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Bonneville Seattle is raising funds for the construction of a second Fisher House at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma and we need your help.New Miss Seattle was 'annoyed' with us
March 4, 2012 @ 5:34 pm (Updated: 2:47 pm - 3/5/12 )
Nineteen beautiful, young women competed for the title of Miss Seattle over the weekend. The winner is Jean-Sun Hannah Ahn, a violinist and former Miss Phoenix.
She will compete in the Miss Washington Pageant this summer. Maybe by then she'll enjoy the weather because she wasn't happy with the city, or Seattle residents, in December.
She tweeted, "Ugh can't stand cold rainy Seattle and the annoying people."
On her Twitter feed @MissPhoenix 2010, she frequently uses the word "annoyed," so perhaps it's just her favorite word. There are other unflattering comments on her page too. She should reconsider the way she's uses social media if she wants to be a public figure. The tweets above were from December of 2011. A friend of hers tells me she had not decided to enter the Miss Seattle Scholarship competition at that time.
UPDATE:
Miss Seattle apologizes for the tweets, in a comment on this blog.
"I apologize for the negative connotations towards the city of Seattle and its people or any other postings when I wasn’t in a positive place. Those tweets by no means reflect my actual opinions or views, I was simply having “one of those days” and sincerely apologize to anyone who took those statements offensively," says Ahn.
She is a Seattle native, and says she truly loves Seattle "with all of my heart and the support these past months in the Seattle community has just been indescribable."
"I realize now what a mistake it is to post things when your not in a good mood," she writes.
She deleted several unflattering tweets and renamed her account last night to reflect her new title, @MissSeattle2012.
Photo by Dave Barksdale, of Depoe Barksdale Studios
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scotters wrote...Well, I've lived in the area for 22 years now...March 4, 2012 4:48 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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dexterjibs wrote...look at the date of the postsMarch 4, 2012 6:16 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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dpitts wrote...TEABILLIESMarch 5, 2012 8:01 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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TheNewsChick wrote...Date of the tweetsMarch 4, 2012 6:39 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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flygirl747 wrote...look at the date of the postsMarch 5, 2012 8:54 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Bjorn wrote...dexterjibsMarch 5, 2012 9:51 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Country_Dog wrote...She fits right in...March 4, 2012 6:46 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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laurenmarieporter wrote...get over yourselfMarch 5, 2012 8:41 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Country_Dog wrote...Probably going to end upMarch 4, 2012 6:46 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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ruff wrote...I hateMarch 4, 2012 6:47 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Kking wrote...She loves Seattle weatherMarch 4, 2012 8:24 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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laurenmarieporter wrote...ms. seattle is amazingMarch 5, 2012 8:42 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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EmitWatsonKBO wrote...BFDMarch 4, 2012 8:26 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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laurenmarieporter wrote...hi everybody i'm emitwatsonkbo&i am jealous of pretty girls so i write on here to make myself feel betterMarch 5, 2012 8:43 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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EmitWatsonKBO wrote...No, I'm notMarch 5, 2012 11:53 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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flygirl747 wrote...Full of itMarch 5, 2012 8:49 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Kking wrote...Grow upMarch 4, 2012 8:30 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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laurenmarieporter wrote...amenMarch 5, 2012 8:42 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Miss Seattle 2012 wrote...Seattle Native loves this city!March 4, 2012 9:16 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Daniel from Redmond wrote...You don't need to write this kind of apologyMarch 5, 2012 3:21 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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