Miss Montana has doubled down on her claims the Miss USA pageant was rigged and has slammed the organization for using her and other contestants as 'puppets' to showboat the 'predetermined winner.' Heather Lee O'Keefe, 25, of Bozeman, said she and her other contestants were paraded around for the sake of the show, even though they all knew Miss Texas would be crowned. 'I do feel like we were all used as puppets to just put on this show of Miss USA, just to put on the show of a pageant' she told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview.'I feel like, and a lot of other contestants feel like, they had already predetermined the winner.
We were just there as puppets to put on this show for them to make it seem like there was a pageant,' she continued. 'That's how we feel.
That's our own opinion.' When ask why she specifically thought Miss Texas R'Bonney Gabriel, 28, of Houston, was allegedly selected as the winner prior to the competition, she said she 'didn't know' the reason, but that favoritism played a large role. 'The only thing I know was that there was clear and convincing favoritism toward her in the competition and leading up to the competition.
She received more resources than we did. That is the root of the issue.' Miss USA organizers and Gabriel have denied claims the contest was rigged.
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