Miss Pa. Resigns, Says Miss USA Rigged & Immoral

PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) - Is it true convictions, a publicity stunt, or possibly sour grapes for losing?

Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin has resigned from her post, following the Miss USA pageant, claiming that the pageant is rigged and immoral. She makes claims that a fellow contestant saw a list of the top five winners before the pageant even started, and Monnin says she is morally against the Miss Universe pageant allowing transgender women the right to compete in the competition.

KDKA-AM's Larry and John talk to Randy Sanders, Monnin's manager and Director of the Miss Pennsylvania USA Pageant, about what exactly Monnin has resigned over, what he thinks is happening, and why he doesn't agree with her decision.

Monnin announced her resignation on her Facebook page, with this update:

"I have decided to resign my position as Miss Pennsylvania USA 2012. Effective immediately I have voluntarily, completely, and utterly removed myself from the Miss Universe Organization. In good conscience I can no longer be affiliated in any way with an organization I consider to be fraudulent, lacking in morals, inconsistent, and in many ways trashy. I do not support this system in any way. In my heart I believe in honesty, fair play, a fair opportunity, and high moral integrity, none of which in my opinion are part of this pageant system any longer. Thank you all for your support and understanding as I walk a road I never dreamed I'd need to walk, as I take a stand I never dreamed I'd need to take. After 10 years of competing in a pageant system I once believed in, I now completely and irrevocably separate myself in every way and on every level from the Miss Universe Organization. I remove my support completely and have turned in the title of Miss Pennsylvania USA 2012."