Miss USA 2010 Sexy Lingerie Photo Controversy

As the 2010 Miss USA winner is set to be crowned this weekend, pageant officials have been doing double time on the morning and evening talk shows in defense of racy photos showcasing 2010 contestants posed in sexy lingerie.  In an effort to spice things up, pageant officials commissioned photographer Fadil Berisha, to shoot the beauty queens in a Playboy-themed promo entitled “Waking Up In Vegas”.

The risqué photos feature beauty queens provocatively posing on rumpled bedding in an alluring array of sexy panties, boy shorts, push-up bras, corsets, and sexy thigh-high stockings.  Of course, we all remember the controversy that erupted last year when sexy lingerie photos surfaced of Carrie Prejean (the original winner of the Miss California pageant) ended up costing her the crown.

Emmy-nominated star and co-producer of the reality television series The Apprentice, Miss USA franchise owner Donald Trump is not concerned by the controversy and has decided not to utter his infamous “You’re Fired” statement.

Tim Winter from the Parents Television Council explained, “There has been a growing debate over the line between a beauty pageant and soft-core pornography…and I think this year’s pageant not only erases that line, it obliterates it.”

Mr. Trump’s response, “We are in a different age.  They are a little bit sexy but I’ll tell you what – everybody’s watching, so I have no problems with it.”

Miss USA 2010 will be broadcast live on NBC at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday May 16th from the Theatre for the Performing Arts within Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.  This year’s co-hosts are Australian celebrity chef Curtis Stone and Today show correspondent Natalie Morales.  Color commentary will be provided by the former Celebrity Apprentice mother-daughter duo, Joan and Melissa Rivers. The Pop-rock group Boys Like Girls will perform during the swimsuit competition and country music star Trace Adkins will perform during the evening gown competition.  The winner will represent the United States in the Miss Universe 2010 competition.

Leave a comment below and let us know what you think of the controversial photos … do they scream pageant princess or soft-core porn princess?

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