Posted Nov 24th 2009 7:13PM by TMZ Staff
Just days after Nicole Johnson was crowned Miss California USA 2010 -- she's already found a way to get her name in the news ... uncovering a secret relationship with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps.
TMZ spoke with Johnson who said, "Now that it is after the fact, I will admit that we were together. We agreed to keep this private because it was the only thing that he could keep private ... we remain close friends."
Johnson claims the two dated for just over a year between 2007 and 2008.
Phelps was rumored to have dated the previous Miss California, Carrie Prejean -- so far, no cell phone video to back that up.
Filed under: Hook-Ups, Talk Sports, Michael Phelps, Pageantry, Exclusives
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, michael phelps, MichaelPhelps, miss california, MissCalifornia, nicole johnson, NicoleJohnson
Posted Nov 21st 2009 9:30AM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean didn't wanna use her own noggin' when it came to filling out a very personal contestant questionnaire for the Miss California pageant back in '07 -- so she went to the guy who knew her inside and out ... her solo sex tape recipient.
TMZ has learned Prejean's former cross-country booty call received an email from Carrie on 11/7/07 -- when she was 20 -- in which Carrie asked for help answering several brain-busting questions such as:
If you could have lunch with any one (1) person, who would it be and why?
What is your career ambition?
Name one personal achievement that makes you especially proud.
What is your most treasured possession (tangible object) and why?
What is the most interesting or surprising thing about you or that has happened to you?
After all those "special" tapes she made, you'd think she'd know herself better.
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, miss california, MissCalifornia, pageant, questionnaire
Posted Nov 21st 2009 8:37AM by TMZ Staff
Pageant organizers for Miss California USA interviewed contestants yesterday in preparation for Sunday's pageant.
Choose wisely.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Pageantry
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, crown, miss california usa, MissCaliforniaUsa, pageant
Posted Nov 18th 2009 12:50AM by TMZ Staff
The Miss Universe sex tape is only half as authentic as once believed -- one of the women in the scandalous video is NOT a world-class beauty pageant winner, this according to the conductor of the 3-way naked train himself.
TMZ spoke with Wyatt Gallery -- the fine arts photographer who was literally caught in the middle of the drama -- who tells us some scumbag ripped the footage from his laptop computer in an attempt to sabotage Miss Trinidad and Tobago's career.
While Gallery confirms that his long-term girlfriend, Anya Ayoung-Chee aka Miss T&T 2008, did co-star in the video, the other woman -- believed to have been Miss Japan 2008 -- is NOT Hiroko Mima after all ... just a really, really, really close friend.
Now here's the real scandalous part of the story: Gallery tells us he believes the footage -- shot in New York back in 2007 -- was stolen from his laptop when he took it to a Trinidad computer shop for repairs.
Gallery says, "I feel horrible and embarrassed for Anya, her family and myself ... because this was a private moment that was never supposed to be made public." He adds, "This was an intentional, malicious sabotage against Anya and her career ... and I feel stupid for not deleting the files off of my computer."
Gallery tells us he has a legal team looking into the matter and plans on suing anyone who continues to distribute the tape.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Pageantry, Exclusives
Tags: miss trinidad, miss trinidad and tabago, miss universe, MissTrinidad, MissTrinidadAndTabago, MissUniverse, sex tape, SexTape, wyatt gallery, WyattGallery
Posted Nov 17th 2009 3:30PM by TMZ Staff
Carrie who?
Two former Miss Universe contestants are stealing the sex tape scandal spotlight, after a home video hit the web reportedly featuring Miss Japan 2008 and Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2008 engaged -- fully engaged -- in a hardcore three-way with some dude, reportedly a professional photographer.
Hiroko Mima (Japan) and Anya Ayoung-Chee (T&T) both competed in the 2008 Miss Universe pageant.
TMZ spoke with a rep from the Miss Universe pageant who tells us, "This was apparently eight months after the pageant and neither were the reigning titleholder.
The photographer is NOT a Miss Universe staffer so we have nothing to say or any involvement ... thank goodness."
And for the record -- no, we're not publishing it.
Filed under: Pageantry, Exclusives
Tags: anya ayoung chee, AnyaAyoungChee, hiroko mima, HirokoMima, miss universe, MissUniverse, sextape
Posted Nov 16th 2009 2:30PM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean is going to be publicly mocked by the very people who helped "make" her -- and it's all going down at the upcoming Miss California USA pageant.
TMZ has learned the people behind the pageant are on the hunt for a Carrie lookalike to play the former Miss Cali winner in a skit for this weekend's pageant.
Our sources say a first round of auditions for the Prejean part were held this past weekend, but no one "nailed" it yet.
No word on why the pageant didn't ask Prejean to appear in the skit -- after all, nobody can nail Carrie like Carrie.
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, miss california usa, MissCaliforniaUsa, pageant, sex tape, SexTape
Posted Nov 12th 2009 1:30PM by TMZ Staff
The cat fight between Carrie Prejean and the people at Miss California USA keeps hissing along -- the Pageant president is now slamming the "biblically correct" beauty queen one more time, because ... well ... why not?
