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Give the beauty queen a break

01/03/2008 07:49 AM
Cathalena E. Burch

Granted, Kumari Fullbright’s booking mug, with her hair tangled and pulled back, her eyes red and drawn, and her mouth frozen in a cry, is a far stretch from her beauty queen mug. But the folks on CNN Headlline News’ ‘Morning Express with Robin Meade’ were unrelentless in their mocking this morning.

The show’s hosts displayed the mug shot and asked their colleagues not to laugh. One even suggested that her weapon of choice in the alleged kidnap-torture of Fulbright’s ex-boyfriend was her looks. Every time they brought up the story, it was the same snears and snickers. Tsk tsk tsk.

Pima County authorities released Fulbright’s unflattering mugshot along with the mugs of her three alleged male accomplises. Police accuse her of torturing and robbing her ex-mate Dec. 8. She is free on $50,000 bond.

Fulbright was named Miss Pima County in 2005 and Miss Desert Sun the following year. She is a law student at the University of Arizona.

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1. HELL NO!!!
   Not giving that little slut a break. She is GUILTY as Hell!!!
   — Whitey    01/03/2008 09:49 AM    #
2. Sorry Cathalena,
   
   When you ask the public to admire and applaud you because of your beauty, you’re also iniviting them to criticize and mock you when you show up looking like that mug shot…not even to mention doing something as dispicable and harmful as kidnapping and torture. I think your sorrow can be better spent on the true victim of the physical harm.
   — Joe    01/03/2008 11:42 AM    #
3. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Why are we so eager to convict on accusations, a not so flattering photograph, and media accounts. Just because an accusation is made, does not make it true. Anyone remember Duke? You all had those boys convicted and sentenced in the first day, yet no one has learned a thing. Amazing! That being said I will wait for the trial and EVIDENCE before crucifying this girl
   — Stacy    01/03/2008 11:59 AM    #
4. I think the entire episode was George Bush’s fault. And Karl Rove is to blame for the batshit insane look on the koo-koo’s face. Mug shot? Looks like she’s trying to pinch off a 27 lb steamer.
   — Bones    01/03/2008 12:53 PM    #
5. Guilty? Not guilty? We don’t know. What we do know is that making fun of people based on their looks is a behavior we discourage even in 13 year-olds; it’s not what we expect from adults. The “public” can criticize what it wants … professional TV journalists and other talking heads are held to higher standards. CNN failed to meet them.
   — Gary    01/03/2008 01:01 PM    #
6. How about making fun of the journalist who uses the non-word “unrelentless?”.
   “Relentless” would be appropriate. Or maybe “unrepentant.”
   Who could resist making fun of the so-called “beauty queen?” She looks like she’s fallen on hard times. Happens to the best of us and maintaining your sense of humor usually helps us get through, right?
   — Christy    01/03/2008 03:21 PM    #
7. I just can’t stop laughing at this one. I totally agree with the Joe. When you put yourself out there as a “Beauty Queen” and then show up looking like this, you have to know you are going to be skewered. If you ask me though, I think she has become a total crack head.
   — LMAO Dude    01/03/2008 04:08 PM    #
8. When you act like an idiot criminal, expect to be treated like one.
   — Deb    01/03/2008 06:06 PM    #
9. What else to expect of those narcist newsreaders who prefer spending a couple of hours everyday before a mirror grooming themselves up instead of applying their minds so as not to trivialize a serious piece of news. And whatever happened to humility as a human virtue ?
   — Praful Saklani    01/05/2008 04:00 AM    #

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