you are dissing most of the contestants knowledge and on site experience --and calling them liars?? It's absolutely their business ...otherwise you claim they are worthless slaves. Sorry sweetie, that's complete bunk -gaslighting and desire to control and abuse.
@Taylor Monte - btw, verified by hard cold evidence. In black and white as well as witnesses.
@Taylor Monte - Fail harder 😂
Thank you for bringing us this coverage in an unbiased, classy manner.
Miss Montana is a Karen From Alabama. Montana's a Republican. Correlation does not equal causation.. I smell defamation lawsuit coming soon 👀 WE LOVE YOU R'BONNEY 🇵🇭🇺🇸🤍❤💙 TRUE WINNER R'BONNEY 👑💖 Thank you for being her interview coach, she will inspire so many generations and children to come!
@@id9473 i dont think so . Critical Beauty / Rafa delfin is a filipino american that is a FULL BLOWN Republican operative. pero "respetado" ang accla sa pageant sphere sa pinas.
@@id9473 Lol a huge percentage of Filipino Americans are Republicans
At first I thought Miss Montana is a transgender. She has a masculine face!💪
@@id9473 💯
Thank you for the summary!
A question, they say gowns were sponsored by Giovann but miss Texas gown was from Ryan fernandez? Did some other contestants have custom gowns too?
The contestants were given the option of a $2,500 credit towards a Jovani gown. If they accepted that, they had to use the gown for the pageant or, pay the full cost of the gown. This is common for USA gown sponsors.
I’ll add that I was given $5000 towards a gown through Bridal Elegance but other states were given more like 8-10k. That’s why gowns in some states never seem to measure up to states where pageants are popular. States with less support have a difficult time finding gowns that measure up to a 10k+ gown.
@@DaniWalker ok thank you for this clarification
Gurlll I did not see any of this drama coming. I am shook
Me too
Exactly. I am shocked
Same here. This is insane to me. Especially considering that Crystle just started directing.
That"s what happens when there are a bunch of Karens involved.
I expected it after seeing the wardrobe list.
So they chose her as the winner, so if it was rigged...are you all mad?? All pageants are rigged, they see the winner early on but without all your money and sponsors they can't just pick a winner obviously. How on earth do you really expect to be picked from just 30 seconds walk and your introduction? The top 20 are picked before the live show....Read that again.
All of you know the preliminaries are where the winner is chosen. The winner is picked before the main event...why is this a shock?
Not always the case. Pia Wurtzbach was a dark horse but she shone during the prelims. That earned her a semifinalist spot. Still, she wasn't a frontrunner what with the heavy faves Colombia, USA, France to name a few but she played her game well that she made it to top 3 which was almost a guarantee bec her com skills is tops.
Loved ur video! Agreed we don’t have all the facts. Through social media it appears favoritism! Although, I went back and watched the Miss USA 2022 and I believe she is the clear winner. I congratulate her:) I love ❤️ Miss USA/Universe pageantry. I miss the pageantry from years ago, glitz glamor. I will be watching on ur coverage for Miss Universe🎉
💕💕 thanks for your support
Sorta reminds me of Miss Universe Philippines 2020 when Rabiya Mateo won particularly about the accusation that Rabiya had her own hair and make-up team during the final competition and being excluded from the group chat by her co-competitors after the final including the lunch get together that they had.
As much as I want Miss Philippines to win this year (or every year), I think R'Bonney will win Miss Universe 2022.
Last time Miss USA won was 2012 and since it has been a decade and given that she is Asian-American, she will probably win. She is well-spoken and smart so she will go far.
I agree with you here. Since Olivia C., there were only Nia S. and Olivia J. who were total packages. R'Bonney is a total package. I think MUSA will bag the crown this time.
You called it!!!!!!
Love the video! Can you do a video on Catriona's journey and planning/preparation? How to plan ahead and be strategic?
OK after watching this Dani. You were able to properly elaborate this thing. And believe it or not Rbonney winning even she will be representative of Usa is something straight up making fans so darn excited. A lot will agree that there will be a lot of flavor for Miss universe 2022
She can possibly win this. I love Celeste and I believe her so much too.
Filipinos are awesome fans and they will support someone who they want. Specially if they see something in that individual.
Can't wait to see Rbonney, Celeste, Colombia, Spain, Cambodia and few others this year. 🙌
Idk how I’m going to do predictions this year 🙈 have you seen the MU class of 2022?!? What is this generation of super queens?!
