LAS VEGAS (Las Vegas Sun) - The 2012 Miss Universe Pageant on Dec. 11 was moved today from the
proposed location of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic to Las Vegas on December 19, although Planet
Hollywood has played host to recent Miss America and Miss USA Pageants,
while the 2010 Miss Universe Pageant was at Mandalay Bay.
The
move might mean that our
hometown events executives are footing a $6 million site fee to help
defray costs of contestants, staff, hotels, transportation, meals and
more for the extraordinary logistics involved in the two-hour NBC
telecast to more than 100 countries.
The telecast date of Donald
Trump’s pageant clashes with the final big event of the our year, the
PRCA National Bullriding Finals from Dec. 6-15. Officials say that
although the Dominican Republic wanted to boost tourism with the
pageant, it couldn’t come up with the $6 million because of its current
economic crisis.
The Miss Universe Pageant was here in 2010 when
Mexican beauty Jimena “Ximena” Navarrete won the title. Real estate
mogul Donald also has held his Miss USA Pageant here at Planet Hollywood
for the past few years, with Miss Rhode Island Olivia Culpo the
reigning Miss USA.
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