ASCENDED TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND.
AND WERE JOINED, NOW, BY THREE OF THE WOMEN.ED, NOW, BY THREE
OF THE WOMEN. JESSICA LEEDS, RACHEL CROOKS AND
SAMANTHA HOLVEY.
SAMANTHA HOLVEY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANKS FOR HAVING US..
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US. >> IS IT SCARY?
>> IT IS HEARTBREAKING LAST
YEAR.
WERE PRIVATE CITIZENS AND FOR
US TO PUT OURSELVES OUT THERE TO TRY TO SHOW AMERICA WHO THIS MAN
IS AND ESPECIALLY HOW HE VIEWS
WOMEN AND FOR THEM TO SAY, WE
DONT CARE.
DONT CARE. IT HURT.
IT HURT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, NOW, ITS JUST
LIKE, ALL RIGHT, LETS TRY ROUND
TWO.
THE ENVIRONMENTS DIFFERENT. LETS TRY AGAIN.S DIFFERENT.
LETS TRY AGAIN. >> LET HES START WITH WHAT
HAPPENED TO EACH OF YOU TO
FAMILIARIZE OUR AUDIENCE WITH
YOUR STORIES.
YOUR STORIES. WELL START WITH YOU.
YOU SAY, SAMANTHA, SAM, YOU SAW
HIM.
HIM.
YOU WERE MISS NORTH CAROLINA.
>> UH-HUH.
>> AND YOURE PART OF THE MISS
USA PAGEANT THAT HE OWNED. DESCRIBED THE CONDUCT YOU.
DESCRIBED THE CONDUCT YOU WITNESSED.
WITNESSED. >> THE FIRST INTERACTION WITH
TRUMP IS HE LINED ALL OF US UP.
I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A MEET
AND GREET.
AND GREET.
HI, HOW ARE YOU? NICE TO MEET YOU.
IT WAS NOT.
IT WAS -- HI -- JUST LOOKING ME OVER LIKE I WAS JUST A PIECE OF
MEAT.
MEAT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT A HUMAN BEING.OW, I WAS NOT A
HUMAN BEING.
I DIDNT HAVE A BRAIN.
I DIDNT HAVE A PERSONALITY. I WAS JUST SIMPLY THERE FOR HIS
PLEASURE.
PLEASURE.
IT LEFT ME FEELING VERY GROSS,
VERY DIRTY.
LIKE, THIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR.HIS IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED
UP FOR.
AND THEN -- I THOUGHT THAT WAS
IT.
THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY ONLY INTERACTION WITH HIM.MY ONLY
INTERACTION WITH HIM. ON FINALS NIGHT, HE CAME
BACKSTAGE.
BACKSTAGE.
AND I WAS IN HAIR AND MAKEUP. AND THE BACKSTAGE AREA IS VERY
LARGE.
LARGE.
AND HE CAME BACK INTO, DIRECTLY INTO THE HAIR AND MAKEUP ROOM,Y
INTO THE HAIR AND MAKEUP ROOM, WHERE WERE IN OUR MISS USA
ROBES.
ROBES.
IT HAS NORTH CAROLINA ON MINE. AND PERSONALIZED.LINA ON MINE.
AND PERSONALIZED. YOU KNOW, YOURE GETTING READY
TO GO INTO WARDROBE.
SO, YOU DONT HAVE ANYTHING ON
UNDER THESE ROBES.
AND SO, HE COMES IN LIKE HE OWNS
THE PLACE.
THE PLACE.
AND LIKE HE OWNS YOU. AND ITS JUST, LOOKING AT US,
EYEING US, UP AND DOWN.
AND THEN, WALKED INTO THE
DRESSING ROOM, WHERE WE HAVE TWO
BIG SECURITY GUARDS TO MAKE SURE
NOBODY BUT THE GIRLS AND OUR
FEMALE CHAPERONS CAN GET INTO
THE DRESSING ROOM AND HE JUST
WALKS RIGHT IN.
>> NOW, YOU KNOW THERE ARE
PEOPLE OUT THERE SAYING, ITS
THE PAGEANT BUSINESS.
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
IS THAT WHAT THE WOMEN SIGNED UP FOR TO BE LOOKED AT?EN SIGNED UP
FOR TO BE LOOKED AT? >> WASNT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR.
YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO BE A GOOD
ROLE MODEL.
ROLE MODEL.
IT GAVE ME A LOT OF GREAT INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE.REAT
INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE. NOW, EVERY JOB IVE EVER
INTERVIEWED FOR, IVE GOTTEN THE
JOB.
JOB.
I HAD THOSE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH INTERVIEWS.S OF EXPERIENCE
WITH INTERVIEWS. AND MISS USA WASNT MY FIRST
PAGEANT.