@Dani Walker it's gonna be tough for sure. I am making my list and been looking at the class 2022, and it is so hard to choose.
Montana is bitter,racists and Karen ..
@@DaniWalker R’Bonney’s win is definitely making noise leading up to the Miss Universe competition. People are getting excited to watch her on the MU stage. There is excitement building up because I’m sure she is going to get the attention of Filipino fashion designers and national costume designers to build her a fabulous wardrobe and OOTD’s that’s up to par with the other powerhouses. Not to mention she is getting the support of another country. Admit it, Miss USA organization has been struggling in the past couple of years and R’Bonney’s win is the boost that the organization really needs. I mean she’s already getting the world’s attention.
if things don't add up, it's obvious that something is wrong.if 1 or 2 girls come out talking and making such allegations, chances are they're just sourgraping. but a lot have spoken up and the way the miss usa org has dealt with this controversy only made matters worse.and why lie about flying there if you have nothing to hide? it doesn't take a genius to figure it out.
Exactly my thoughts as well.
hey i subscribed.i like the vid of miss south africa/supranational! she's a goddess!
Exactly! A lot isn't adding up and her 10 minutes on a scripted talk show doesn't clear anything up. Infact, her responses were too perfect which makes me believe that she's hiding something.
exactly! obviously scripted.they aren't fooling anybody.
Just my thought, their just claimed that they asked r'boney about flying but that claiming also need a support evidence from them.
Well-researched, Dani! Great Job!
As a pageant lover who follows the journey of most queens, I understand their frustrations, and we all condone irregularities and impartiality within the organization, but I believe there is always a proper avenue to bent out their disappointments, and rants, and SHOULD HAVE NEVER brought to social media while they are at the verge of their emotions, because like it or not, whether their claims are true or false, they will just look ridiculously pathetic and immature, whining over a spoiled milk.
It’s excruciating to watch that few of the ladies I’ve rooted to win are involved in this. Now I know as to why they did not win.
#RealTalk
If you’re thinking straight, and these ladies claiming they blame the organization for these crazy shenanigans, but hearing them speak throwing shades and only pointing towards the direction of the eventual winner, it tells otherwise. For a very obvious reason, they are not just happy with the winner, herself.
It’s BULL that they say they all have nothing against with Miss Texas, but the fact they dragged her into this mess, without knowing both sides of the coin, nor ever consulted their NDs or even expressed their willingness to an open conversation with the org, collectively, show the weight of their grudges towards her. They did not care about the repercussions to the winner, and it’s really unfair for her, like the months of hardships and preparations were put into waste, and was overshadowed by hate and false judgments created by her sisters, just because of the selfish reason, THEY DID NOT WIN.
Haven't you girls ever learned something from Cheslie Kryst´ untimely demise? Fake advocates of Mental Health awareness, realness?
I think if they thought R'Bonney lied to them, it is on her.
Whether as to the MUO´s investigation proved her guilt or innocence, you all already judged her, so the harm was done, but what if she is not, and your bitterness clouded your judgment and took the best out of you? Sadly, SocMed could be so unforgiving, and has footprints, like a recurring nightmare.
When you finally moved on, and will look back, ya all feel ashamed of how your emotions got in the way, that your act was irresponsible, bratty, careless, ignorant and bully.
Well, by then, you will all agree as to why you all did not win in the first place. ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING. And R'Bonney Gabriel was the CLEAR winner, by MILES.
#UNQUEENLY
The bottom line? It’s Jealousy. It’s in human nature esp when they think they are pure white ..
Much needed episode 😬
🙏🏼💕
I honestly now feel like it was all set up for Rbonney to Win. Don't get me wrong she worked for it but the organization needs to be held accountable
This! Which is what the contestants are holding the organization accountable for
I love R'Bonney. She is going to win Miss Universe
Ms Montana lost me when she responded to R’bonney’s interview. Her action just showed me that this is personal against R’Bonney.
Rbonney is gorgeous and smart. She deserved the crown no matter what they say. How she answered the question is brilliant and just look at her…….she looks and acts like a true queen. If the other contestants are not attacking her personally as they claimed, why did they use social media to voice out their grievances, they should have went directly to the organizers because what they did wasn’t right and it’s embarrassing for them because they are acting like a child who can’t accept defeat! I hope that Rbonney will win the Miss Universe because she deserves it and to prove them wrong!
And she did win Miss Universe 2022... So, now, where are the bashers? 🙄
Two things can be true at once. She may have been totally deserving of the win, and there may also have been favoritism that made sure she won. No matter what, she should not have been given so much special treatment preemptively.
