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☆ Miss USA Pageant Is Being Destroyed by Its Scandals
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

AdvertisementAccording to the longtime Miss USA official, the significant shift was ushered in by the former Miss Universe Organization president Paula Shugart, who produced the Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss Universe pageants from 2001 until 2020. Benjamin Askinas/The Miss Universe OrganizationCheslie Kryst, who won Miss USA in 2019, defended the #MeToo movement during her interview round. It was a remarkably different experience from those of past titleholders like Miss USA 2013 Erin Brady Colagiovanni and Miss Teen USA 2017 Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff. AdvertisementThough they were "brand ambassadors" of the organization, Voigt and Srivastava couldn't even post on the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA social-media pages. Advertisement"I don't know that Miss USA is relevant right now," the longtime Miss USA official said.

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☆ How Florida became America's 2nd-most-valuable housing market
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Florida beat out New York to become the country's second-most-valuable housing market, Zillow said. Of the top six markets that gained the most value since the onset of COVID-19, four are in Florida. The market boom is driven by an influx in new residents putting more demand on the housing stock. Florida welcomed 655,000 new residents since the start of the pandemic, according to Census estimates reported by Insider in March. Stefanie Mortenson traded her life in Virginia for a $159,000 tiny home near Tampa, Florida.

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☆ I left my life in DC to live in a 400-square-foot tiny home near Tampa. I feel like I have more space and I'm saving money so I don't regret it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Stefanie Mortenson, a 53-year-old HR director, moved from Virginia to a tiny home near Tampa, Florida in May. Her 396-square-foot dwelling at Escape Tampa Bay Village's tiny home community cost her $159,000. Mortenson says she's saving money and feels like she has more space compared to her previous Virginia apartment. In 1998, I moved to Alexandria, Virginia about 10 miles from Washington, DC for a better career opportunity. The walls started coming in on meIn May, 53-year-old Stefanie Mortenson moved from her apartment in Virginia to 396-square-foot tiny home in Escape Tampa Bay Village's The Oaks neighborhood.

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