Outside the grading scale: Pre-Office Conduct
Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA: Documented Sexual Misconduct and Dressing Room Violations
Trump bragged on the Howard Stern show that he would 'go backstage' before shows and that contestants 'are standing there with no clothes' — and that 'I'm allowed to go in because I'm the owner of the pageant.' Former Miss USA and Miss Teen USA contestants described the behavior; for the 1997 teen pageant, contestants were as young as 15. Other contestants said they did not see it, and the Trump campaign denied the accounts. Trump's ownership gave him structural access that contestants could not easily refuse.