35:12 What's conflicting about R'Bonneys comment about purchasing her own ticket to to Mexico is that Brand Ambassador 101: YOU DONT PAY FOR ANYTHING!!!! Part of being a brand ambassador is that everything is paid for and the only action required is promotion. If R'Bonney has to submit flight receipts and it shows MIA Beauté' and not her own credit card information ( although they could have sent her money to purchase the tickets to be under her name ) Big Yikes! This is all a mess
I nearly added, “girl they should be paying for you.” When someone is a sponsor they cover expenses. They should have done that for her. I don’t go places for free and I’m not Miss USA 😂
@@DaniWalker Then what can you say about the current Miss Universe candidates in NYC fashion show and Fadil photography? 🤭
@@alexanderpowell4789 their organizations are paying for that. Some national directors see the benefit in that, some don’t. Candidates can pay for their own if it’s not covered by the Org (a lot of non-sash island nations had to fund their own airfare, photoshoots, etc).
@@Retroglamamour EXACTLY. Even in modeling, they have what they call Pay-For-Performance model especially if you would just want to be seen out there for these big brands.
@@alexanderpowell4789 But miss usa said it was part of her prize when she miss Texas. So she should not have to pay. Maybe she misspoke and they reimburse her? Who knows.
I like how fair you are in ur comments and observations. Ur also very articulate and makes a lot of sense.
🙏🏼thank you
As always Dani, you show expertise at NOT creating MORE drama. Your fairness lends to your credibility. I agree 100% with you in that if you’re not present at a backstage event nor involved in a controversy HOW can you say one way or the other exactly what did or didn’t happen. Like you eluded to I hope this doesn’t tarnish the Pageant System in the US. There are few things left to look forward to and this is one thing that I DO look forward to every year. This years opening number, I thought, was far better than last year’s!!
YOU need to be on a National channel. Seriously, you’re better at it than most of them currently on. ET, E, etc., etc.
Hoping R’Bonney goes on to win Miss Universe!!
Jokes are on those in her last video jumping at her 🥴
only one question how do u kee ur how have u kept ur roses alive, like do u keep buying new ones, or are they fake flowers or what if u could, please explain
Someone should have coached Miss Montana on social media deportment. Pageantry shouldn't be all about tips on winning but should also be about how you behave and interact with others.
Crystal Stewart needs to resign she is horrible for this brand nothing but bad judges that don't know how to judge and Nevada should have won last year and Washington should have won this year just ridiculous.
Jealousy is the enemy in this business.
Didn’t they say they recorded the opening number really late after the prelims? Would this be how she got out in the opening number and sash?
Miss Montana wanting to hold Elle for being silent about the SA allegations, yet was actively competing to be crowned by said organization? Okay. Also, her point of Elle pitting women against women is reaching and actually a reflection of her own actions. Per her video, she’s stated she and the gals were not bullying R’Bonney and thought she deserves to win but rather had a problem with the Miss USA org, yet they isolated R’Bonney by removing her from their chat group. Was that not them pitting woman against another woman?
The way these contestants and ppl on social media are picking apart every little detail of what R’Bonney says or do (aka her delayed reactions to winning) is disgusting and is a prime example of the dark side of social media.
Let’s be wary of the saying “tell a lie often enough and it becomes the truth.” I have been involved with organizing competitions and have seen on multiple occasions, contestants celebrating the winner and then coming back with suspicion and accusations days alter because 1-2 contestants rounded everyone up and planted seeds of doubts within the group. These contestants have the right to feel how they feel, it’s ultimately how they chose to air their frustrations that defines them.