In response to Carrie's awkward appearance on "Larry King Live" and her ex-boyfriend saying he was told to lie about her age in her solo sex tape, Miss Cali Prez Keith Lewis tells TMZ:
"The public is finally getting a glimpse of the real Carrie Prejean who lives in her own delusional world.
The childish behavior, her negative attitude, the sarcasm and condescending tone, the disrespect and continual lying she is demonstrating now is only a fraction of what we endured during her reign and after.
Anyone who buys her book is supporting a woman who is actually the opposite of everything she claims to be.
I sincerely hope she is able to get the psychological help I believe she has shown to clearly need."
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, keith lewis, KeithLewis, miss california usa, miss usa, MissCaliforniaUsa, MissUsa
Posted Nov 12th 2009 10:50AM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean just accused Donald Trump of personally weeding out the ugly chicks from the Miss USA pageant -- and for once ... she's not entirely off base.
TMZ obtained an audio tape recorded during the pre-show screening portion of the 2009 pageant, in which Trump can clearly be heard exercising "The Trump Rule" -- which guarantees a certain number of "beautiful" women will advance in the contest.
On the tape, Trump explains that when he "bought" the Miss USA pageant, "the most beautiful people were never chosen. And I went nuts." So, according to the audio, Trump implemented "The Trump Rule" -- in which he and his staff of "professionals" would select "almost half" of the women who would automatically make it into the first round of the contest.
Click here... it's not over yet
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, donald trump, DonaldTrump, miss california, miss ohio, miss oregon, miss usa, MissCalifornia, MissOhio, MissOregon, MissUsa, pageant, trump rukle, trump rule, TrumpRukle, TrumpRule
Posted Nov 12th 2009 9:30AM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean's ex-boyfriend -- the guy to whom she sent the XXX solo video -- tells TMZ Carrie and company called him last week and tried getting him to "lie" and say she was 17 when she shot the video.
During an audio interview with TMZ, the man -- who asked us not to reveal his identity -- says Carrie sent him the video when they were involved with each other in 2007. He says Carrie sent him numerous explicit videos and insists the one in question was shot when she was 20.
We have verified this is indeed the guy to whom Carrie sent her solo video -- which ultimately torpedoed her settlement with Miss California USA.
These are the pictures he took with Carrie during a long, romantic weekend in San Diego.
Carrie's rep could not be reached for comment.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Photo Galleries, Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: 17, 20, boyfriend, carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, miss california usa, MissCaliforniaUsa, sex tape, SexTape, video, yeats
Posted Nov 11th 2009 8:15PM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean and Larry King just made the most awesomely awkward TV.
Carrie unplugged her mic on "Larry King Live" tonight and threatened to walk off the show -- all because Larry pressed her on details about her settlement with Miss California USA ... as in, he wanted her to bring up her solo sex tape.
Carrie called Larry "extremely inappropriate" for his line of questioning ... Larry's response? He said, "Inappropriate King Live continues" and then took a phone call.
Filed under: TV, Pageantry, Carrie Prejean
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, larry king, larry king live, LarryKing, LarryKingLive, miss california usa, MissCaliforniaUsa
Posted Nov 10th 2009 12:55AM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean continued to run her biblically correct mouth this morning on "Today" -- saying news of her solo sex tape is part of a 7-month "campaign to try and silence me."
The dethroned beauty queen said people are still trying to "embarrass" and "humiliate" her because of the answer she gave to the same-sex marriage question during the Miss USA pageant.
When pressed by Meredith Vieira why she dropped her million dollar lawsuit against Miss California USA, she wouldn't bite, saying she's "not allowed" to discuss the outcome.
Filed under: TV, Pageantry, Carrie Prejean
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, conspiracy, miss california usa, miss usa, MissCaliforniaUsa, MissUsa, sex tape, SexTape
Posted Nov 9th 2009 9:38PM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean wasted no time getting into the nitty-gritty while on "Hannity" tonight -- immediately saying her solo sex tape was "the biggest mistake of my life."
The former beauty queen told Sean she was just a teenager when she decided to send her boyfriend -- who she "loved and cared about" at the time -- the extremely intimate video of herself.
Carrie said she takes "full responsibility" for the "humiliating" tape.
Filed under: TV, Pageantry, Carrie Prejean
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, hannity, miss california, MissCalifornia, pageants, sex tape, SexTape
Posted Nov 8th 2009 10:00AM by TMZ Staff
Carrie Prejean wasn't the only member of her family who got a peek at Carrie's solo sex tape -- TMZ has learned her MOM was in the room when the Miss California USA lawyers pressed play.
Sources tell TMZ Carrie's mom was in shock -- instantly turning sheet white as she watched her daughter give herself a hand.
As TMZ first reported, it took all of 15 seconds for Carrie to drop her $1 million demand from the Pageant people after the XXX tape was played.
Filed under: Pageantry, Carrie Prejean, Exclusives
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, mother, saw, sex tape, SexTape, watched
