Miss Florida USA scares children by draping herself in dead animals
February 23rd, 2010 by admin
Last week, it was announced that a seven-year-old from Tennessee had won the first ever Little Debbie Look-A-Like Contest. For some reason, Miss Florida USA 2010 Megan Clementi was a guest judge at the competition in Atlanta, Georgia. Even more perplexing was that Ms. Clementi showed up at the event wearing a full-length mink coat. (Pictures from the event are available on Miss Florida USA’s flickr page.) We doubt that the coat was her choice. The Fur Information Council of America has long been a sponsor of the Miss Florida USA pageant and most likely provided the coat for the event.
To be honest, the 10 finalists didn’t look scared. But they probably were not aware of the suffering of the 30 or 40 mink who were killed to make the coat.
Again this year, ARFF will protest outside the Miss Florida USA pageant in June (details will be available closer to the date on ARFF’s website). But you can help today by contacting the organizers of Miss Florida USA and letting them know that you are disappointed that the Fur Information Council of America is a sponsor of the pageant. Ask them not to include fur in future pageants.
Contact:
Tel-Air Interests, Inc.
Phone: (954) 924-4949
Fax: (954) 924-4980
E-mail: telair@aol.com
ARFF congratulates the contest winner, 7‐Year‐Old Rhea Lynne Conner From Monroe, Tennessee. A press release about the contest noted that Rhea wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up!