I have been following you since you won your title for Miss Montana. You have taught me the most important lesson. When we speak of another contestant no matter WHAT your opinion you do it kindly as they DO read this stuff. I remember talking to friends prior to your reign and being very snarky and I NEVER utter a word of it now. NOT ONE WORD. If I think someone is something that is less than I remember what my mother always taught me - if you don't have anything nice to say don't say ANYTHING. I never won a title so who am I to judge. AND you know what they say - opinions are like BLANK everyone has one. R'Bonney to me was the clear front runner from the start. She looks like a Miss Universe and a Miss USA all rolled into one. All of this noise is breaking my heart because I believe that she has a STRONG chance at the Miss Universe crown. It literally just sucks. I remember how many of us enjoyed your Miss USA journey and the behind-the-scenes videos and your shoot with Fadhil and your French updo and all of that fun stuff. I also feel bad for the class of 2022 who may feel that this was not a fair contest. Pageant videos are the things I go to when I am stressed or down to lift me up and to relax and enjoy. This whole situation is taking that away from so many of us. I wish all of the contestant's peace and health and I wish R'Bonney stays strong and competes with a clear mind and heart full of joy. She is already on leaderboards in top positions. If she doesn't get the support in the US - she will certainly get it in the Philippines. Her brand placement was nothing short of genius. Sorry for the long response but wanted to tell you what was going on in MY head about all this. It may be interesting but not relevant, but I think you like it when we respond. Joseph from the US
I wonder if Dani’s TH-cam presence emboldened Miss Montana USA to be so outspoken….as Dani was a former Montana titleholder.
@@PungiFungi I am not sure. I don't follow any other social media platform just youtube so I don't see the other things going on. Regardless the whole thing is just sad. I really hope this doesn't ruin her chances at the Miss Universe crown.
Miss Montana did not have a chance of winning a Miss Universe title. karma.
@@jillpoe8449 R'bonney's reign is one of style and class IN MY OPINION. I remain proud of her and am so THIRLLED the US won again. To all of the other contestants Jill I say good luck and God Bless. I NEVER won a crown, right? Joseph from the US
Of course the win is questionable, Dani. I noticed when you typed in Miss USA2022 before the competition, Miss Texas USA always came up. Then the photo shoot too. Why couldn't Miss Texas shoot with the other girls? They shot Miss Texas USA all by herself in a photo shoot. It's controversial, Dani.
Poor analysis.
Yeah. Because she was simply the most popular. What are you guys perpetuating again? That all these social media platform also had favouritism and that was unfair? Lmao
Becuase she was hot topic, not only in US but also in Philippines after winning Ms Texas. It was because she was a proud Filipina 🥰 can you imagine Filipino pageant fans watch her videos in yt after she won Ms Texas, well, she was all in news platform here in Philippines.
She couldnt shoot with the other girls because the Cancun trip was scheduled before she won Miss Texas
I really liked your breakdown of this! Also super excited to see your coverage of Miss Grand!!!!!!
Dani you did it again...thank you
Dani thanks for pointing about Catriona's brilliance in how she marketed herself.
Concise, objective and supportive. Well done, Dani. My heart breaks for the entire Class of '22 and I'm so glad they're drawing strength from each other and speaking out. I commented on your post-Prelim video about a week ago and said "The Crystal Stewart era is going to be interesting, and frankly, I hope it's short lived". Well that was unexpectedly prescient! There were things that really bothered me during the telecast of Miss USA 2020, red flags if you will. That was technically pre-Crystal but she was on the judging panel and shortly thereafter (if I recall correctly) the announcement of her taking over was made. Something about the judging and the judging panel really bothered me in 2020. I made a few posts on a couple of sites which went uncommented on but I just felt something wasn't right. Had no idea about the 2021 scandal involving Crystal's husband but IMO there's been signs of this all along. Hubris, the line being moved as to what could be gotten away with. These kind of things have been likely happening for decades with more than a few pageants, who knows for sure, but it's amazing and incredibly satisfying to see these contestants, this generation of women, not just using empowerment as a noun but as a action verb.
Thank you for the shout out sis 🙏🏼 Hoping Miss USA Org can clarify 𝗮𝗹𝗹 allegations being made
Thanks so much for this video. I’ve been involved with pageantry for over 30 years and something is very fishy about everything going on with this year’s pageant whether or not it was predetermined or not it definitely needs to be looked into. Miss Texas USA was my favorite but I did see things that she didn’t do that well in like the stairs that was a big problem for quite a few of the girls but I wasn’t a judge. We still need to support our Miss USA we need to look into the directors not the young lady that won
Miss Montana has so much hate and anger in her. Let’s pray she can let that all go soon and begin to heal.
Dani, I love you, I follow you and I know what you’re trying to do here, which is to try to stay as neutral as possible. But I have been a pageant historian since 1993 and what happened here is very simple; Crystle Stewart tried to set up the whole pageant and she didn’t know how to do it, period. We need to call things by it’s name and stop trying to be so politically correct on what it’s obviously not right. Specifically her, who competed so many times and should know better.
Wrong. You act like things have been proven. Nothing has been proven. It’s still under investigation and Dani is doing the LEGAL and correct thing by being neutral and stating facts. You are essentially asking to her to potentially get sued for libel and slander. Not okay!
