--- title: Miss USA Contestant: Donald Trump Walked in on Naked Women description: Another former Miss USA contestant said Donald Trump walked into the pageant dressing room while contestants were changing canonical: https://time.com/4528075/donald-trump-miss-usa-naked/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-12T15:58:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:20.497Z og:title: Miss USA Contestant: Donald Trump Walked in on Naked Women in Dressing Room og:description: Trump said in a 2005 interview that he can "get away with things like that" og:url: https://time.com/4528075/donald-trump-miss-usa-naked/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfc13e449295f33a/6988a9aa0b72e366076eb524/donald-trump-miss-usa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: The Eric Trump 8th Annual Golf Tournament og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Miss USA Contestant: Donald Trump Walked in on Naked Women in Dressing Room twitter:description: Trump said in a 2005 interview that he can "get away with things like that" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdfc13e449295f33a/6988a9aa0b72e366076eb524/donald-trump-miss-usa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Miss USA Contestant: Donald Trump Walked in on Naked Women in Dressing Room > Sponsored content. 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Lee Graham, Donald Trump, Miss Universe Gabriela Isler, and Miss USA Nina Sanchez attend the Eric Trump 8th Annual Golf Tournament at Trump National Golf Club Westchester on Sept. 15, 2014 in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 12, 2016 3:58 PM UTC A former Miss USA contestant said Donald Trump, who previously owned the pageant, walked into the dressing room while contestants were changing during a 2001 dress rehearsal, according to a CBS report. “He just came strolling right in. There was no second to put a robe on or any sort of clothing or anything. Some girls were topless. Other girls were naked,” Tasha Dixon, former Miss Arizona, [told CBS Los Angeles](http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/10/11/former-beauty-queen-she-other-contestants-were-forced-to-greet-trump-even-when-not-fully-dressed/#.V%5F2zsVq9TFE.twitter) on Tuesday. Dixon competed in the 2001 Miss USA pageant when she was 18. Dixon [told CBS Los Angeles](http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/10/11/former-beauty-queen-she-other-contestants-were-forced-to-greet-trump-even-when-not-fully-dressed/#.V%5F2zsVq9TFE.twitter) that it was uncomfortable “to have the owner come waltzing in when we’re naked or half naked in a very physically vulnerable position and then to have the pressure of the, you know, the people that worked for him telling us to go fawn all over him, go walk up to him, talk to him, get his attention.” Former Miss New Hampshire Bridget Sullivan also [told BuzzFeed News](https://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicagarrison/we-were-all-naked-when-donald-trump-walked-in?utm%5Fterm=.tsQQZWoj0#.pxlnrAP6p) that Trump did the same thing at the 2000 Miss USA pageant. In an old interview with radio host Howard Stern, Trump bragged about entering pageant dressing rooms. “I’ll go backstage and everyone’s getting dressed, and everything else, and you know, no men are anywhere, and I’m allowed to go in because I’m the owner of the pageant and therefore I’m inspecting it,” Trump said in the 2005 interview, [published Saturday by CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/08/politics/trump-on-howard-stern/index.html). “I sort of get away with things like that.” Trump came under fire this week after a leaked recording of a 2005 conversation featured him [boasting](http://time.com/4523526/donald-trump-women-leaked-audio/) about being able to “do anything” to women because of his fame. Some women who competed in the 1997 Miss Teen USA pageant, which Trump also owned, shared similar stories with [BuzzFeed News](https://www.buzzfeed.com/kendalltaggart/teen-beauty-queens-say-trump-walked-in-on-them-changing?utm%5Fterm=.xdag627jq#.nszdk0pDR). “I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, ‘Oh my god, there’s a man in here,’” said Mariah Billado, former Miss Vermont Teen USA, [according to BuzzFeed](https://www.buzzfeed.com/kendalltaggart/teen-beauty-queens-say-trump-walked-in-on-them-changing?utm%5Fterm=.xdag627jq#.nszdk0pDR). But other contestants from the 1997 pageant told BuzzFeed they never saw Trump and raised doubts that he could have been there. “There was way too much security,” said Crystal Hughes, former Miss Maine Teen USA. “If that was something he did, then everybody would have noticed.” Former Miss Massachusetts Teen USA Jessica Granata said it seemed unlikely because “there were so many chaperones.” But Dixon said she thinks it was possible because everyone else reported to Trump. “I’m telling you Donald Trump owned the pageant for the reason to utilize his power to get around beautiful women,” Dixon said. “Who do you complain to? He owns the pageant. There’s no one to complain to. 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