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By The Associated Press NEW YORK — Donald Trump has an eye for beauty: Witness the two beautiful blondes We marred. Now, he's combining business and pleasure by buying three of the world’s leading beauty pageants. Trump said he has bought the Miss Universe, Miss TISA and Miss Teen beauty pageanta from ITT. “It's a done deal,” Trump said in a Wednesday telephone interview. “It's a very, Very great entertainment format It gets very high ratings, it's doing very well and we'll make it even better.” ‘Trump declined to say how much he paid. Asked if a New York Post source was correct in saying the deal was worth tens of millions of dollars, ‘Trump replied, “Why not?” ‘The Post said Trump beat out sever al potential buyers, Including two tele vision networks and several South American media moguls. Trump said he did not expect to make any major changes in the pageants. He said he probably would run the business from New York: the contests still will be held around the world. Trump owns and develops real estate properties in New York and owns several gambling casinos in At lantic City, NJ. The Post quoted an unidentified ‘Trump associate as saying, “Miss Uni verse has the best-looking girls in the world. They're much better looking than the Miss America contestants.” *A huundred percent true,” Trump commented.
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Doylestown Intelligencer
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Oct 25, 1996
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