She should have stepped down as the Miss Texas director in order to do the National pageant. It’s a conflict of interest. I can only imagine Crystal wanting her first year as National director to have one of her very own Texas girls follow in her footsteps. This could turn out super ugly if Crystal doesn’t speak up. That girl did not answer the questions when the reporter asked about her hair and she lied about them being a sponsor for Miss Texas. Why would they ask her to be the spokes person if they were going to have the new Miss USA as part of her prize package, be the spokesperson for them. Of course if they had an idea of who she was going to be, then by all means they could move forward with utilizing her. Sad!
So right 👏👏👏
@@MissDelaware first day on the internet?
@@reynolds0224 Looks to be yours. Touch grass.
Love the unbiased presentation of views facts and just the care with which all details were presented. Thank you again !
🙏🏼thank you
That's why I love Dani. Hugs from the Philippines, Dani.
Stay strong R'Bonney! Just let those whinners make themselves go downhill. People will get tired of them drama queens.
rigged or not.... the org have preference R'bonney's Team did amazing work on her.. even the publicity... rigged or not the org. will definitely will give you a hype win or loose -_- if you don't like it... don't join don't send candidate, don't apply...
Going forward, have one set of rules for all. Have a well defined criteria for each round of competition. Display the judges' scores on TV. Treat it as if it was a sporting event by providing transparency. The problem with pageants nowadays is that no one really knows how the judging is done. Seems like it all depends on sponsors and social media popularity.
Dani I am Bangladesh and I have been following you since your miss USA journey. I like the way of your delivering the speech and explanation of the content. ❤️❤️
Thank you so much 🙂
Love your videos Dani! They should make you the director!
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@@DaniWalker they need a serious wake up call or it will end up like that other one that was in Atlantic City. They can blow smoke up peoples ass all they want but something is not on level with this. #daniwalker4director
This is NOT the first year I have heard FIRST HAND accounts of favoritism, preferential treatment and claims that the pageant is rigged. You can’t ignore that. Obviously something shady has been going on for quite a while....
I agree, even the year and last time California won. It's was all over that California was the front runner and the one to beat and win she did.
"Women, stop acting like we're enemies and start believing we're on the same team."
Errr, she definitely isn't practicing what she's preaching here.
Not bullying and having nothing against R'Bonney? Sure, after being a catty sore loser and taking her off the group chat. Maybe, take that up with the director or the org, instead of the taking it out on the winner.
Something I admired about pageantry in present time is the sisterhood and support of fellow contestants. I thought mean girls in pageantry was an old school thing or something in a campy movie.
Sadly, how Montana 2022 and the other girls in the video are bringing cattiness back to the present.
So glad Elle was calling out the girls for this drama.
Dani this is awesome reporting! I found this very fair and balanced. Miss Texas looks amazing and probably has flown herself out to many countries to prepare herself to enhance her brand. MUO and MAO along with many pageant systems simply have forgotten how to bring value to participating and being apart of their organizations. The winning packages are why girls compete so they should definitely market this to increase the prestige of the pageant.
First off, I want to congratulate Texas for winning. After watching both the prelims and finals, she was in my opinion out performed everyone else. 2nd, it is highly probable that her family has contacted a pageant team in the Philippines. On another video, it's been said that both her blue bonnet costume and competition gowns were made in the Philippines by renowned pageant designers. Smart girl!
Montana girl… even if you redo the competition million times, you will never be in a top 5… i dont pity rbonny, but rather pity you monty girl! Hahahahah
Regardless, R’Bonnie out-performed them fair and square thats why she won! Complain if Ms Montana won… with that performance.
No she didn't. Please 🥺
How could she "out perform" the other contestants when she couldn't even walk down the stairs during evening gown with poise and grace? Lol
Lord I feel like this resort is getting so much free publicity from all these posts.I never heard of it till I watched your video.Then I started watching some others.It is messy for sure.But I am glad Miss Universe is looking into all this now.I just am glad you have not been silenced and your voice is being herd.You are amazing!
Pageant experts in different forums like missosology predicted Demi Leigh Peters and Catriona Gray's win even before they step in Las Vegas and Thailand respectively. Pageant fans also predicted Miss Texas to win Miss USA as well.
Hell, they predicted Catriona after she lost MW and even before she joined Binibining..
