Miss Teen USA Mariah Billado Says Donald Trump Walked In On Her Naked, Miss Kansas Rachel ‘Saunders’ Imdieke Reveals Her Own Story
Former Miss Kansas Rachel “Saunders” Imdieke is the latest voice to add her story about how Donald Trump behaved around the beauty pageant contestants. Former Miss Teen USA Mariah Billado, as well as four other contestants for the title, have come out in news reports as saying Trump’s actions allegedly match his “locker room” language. Ever since People reported cases of sexual assault involving the Republican presidential candidate, following the New York Times reveal of his 2005 “locker room talk,” the internet has been in an uproar.
Only the most hardcore of supporters appear to be staying by Donald Trump’s side with so many women dog-piling him. His son is among his biggest supporters and has stated the claims were the “dumbest thing he’s ever heard.” It’s unknown if the women coming forward are making it up or if Trump’s sexual advance reports are accurate, so the truth might never be made clear.
Donald Trump Jr. has stated that the whole thing is a bunch of he-said, she-said being used to kill the candidate’s reputation and give Hillary Clinton an easy win. Previous reports have also alleged that Clinton has been paying the media to promote her, and this could be part of it. Again, it could all be rumors.
Truth: I’ve Heard Men Talk Like Trump. They Were Elected Republicans In Missouri & Kansas. https://t.co/CqHAyrGxzR
— Miss Conception (@MissConception0) October 11, 2016
Presidential mud-slinging is often like that. Opponents often find dirt on each other and exploit it to sway voters. Donald Trump is no different, as he came out to say Hillary’s husband, a former U.S. president, was also sexually unfaithful. This is well documented as Bill went on camera to apologize for his actions with Monica Lewinski.
Donald Trump Saw Miss Teen USA Naked?
Now, former Miss Teen USA Mariah Billado has told BuzzFeed that the media and real estate mogul had walked in on her and other contestants while they were dressing for the show.
“I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, ‘Oh my god, there’s a man in here.'”
Billado claimed Trump responded by saying, “Don’t worry, ladies, I’ve seen it all before.”
After the leak of 2005 audio, in which Donald Trump brags about grabbing women by their crotches and trying to have intercourse with married women, reports like this aren’t good for the Presidential nominee. Again, the same thing happened toward the end of Bill Clinton’s second term, so it’s possible that the former Miss Teen USA is jumping on the proverbial bandwagon to disqualify Trump before he can be elected.
BuzzFeed claims they tried to contact 49 of the 51 contestants at the pageant Miss Teen USA Mariah Billado won, and most refused to talk or couldn’t be reached. Of the 15 interviewed, none claimed any “locker room talk” or sexual advances from Donald Trump.
That doesn’t mean Trump hadn’t walked in on them dressing before the show. It does raise the question of what he was doing there if the intrusion had happened.
Miss Kansas Tells How She Remembers Visits By Trump
In response to the multiple accusations that Trump walked in to dressing rooms unannounced and acted inappropriately backstage, former Miss Kansas Rachel “Saunders” Imdieke took to Facebook and revealed how she remembered dressing room visits by Trump. Unlike Billado’s experience, Imdieke says that Mr. and Mrs. Trump’s arrival had been announced in advance.
“(Politics aside) I was Miss Kansas USA 2005, and met Donald and Melania in our dressing room before the show,” wrote the former Miss Kansas on her Facebook page. “I can only speak for MY experience, but the narrative in the news currently is NOT accurate to my encounter. Our chaperones announced that Mr and Mrs Trump were going to be coming down before the show to meet us. We had about 10-15 minutes notice, and we were all told to immediately get dressed and get covered up because they were coming. I heard this announced several times.”
This experience took place in a completely different year from the events described by the other Miss Teen USA contestants. Mrs. Imdieke recalls that Trump was “very professional and polite” and that the dressing room visit “did not feel weird, creepy, or inappropriate to me at all.”
What stands out is the part of the story where the former Miss Kansas relates that it was possible one of the other girls was purposefully delaying getting dressed so Trump would see the Miss Teen USA contestant naked.
“I remember so clearly because another contestant was obviously and purposely delaying getting dressed for what I can only assume as she wanted to be seen that way. Our chaperones went over directly to her several times and told her she needed to get covered up. This caused lots of frustration from chaperones and some definite looks from other contestants. She did eventually get dressed….with lots of attitude though. Lol! We had plenty of time to prepare for them coming down and were given plenty of warning. There were two dressing rooms my year and some other ladies (ones I care about and respect) describe things differently, but at least in our dressing room we were told they were coming, to get dressed, and given ample time. I imagine it being consistent between the two rooms, but again can only speak for mine.”
What do you think about the allegations by former Miss Teen USA Mariah Billado?
[UPDATE] A previous version of this article inaccurately conflated the story of former Miss Kansas Rachel “Saunders” Imdieke with the events described by Billado. The writer in question was not diligent in fact-checking and thus we apologize to Mrs. Imdieke for any duress she may have endured as a result of this report.
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