PAGEANT.
NOBODY -- THE DIRECTORS, THERE WERE NO MEN BACKSTAGE AT THERE
WERE NO MEN BACKSTAGE AT THE MISS NORTH CAROLINA, USA,
PAGEANT.
PAGEANT.
EVERY PAGEANT I HAD COMPETED IN, THE DIRECTORS, NEVER CAMETED IN,
THE DIRECTORS, NEVER CAME BACKSTAGE, MALE OR FEMALE, THERE
WERE NO MEN BACKSTAGE.
>> YOU KNOW HE WENT ON HOWARD
STERN AND BRAGGED ABOUT DOING
EXACTLY THIS.
EXACTLY THIS.
YOU HEARD THAT?
YOU HAD THAT SOUND BYTE? LETS LISTEN TO IT. BYTE?
LETS LISTEN TO IT. >> ILL TELL YOU THE FUNNIEST IS
THAT ILL GO BACKSTAGE BEFORE A
SHOW.
SHOW.
>> YES.
>> AND EVERYONES GETTING DRESSED AND READY ANDING
DRESSED AND READY AND EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING.
AND NO MEN ARE ANYWHERE.
AND IM ALLOWED TO GO IN BECAUSE
IM THE OWNER OF THE PAGEANT, IM INSPECTING IT.HE PAGEANT,
IM INSPECTING IT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
>> YOURE LIKE A DOCTOR.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> IS EVERYONE OKAY?
THEY ARE STANDING THERE.
IS EVERYBODY OKAY.
AND YOU SEE THIS INCREDIBLE
LOOKING WOMEN.
LOOKING WOMEN.
AND SO, I SORT OF GET AWAY WITH THINGS LIKE THAT. GET AWAY WITH
THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> WHEN YOU HEARD THAT, HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL? THAT, HOW DID
IT MAKE YOU FEEL? >> JUST SO GROSS THAT SOMETHING
THAT I HAD DREAMED AND WORKED SO
HARD FOR -- AND I HAD JUST
TURNED 20 YEARS OLD.
I WAS VERY YOUNG AND NAIVE.
AND I JUST FELT SO GROSS.
AND THAT WASNT WHAT I SIGNED UP
FOR.
FOR.
I WANTED TO BE A GOOD ROLE MODEL.ED TO BE A GOOD ROLE
MODEL.
I WANTED TO DO CHARITY WORK.
I MORE THAN DOUBLED MY
SCHOLARSHIP FOR COLLEGE.
I DIDNT HAVE TO TAKE OUT STUDENT LONEANS BECAUSE OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA, USA, TITLE.
NOBODY DREAMS OF BEING AN OGLED
WHEN YOURE A LITTLE GIRL
WANTING TO WEAR A CROWN.
>> IN THAT MANNER, BACKSTAGE.
ONE THING TO PUT YOURSELF ON
STAGE IN YOUR EVENING GROWN,
THATS PART OF A COMPETITION.
ITS DIFFERENT TO HAVE IT HAPPEN
IN A SURPRISING WAY,
UNANNOUNCED, BY SOMEBODY WHO
CLAIMS TO OWN --
>> HE OWNS THE PAGEANT.
SO, HE OWNED US.
>> I WANT TO GET TO ALL OF OUR
GUESTS.
GUESTS.
I HAVE TO ASK YOU, WHEN YOU
WATCH THAT -- WHEN YOU WERE
THERE AND YOU WATCHED HIM BEING SWORN IN, AS OUR PRESIDENT, WHAT
DOES THAT LIKE FOR YOU?
>> I DID NOT WATCH HIM BEING
SWORN IN.
SWORN IN.
THAT WAS A ROUGH DAY. A SOMBER DAY FOR ME..
A SOMBER DAY FOR ME. I TRIED NOT TO WATCH ANY OF THE
MEDIA OR ANYTHING.
I HAD AN EX THAT SUPPORTED HIM,
TEXTED ME AND WAS LIKE, CALLED
ME AND HE WAS LIKE, IS THIS A
WEIRD DAY FOR YOU?
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES.K YOU FOR THAT.
YES.
IT IS.
IT WAS A TOUGH -- IT WAS JUST A
TOUGH DAY BECAUSE THE ENTIRE COUNTRY SAID, WE DONT CARE THAT
HES LIKE THIS.
>> WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO TALK
ABOUT, WITH OUR OTHER GUESTS WHO
HAVE BEEN THROUGH SIMILAR
SITUATIONS, THEY SAY, WITH OUR
NOW-PRESIDENT.
NOW-PRESIDENT.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT ROY MOORE
AND HOW THE PRESIDENTS SUPPORT
OF HIM HAS AFFECTED OUR GUESTS.