If R'Bonney or Celeste don't win but someone like Jamaica or South Africa win, would you be okay with that. In 2019, everyone didn't have Zozi or Cheslie winning their pageants and were bash heavily throughout their reigns. Unfortunately, this affected Cheslie's mental health but it's not the sole reason why she's no longer with us.
@@stephenanderson1594 I saw Cheslie and Zosi in person during Miss Universe 2020 in Florida, they were gorgeous. My friend even asked Cheslie for a picture and she happily obliged. Fans are fans, they can support their favorites but the judges still pick the winner.
I feel bad for Miss Colorado because she didn't get the trip that was promised to her but we are now seeing that Miss Texas already had a working relationship with the people over the resort and is featured by them.
I feel like the USA org should have given CO a trip anyways because everyone else got it in their prize package. They can still send her 💕
This! I agree with @@DaniWalker Miss Colorado should have also had a trip to Mexico like the other girls. Being the _only State_ to not have participated in a Mexico trip is really hard 😔
It was because it was part of her miss Texas winner package
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yeah...she deserves it
Fishy. There’s too much smoke here for there not to be a fire. The MU org usually stays out of mess but they were very quick to speak on this…that tells you all you need to know about the seriousness of this situation. To dismiss these women is just being in denial.
I totally agree with what Elle said about this matter. Gracias por tu contenido Dani un abrazo para ti. 🤗💙
Love you Dani!! 😘😘😘
Your best content yet. A little investigation. A little sleuthy while also being fair. Your objectivity is solid here. We all bring a bias to the table. When delivering information on camera the art of it all lies in how effective one is at suppressing that bias, allowing a totally fair and objective presentation. That’s old school broadcast journalism right there. I was a TV news anchor, host, journalist for almost 20 years. I see chops here, young lady. 😊 Big respect. More please!
Thank you so much ☺️
@@DaniWalker With all the pageant vloggers out there, one who digs into the controversies of it all, tells the stories others are afraid to or don’t have access to, really sets you apart. You’re onto something here. This current controversy is a good one to grab and run with. I’ve judged several times for Paula Miles at RPM. Class act down there. There’s no wondering how NC has become a powerhouse. But with my connection, I’ve seen first-hand how parents, supporters and even sponsors have acted and reacted. This is a fertile bed of great stories and angles.
To all of those saying Dani and the rest of pageant community should remain silent about this issue: Guess what? America is a free country and everybody is free to talk about whatever they want. I believe this is a MAJOR issue that should be taken seriously. Why we should desestimate not one or two but SEVERAL allegations coming from SEVERAL state titleholders.
Thank you ❤ I’m trying to present different sides and opinions while keeping people up to date. I have a lot of friends messaging me, wanting details about everything so I put them together here. But, I know there’s soooo much more than meets the eye. I’m watching and waiting just like everyone else.
@@DaniWalker different sides? O come on! You are just purely giving justifications to every allegation contents of Miss Montana.. What is clear is your shade comments to Rbonney and with her situation
I wish someone would do a recap of the interview segment where Miss Texas went over her time answering the question and the evening gown segment where Miss Texas is literally about to brake her kneck coming down the stairs clearly this PAGEANT was rigged.
The backlash isn't even about these girls against Miss USA organization. The backlash is that these girls promoting women empowerment and unity but walked out on Miss Texas' crowning moment and removing Miss Texas from their groupme; gaslighting everyone on social media.
Remember Miss Pennsylvania USA’s charge that the pageant was rigged several years back? Other contestants refuted her. This year is different. It appears while RBonney was heavily favorited to win the crown, which is expected that there is always one contestant who stands out every year, the organization at least showed impartiality. It appears they did not…and the tacky tshirts issue and pageant format didn’t help things.
Lol. I cannot with Miss Montana USA 2022.Not even in the Semis.
Natlie link?
CO should've had her time in Mexico. That's on Crystle though. Not RBonney or Elle.
Also, I feel like all state pageants should have the same prize package AND that sponsors of these prizes should in no way be affiliated with the Miss USA pageant. Co-mingling sponsors between state and national pageants is just asking for trouble.
Not all state pageants are created equal. Texas and California are bigger , have more participants and will always attract more sponsors than Alaska or North Dakota. Why would someone in Texas who competed against more than 100 contestants get the same prize as someone in Alaska who competed against 10? If the Alaskan directors can get the same amount of prizes more power to them but it is what it is.
@@PungiFungi it creates an unlevel playing field 🤷🏻♀️
I get Heather’s sentiments and all the other girls. I just don’t like how Heather is handling it. It could’ve been handled more gracefully. Goes to show why she was left out in the finals.
she is very hateful
Agree.
