Not just Miss Michigan's moment

Topless tycoon triumph: Donald Trump & sexy lingerie the real Miss USA winners

Rima Fakih takes the crown, but she's not the real big Miss USA winner.
Donald Trump toyed with the media in lingerie gate.
Did Miss USA simply need a sex infusion?

Technically, Miss Michigan Rima Fakih — a 24-year-old Arab American brunette beauty — won the Miss USA Pageant tonight.

But that's not the real score. No, this year's Miss USA was dominated by a guy who is often accused of wearing a toupee. This was Donald Trump's moment long before Rima started blowing kisses from the Las Vegas stage.

Give Trump credit. He somehow made the Miss USA Pageant relevant again — probably drawing a pretty big rating, Survivor finale regardless. And Trump did it by turning to one of the oldest tricks in the book. He manufactured a controversy involving sex.

Or at least, sexy outfits.

Even Trump couldn't have imagined that the media would grab onto the Let's Pose the Miss USA contestants in Racy Lingerie Plan as readily as it did. Setting himself (or at least those strait-laced pageant officials) up to be viewed as a hypocrite — and ensuring debate over whether the official lingerie photos of this year's Miss USA contestants were more revealing than the unofficial ones that got last year's contestant Carrie Prejean into so much trouble — guaranteed worldwide headlines.

Who would have thought that such an obvious attention ploy would work?

That's why he's Trump.

I actually like Trump. When I was a golf writer, I had a number of conversations with the tycoon (he is at least as obsessed with golf as he is with having beautiful women all around him). When I wrote about how his Trump National LA course wasn't worthy of a spot among the Top 10 courses in California, his staff tracked me down at breakfast in Arizona and he challenged me to go out and play the course again.

The trip back didn't change my mind. Trump National LA still wasn't — and isn't today for that matter — one of the very best of the best courses in California. But it made for a good story.

Trump is used to getting his way. He surely did in the case of the Miss USA Pageant.

Only Trump could take co-ownership of this dying beauty contest and make it relevant again by going to a move straight out of his 1980s playbook.

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"Here come the grannies!"

Walk through the Magic Door to experience the world of Bluey in Houston

bluey and bingo's bedroom at camp in houston

Courtesy of CAMP

Houston will soon be the home of a new CAMP store, featuring interactive installations like the house from "Bluey."

Bluey is coming to the Galleria this February “for real life” through an immersive event that invites visitors to enter the world of the famous Australian Heeler family. This one-of-a-kind experience brings the Heeler home and backyard to life with intricate details that will delight fans of all ages.

Tickets are on sale now for Bluey x CAMP, the inaugural interactive experience of the combination toy store, party venue, and immersive theater space. This is The Family Experience Company’s first CAMP location in Houston, with the business securing a 7,500-square-foot permanent retail space in the Galleria.

Through “The Magic Door,” a pivoting wall, visitors step into seasonally rotating interactive spaces beginning with a 5,000-square-foot lifesize replica of Bluey’s house.

Visitors can play games made popular by the show, such as grannies and keepy uppy, and bust a move when “dance mode” is activated. The kitchen’s fridge is covered in drawings by the Heeler puppies, while the living room TV plays Bluey.

Families can explore both a pillow fort and a cardboard castle — two-story structures complete with slides — before venturing into a playroom stocked with toys and costumes from the show. In the backyard, a recreation of the Heeler’s large tree is surrounded by charming gnomes. A photo opportunity with Bluey and Bingo tops off the visit.

Beyond the world of Bluey, CAMP offers even more for visitors in its Canteen space, with a splatter room, The Schmutz Bar (a slime creation station), a party room, and a playable truck. Customers can also shop for toys, clothing, and accessories.

Houston joins a list of CAMP’s locations in Dallas, Atlanta, New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. Installations change seasonally, with other current features including Paw Patrol, The Little Mermaid, and Encanto.

Courtesy of CAMP

Houston will soon be the home of a new CAMP store, featuring interactive installations like the house from "Bluey."

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