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Uncle Joe

(66,081 posts)
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 03:43 PM Wednesday

Beauty Queen Alleges Epstein Used Trump Pageants to Recruit Women [View all]

'FRESH MEAT'
Beatrice Keul told PunchUp that she believes the events were used as a pipeline for Jeffrey Epstein’s network.


A former beauty queen who alleges Donald Trump sexually assaulted her has claimed in an interview with PunchUp that vulnerable young women at his 1990s pageants were funneled toward Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking network.

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Keul claims she watched fellow contestants at the 1993 Donald J. Trump American Dream Pageant get picked out, pressured, and moved on to private gatherings with men they barely knew by Epstein and another “predator” working in the modeling industry.

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Instead of the usual routines and clear rules, she describes a murky environment in which powerful men hovered around contestants, sizing them up in hotel lobbies and private suites.

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During the years Donald Trump owned the Miss Universe franchise—which included Miss USA and Miss Teen USA—from 1996 to 2015, multiple former contestants have alleged he walked into backstage dressing rooms while women and teenage girls were changing and in various stages of undress.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/beauty-queen-alleges-epstein-used-trump-pageants-to-recruit-women/
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Are we suprised?? Srkdqltr Wednesday #1
Not one bit. debsy Wednesday #20
Yep I believe that 👍 TommieMommy Wednesday #2
Was Trump Models a human trafficking scheme? C_U_L8R Wednesday #3
Among other things jmowreader Wednesday #4
Seeing shitstain was bleeding money at that time dave99 Wednesday #6
When is Trump's abuse of women going to result in media criticism? perdita9 Wednesday #5
When you GOT dirt on the Bosses, the help stays in line dave99 Wednesday #7
From our corporate media? The silence will continue Vogon_Glory Wednesday #11
Trump admitted he walked into the pageant dressing rooms. HeartsCanHope Wednesday #8
Yes, he absolutely did that and bragged about it. ShazzieB Wednesday #15
Makes me ill. Sick humans they are. twodogsbarking Wednesday #9
Pretty disgusting, but I think I've heard all this before... Fil1957 Wednesday #10
I thought that was common knowledge. SergeStorms Wednesday #12
No surprise at all. It runs in the family. OGBuzz Wednesday #13
I believe this confirms similar info already public. But basically tRUMP was Epstein's pimp. LymphocyteLover Wednesday #14
I don't believe for one second that the pimp didn't participate in the actual crime. OGBuzz Wednesday #16
Oh absolutely-- tRump participated. And deserves to go to jail for that and countless other crimes. LymphocyteLover Thursday #22
Didn't Trump do a TEEN pageant? They were teens. Females, but not women. Greybnk48 Wednesday #17
Remember when Steve Bannon and Michael Cohen got all those women to sign NDAs... FakeNoose Wednesday #18
i knew it oldinmtdem92 Wednesday #19
For somebody that said they just "let you" grab them by the p.... Buddyzbuddy Wednesday #21
It's insane how this sick fuck greased his way through life Blue Owl Thursday #23
Any rich asshole with a rich asshole father, that's who. Figarosmom Thursday #25
I ALWAYS figured he was using those young women. Figarosmom Thursday #24
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