One thing we can all take away from this is that action speaks louder than words. Miss Montana USA can say 50+ times that this isn’t an act against R’Bonney, but her action says otherwise… but also Miss USA organization should take all of this in and improve the organization to be safer for all involved.
Thank you Dani , this video was very informative and very important as well .
To all those people who are calling the other girls and losers and saying that they are just jealous let me just remind you that the fight is not between Rbonney and the 50 state winners . But between all the 51 contestants including Rbonney and the current Miss USA org .
But the girls should have been a bit nice and rushed to R'Bonney to congratulate her. But it didn't show that way
Montana's IG post in response to R'Bonney saying she'd love to have a conversation would suggest otherwise
Thanks Dani for explaining more and clarifying things. I believed that it's about time that Miss USA Organization has to revisit all these and iron out things. Anyway, u r very articulate with your pageantry platform. Well, it makes sense coz u used 2 b Miss Universe USA. With that, u can be part of the panel of judges in Miss Universe coz u have the acumen for pageantry analysis. Actually here in the Philippines, both MUP & BBP organizations were doing great in their respective fields. They keep on leveling up each year in handling national pageantry 4 Miss Universe Philippines. So far, this current year is the best coz MUP org. invited five (5) Miss Universe who were supposed to grace the show, namely Miss Universe France, South Africa, India, Pia Wurtsbach (Philippines), except Catriona Gray who became invisible that competition night (with important reason). Going back: again Congrats to the new Miss Universe USA! She can easily get over it. This is not the first time having issue with beauty queens. Even Pia Wurtsbach, Miss Universe 2015 from Philippines was erroneously announced by Steve Harvey with Miss Columbia. But, if R'bonney Gabriel shall win Miss Universe 2022 or even front runners, then this will justify the means of ending up this controversy already. Most of all, I believed that 110 Million Filipinos will truly cheer to both Miss Philippines, Celeste, & Miss Universe USA, R'bonney (beautiful in & out) for being the 1st Fil Am winning the crown. Good luck! ❤️👍😄🙏 from Cebu Philippines.
Great job Dani! Good deep dive and expose on the current controversies going on at Miss USA. This should be the go to video that every news and blogs refer to as source if they want to cover these controversies. I'm surprised Miss Universe Organization didn't hire you to do the 3rd party investigation on the Miss USA organization, cause that is it!
Ms. Texas performed better than the rest of the contestants that night.
I'm still simmering on all this drama that has gone down. What concerns me about this for the girls is not only HOW they handled this situation, but the potential repercussions that they might be faced with in the future as a result of how they handled this. I am 100% a proponent of others speaking out when they have an issue with an organization. But there is a caveat to that stance. There are healthy and unhealthy ways of handling differences. Social media is a very powerful instrument, and it can serve as a double-edged sword. When you place ANYTHING on the internet, regardless of what your privacy settings are, your posts/videos are available for the entire world to see. And that crowd who's able to see what is posted includes potential future employers, who, in this case, could be watching not only what others post on social media, but see how they handle difficult situations. When you reign as a beauty queen, as these girls do, you only do so for one year. Employers these days often make it a point to check any presence you have on social media to see what your character is like despite how you may present yourself in an in-person interview. I am hoping that these girls do have success in their future endeavors after their reigns are over, but at the same time hope that the way they handled this situation with Miss USA doesn't come back in the future to haunt them.
Where are the haters now? Now Ms. Universe. are they saying it's still rigged after proving she excelled at every aspect of the event? Shame on you Haters!
I like that you just presented everything without prejudice.
Since IMG took over MU org. Things has gone so wrong. I’m quite disappointed with everything . I’m started to follow. Other systems. 🤦🏻♂️
With all things happening at the Miss USA Organization, Dani and her receipts make it so much easier to understand. Thank you!
Receipts without names.
@@lukes.3488 not for those who need them i guess
I believe you will find my own experience interesting.
My wife and I live in Florida. I have worked for the largest design & media companies in the world and have created and organized major events. My wife is connected by family to some of the more famous crown winners from the pageant's history. We are very much pageant fans.
