The Trump gets the D... As in Drop

In recent weeks, this once highly respected businessman's career took a turn for the worst as he presented his oh-so patriotic presidential campaign, which, unfortunately for him, reached hundreds of millions.

Although he may have thought his speech would be a strong and compelling winner, things could not have been worse for Mr. #Trump. Within days, companies affiliated with him began to drop him, most of which revolve around the #MissUniverse and MissUSA pageants. I feel bad for those girls, mostly because I know how much time, dedication and effort goes into preparing for a pageant, being a former #MissUniverseCanada contestant myself (I will elaborate on my experience in a later post :)!).

Any way, I happen to have an interest in pageants in general and could not help but wonder how his words would affect those two live competitions, especially with Miss USA being right around the corner. So what do you do when you want to find out? Take to the Internet and get on that research!

Right off the bat, I found out that #NBC and #Univision will no longer be hosting Miss Universe or Miss USA. Ouch, and double ouch. That must have hurt quite a bit. And to add salt to the wound, a wide variety of high-profile judges, hosts, performers and sponsors walked away from the entire organization. And then to add insult to injury, the City of New York dropped him, Serta Mattress disowned him, Macy's is phasing out his merchandise line and several Latin countries have dropped out of the Miss Universe competition. ESPN and NASCAR have both shifted special events away from Trump entertainment resorts, where they were initially set to take place. Even the current Miss Universe, Paulina Vega, stood united with the rest of the world. It is one of those situations where things are so brutal that you just want to see what happens next.

Photo taken from Business Insider

As of today, the Trump's total net worth totals up to $4.1 billion, putting him in the 405th spot, when just last year, he was in the 122th spot worldwide. Any way you look at it, he is still extremely rich. But I mean, if you are running for president, and the speech you choose happens to be a prejudice and racist one, it may not be the best idea to give the world another reason to have doubts about your country, especially when the one country you are verbally attacking is at the south of you... It just adds more division in the world.

Regardless, I think I am still going to watch Miss USA tonight out of curiosity to see whether they will mention anything or not. Is anyone else planning on doing the same, or are you not bothering with the whole thing? I'd love to know your thoughts! :)

Thanks,

-Alesia D.