The Washington Post Fur Flies at Beauty Pageant (But It's Not What You Think) By David A Fatventholé Vlashinon Post Steff Wirter Saturday, March 1, 2008 GOLDEN HILL, Mé, ~ Contestant No. | sashayed down the catwalk, her hair bouncing in blonde curls, and smiled a radiant beauty-queen smile, She picked up a furry dead rodent about the size ofa football, Then she took out a very sharp four-inch blade and stuck the point in just above the animal's tal. Then,” she said, narating the incision as sweetly as a Miss oa as or ree ed Pederperitnrre epee mart cy cacti atest ‘America contestant taking about world peace, "you're going to want to take your knife..." This was the “talent” portion of the 2008 Miss Outdoors pageant, part of an improbable Easter Shore festival that combines the worlds of beauty contests and competitive muskrat skinning. For years here, young women have paraded in glitery evening gowns, and then ~ on the same stage - skinners ‘in camouflage bats have separated small animels from their pets, This year, two girls chose to do both,Peiitice Four months after fundraiser, Trump says he gave $1 million to veterans group By David A. Fahrenthold May 26,2086 Almost four months after promising $1 million of his own money to veterans’ causes, Donald Tramp moved to fulfill that pledge Monday evening — promising the entire sum to a single charity as he came under intense media scrutiny. ‘Trump, now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, organized a nationally televised fundraiser for veterans’ causes in Des Moines on Jan. 28. ‘That night, Trump said he had raised $6 million, including the gift from his, own pocket. “Donald Trump gave $1 million,” he said then. As recently as last week, Trump's campaign manager had insisted that the mogul had already given that money away. But that was false: Trump had not. In recent days, The Washington Post and other media outlets had pressed ‘Trump and his campaign for details about how much the fundraiser had actually raised and whether Trump had given his portion.At President Trump’s hotel in New York, revenue went up this spring — thanks to a visit from big-spending Saudis By David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O'Connell August 3, 2018 ‘The general manager of the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan had a rare bit of good news to report to investors this spring: After two years of decline, revenue from room rentals went up 13 percent in the first three months of 2018, What caused the uptick at President Trump's flagship hotel in New York? One major factor: “a last-minute visit to New York by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia,” wrote general manager Prince A. Sanders in a May 15 letter, which ‘was obtained by The Washington Post. Neither Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman nor members of the royal family stayed at Trump's hotel, Sanders said: He said the Trump hotel didn’t have suites big enough to accommodate them. But “due to our close industry relationships,” he wrote, “we were able to accommodate many of the accompanying travelers.”How a Univision anchor found the missing 10,000 portrait that Trump bought with his charity’s money By David A. Fahrenthold September 24,2018 Enrique Acevedo anchors the late-night national newscast for Univision, the Spanish-language TV network. On Tuesday night, Acevedo finished the broadcast at midnight at the network's studios in Doral, Fla., near the Miami airport. But he didn't go home. He had a reservation, "Tused points," Acevedo said in a telephone interview, meaning American Express reward points. “I didn't want to... spend any money on Trump's property, 50 T used points.” Acovedo was headed to Tramp National Doral Miami, a large golf resort owned by the GOP nominee, which was just a few blocks from the Univision studios. Earlier that night, Acevedo had seen a report — circulated on Twitter and reported by The Washington Post — that the Doral resort was home to a semi- famous work of art.