In 2016, Ms Genesis Davila was 'stripped' of her Miss Florida USA crown by Grant Gravitt Jr, the son of a 'media mogul' (who recently passed away). I, personally, do not know 'why' Grant Gravitt Jr wished to 'strip' Ms Davila of her Florida crown, but he did appear to try to do so using several means, including, apparently, even questioning Ms Davila's US citizenship. Grant Gravitt Jr believed he had discovered the ultimate means to 'strip' Ms Davila of her crown when he produced a photo image of someone from "outside" working on Miss Davila's hair & makeup, which he apparently attempted to suggest took place "during" the Miss Florida USA pageant. Grant Gravitt Jr cited that there was a zero tolerance policy rule for using anyone from outside to do a contestant's hair & makeup. Instead, a pageant contestant must only use the pageant's own staff for these needs.
Apparently, Grant Gravitt Jr had 'cropped off' the date from when the photo he produced was taken. The photo apparently was taken prior to when the pageant actually took place, making the accusation meaningless. Ms Davila sued Miss USA for $15 million dollars and demanded that her crown be reinstated. Ms Davila won her lawsuit, for an undisclosed amount. However, she did appear to be smiling in every photo taken of her after she won. Her attorney also seemed to be pleased with the result.
My wife and I believed that we then heard 'rumors' that the Organization was not happy about this lawsuit, as the lawsuit had caused the Organization considerable embarrassment and a great deal of money. We believed we even heard that they were considering letting Grant Gravitt Jr go.
Believing we might have a chance to work within the Organization by assuming Grant Gravitt Jr's position, my wife and I submitted a very nice package to the top Directors of the Organization. It included beautiful photos as well as price sheets for holding the next Miss USA in a very lovely Florida resort city that has a lot of wonderful amenities. We also used our own personal contacts to reach out to several major Florida companies that had never before donated to the Miss Florida USA pageant, and obtained their confirmed wish to donate to the pageant, should my wife and I be in charge.
A few weeks later we received the Organization's answer. Grant Gravitt Jr would remain in charge of Miss Florida USA - but the Organization requested for us to send them the names and contact information of all of the companies that my wife and I had personally compiled that would be willing to donate to Miss Florida USA.
That was pretty low. Of course, we did not provide them with any business names or contact information. If my wife and I were not going to be involved, why should we?
The subsequent Miss Florida USA pageant was held in Orlando. But Grant Gravitt Jr did not remain long as Florida's director. He would soon be replaced by Todd and Julie Chrisley, who, interestingly, may be facing serious jail time for tax fraud.
I believe you will find my own personal experience interesting as it does cite the Organization's zero tolerance policy for using anyone from "outside" to assist a contestant "during" the pageant, and this zero tolerance policy was used once, even though apparently erroneously in that case, to 'strip' a winner of her recently won crown.
Thank you for the well rounded commentary, Dani. I do think that the biggest problem here is that the perception of Miss USA org is tainted, whether deserved or not. Between the SA allegations from 21 and this situation with alleged favortism, it's going to discourage not only women from competing, but sponsors will not want to link their name to a troubled org. This filters down to those of us competing in other systems, because the average person is going to remember this controversy and is less likely to support a local titleholder because they might think all pageants are "rigged."
I also think MUO needs to think about making a much better experience for their state title holders. From what I've seen from several current ones' IG stories, it sounded disorganized, unclear packing instructions, extra money for t shirts and photos- I wouldn't want that.
You didn't get it. There's no such thing as bad publicity. Publicity is publicity. It's not a perfect world, stop dreaming of ideals.
@@viclaron2937 not sure why you thought I was suggesting this is a perfect world, because it's not, but if something isn't working well, isn't it a good idea to fix it? I don't know how SA allegations make for good publicity for any organization.
Even the product placement itself could demonstrate foreknowledge of R’Bonney’s team regardless of worthiness. Favoritism in pageants is nothing new. What has changed is our culture that has pulled back the veil on these scandals from Miss America misogyny to Max’s harassment to this potential cheating. We now expose (and sometimes) we expose before we investigate. One thing I found interesting (and this is a little side tangent) is that Crystal Stewart was the end of the line for the complaints of the contestants both with her husband’s devious behaviors and these complaints. Listening to the leaked meeting she says “you can email me if you don’t get results from anyone under me”. One place she says they investigate Max and later in that meeting she says “As far as I am concerned no investigation is needed.” If she is also the end of the line for these complaints then the girls have to reach out to the public because the corruption goes to the top. Contrast this with the management of the Try Guys scandal (listen to their recent podcast). They spent a month with lawyers and HR people really investigating before they released their side of things to the public. I believe those girls needed an outside safety office in whom to reach out regarding concerns that did not report to Crystal or Max.