Disgruntled ex-Miss USA contestant ordered to pay organization $5M

Disgruntled ex-Miss USA contestant ordered to pay organization $5M

Sheena Nonnin via Facebook

Sheena Monnin resigned her Miss Pennsylvania crown.

The only thing worse than being a sore loser? Being a poor loser.

A U.S. District Court judge has ordered former Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin, who publicly accused the Miss Universe pageant of being fixed, to pay Donald Trump’s Miss Universe Organization $ 5 million for defaming the Trump-owned competition, TMZ.com reported.

In June, Monnin resigned from the Miss USA pageant, the winner of which goes on to compete for Miss Universe, and accused the contest of being rigged. Both competitions are owned by Trump’s Miss Universe Organization.

“I have decided to resign my position as Miss Pennsylvania USA 2012,” she wrote on Facebook. “Effective immediately I have voluntarily, completely, and utterly removed myself from the Miss Universe Organization.”

“I can no longer be affiliated in any way with an organization I consider to be fraudulent, lacking in morals, inconsistent, and in many ways trashy,” she wrote.

Monnin also alleged on her Facebook page that she “witnessed another contestant who said she saw the list of the Top 5 BEFORE THE SHOW EVER STARTED.”

The posts have since been deleted.

She and Trump became entangled in a harsh war of words that ultimately ended with the billionaire mogul filing a defamation suit. The case eventually landed in arbitration, where Tuesday’s ruling was made by a judge overseeing the suit.

"We cannot allow a disgruntled contestant to make false and reckless statements which are damaging to the many people who have devoted their hearts and souls to the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageant systems,” Trump said in a release.

“While I feel very badly for Sheena, she did the wrong thing. She was really nasty, and we had no choice. It is an expensive lesson for her,” he added.