CELEBRITY BUZZ: The former Miss Nevada continues her downward spiral. Rees already had a place in our hearts by kicking off the beauty queen scandal trend by losing her crown back in 2006 after naughty photos of her surfaced online. Now she’s doing the “assaulting an officer” thing, apparently trying to compete with Alycia Lane .

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1. Deposed Beauty Queens Are Just So Hot
2. Her Lawyer Says Police “used aggression against her”
3. Dripping With Class
4. Pageant Experience Comes in Handy When Dealing With Paparazzi
5. The Original Topless Photos of Katie Ress That Lost Her the Title (Very NSFW)

CULTURE BUZZ: As the contestants for this weekend’s Miss America Contest prep their swimsuit poses, they’re also stocking up on butt glue. Butt glue suddenly popped up in Google Trends as contestants desperately search for last-minute necessities - it prevents wedgies and keeps everything in its place. A must have for all the would-be beauty queens out there.

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1. Pageant Butt Glue Spray Is A MUST! Only $15.99
2. “Put an end to those mid-floor routine wedgies!”
3. “Where is my butt glue, I can’t find my butt glue!”
4. A Behind-The-Scene Look at Butt Glue and “Personality”
5. Butt Glue on Google Trends
6. The Book “Insider Beauty” Recommends Using Golf Grip Tape

CELEBRITY BUZZ: Fulbright, a former Arizona pageant winner (and law clerk for a U.S. District Judge), is accused of kidnapping her boyfriend. Hi Kumari! Meet Lauren Caitlin Upton , Amy Polumbo , Sarah Palin and the rest of the cast of “I Want To Be A Beauty Queen, But Not One Famous For Her Beauty.”

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1. Kumari Fulbright’s Terrifying Mugshot
2. Sadistic Beauty Queen Kumari Fulbright: Now Also A Bigot
3. Beauty Queen Vs. Fire Dancer: Who Has The Better Mugshot?
4. Kumari Fulbright’s Facebook Profile
5. Pinup Girl Law Student Indicted in Kidnap
6. Kumari Fulbright Accused of Kidnapping in Arizona
7. When Did Kidnapping Become Sexy?
8. This Is The American Titocracy
9. Beauty Queen Goes Bad
10. Beauty Queen Kumari Fulbright Became a Criminal.
11. Daily Dude I Want to Hit: Kumari Fulbright

POLITICS BUZZ: Alaska’s governor is suddenly everyone’s favorite politician of 2007. A pot smoking, moose burger eating former beauty queen (Miss Wasilla 1984!) who recently posed for a Vogue shoot, Palin is the anti-Bush, popularity-wise. Update: McCain selects Sarah Palin as his VP! Crazy.

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1. All Things Sarah Palin - Featured on BuzzFeed
2. Sarah Palin Is McCain’s VP? - Featured on BuzzFeed
3. Sarah Palin In Vogue Magazine
4. Why McCain Should Pick Sarah Palin for VP
5. Palin has 60 Days to Convince Legislature of Gas Pipeline Plan
6. Draft Sarah Palin For Vice President!!
7. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Yo
8. The Rise of Sarah Palin
9. She Is A Fearless Polar Explorer! Metaphorically Speaking!
10. Sarah Palin Coverage on Wonkette (They Coined The Term GILF)
11. Gov. Palin Poses For Vogue
12. Sarah Palin Is The First Female Alaskan Governor - Plus Many Other Links

CULTURE BUZZ: Miss Teen South Carolina answers a beauty pageant question about American ignorance by showing off some of her own. Watch as Miss Upton attempts to answer the following: “Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can’t locate the United States on a world map. Why do you think this is?”

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1. The Video: Miss Teen South Carolina Tries To Answer A Question
2. Update: Pageant Contestant Explains Her Answer
3. “Hey, Americans can too find the U.S. on a map!”
4. All About Miss South Carolina Teen USA
5. Video: Miss S.C. Teen USA’s Geography Pop Quiz
6. Miss South Carolina Teen USA Homepage
7. Transcript Of Her Answer
8. Watch Lauren Upton answer several other questions (video)
9. South Africans For Miss South Carolina (Facebook group)
10. Lauren Caitlin Upton explaining herself on the Today Show (video)
11. Map Of Miss Teen South Carolina’s Response
12. Very Short List loves the Upton video
13. View From Australia: “Beauty queen’s blonde moment”
14. The Future of Our USAmerica for the Iraq and Asian countries

CULTURE BUZZ: Miss New Jersey is being blackmailed over some photos taken from her Facebook site. A mysterious blackmailer wants her to turn in her crown or the photos will go online, but the plucky pageant winner’s not giving in to the demands. The first Facebook scandal!

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1. Miss New Jersey Keeps Crown Despite Racy Photos
2. Miss New Jersey Photos
3. Amy Polumbo Photos
4. Miss New Jersey Amy Polumbo Reveals Breast-Biting Blackmail Photos On “Today”
5. Video: Amy Polumbo Pictures Revealed!
6. Pageant Officials: Let Amy Polumbo Reign!
7. Amy Polumbo Nude Photos?
8. Update! Miss New Jersey Receives 2nd Package
9. Video: Miss New Jersey Press Conference
10. Photo Gallery of Miss New Jersey 2007
11. Nude Photos Ain’t Gonna Slow Her Down
12. Amy Polumbo Blackmail Photos Released. Boring. Next.
13. Amy Polumbo Reveals Blackmail Pictures
14. Miss NJ Revealed as Attention Whore (Not Real Whore)
15. See the Beauty Queen apologize to America for being disappointingly average!
16. Miss New Jersey Photos “Not Illegal”
17. Miss New Jersey Fears Pix
18. Polumbo’s Blackmail Over Cabaret?
19. Miss New Jersey Online
20. Betting on Release of Amy Polumbo Photos
21. Amy Polumbo: O Muy Aplomb!
22. This Could Be Amy Polumbo’s Big Break
23. Polumbo’s Scandal Like A Scene From Drop Dead Gorgeous