--- title: Donald Trump Says He Now Owns 100% of Miss Universe Pageant description: The 2016 hopeful tweeted the news Friday canonical: https://time.com/4031437/donald-trump-miss-universe-pageant/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-11T16:38:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:42.629Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Says He Now Owns 100% of Miss Universe Pageant og:description: The 2016 hopeful tweeted the news Friday og:url: https://time.com/4031437/donald-trump-miss-universe-pageant/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c00c0a7355b8782/6988633e3c16396b8a459b09/donald-trump-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Says He Now Owns 100% of Miss Universe Pageant twitter:description: The 2016 hopeful tweeted the news Friday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c00c0a7355b8782/6988633e3c16396b8a459b09/donald-trump-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Says He Now Owns 100% of Miss Universe Pageant by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 11, 2015 4:38 PM UTC  Donald Trump in Washington on Sept. 9, 2015. Donald Trump in Washington on Sept. 9, 2015.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 11, 2015 4:38 PM UTC Donald Trump has [reportedly](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/5d69e8a2ca4543d88b85762974835e8b/ap-newsalert) bought 100% of the Miss Universe Organization, which includes the Miss USA Pageant. Trump previously owned 50% of the organization, while NBC owned the other 50%. The two feuded after Trump’s controversial remarks about Mexican immigrants; the network subsequently refused to air the Miss USA pageant, which instead aired on Reelz with [lower ratings](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/09/11/donald-trump-buys-miss-universe-organization/) than previous years. Trump tweeted the news on Friday morning, promising more details soon, and a Trump spokesman confirmed it to the AP. NBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/642359714265874432) ### See Donald Trump Hanging Out With Unlikely Celebrities  Donald Trump, owner of New York's Trump Tower, holds the bridle of a polo pony while talking to Andy Warhol on Nov. 4, 1983. Mario Suriani—AP  Donald Trump, Don King and Barbara Walters on Dec. 12, 1987. Ron Galella—Getty Images  Professional Wrestler Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant With Donald Trump. Russell Turiak—Getty Images  Heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, his wife, actress Robin Givens and Donald Trump, leave the New York State Supreme Court building on July 22, 1988. Charles Wenzelberg—AP  Developer Donald Trump is flanked by super middleweight champion Thomas Hearns, left, of Detroit, and Michael Olajide of Canada at a news conference in New York on Feb. 15, 1990. Timothy Clary—AP  Alec Baldwin is joined by Donald Trump and Melania Knauss at benefit for the Carol M. 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