Australian ex-Miss Universe says Trump treated her with respect

October 29, 2016 19:43

An Australian former Miss Universe said today that Donald Trump had always treated her with respect after a video emerged of an embarrassing exchange between the pair in Sydney in 2011.

Jennifer Hawkins won the pageant in 2004, when it was owned by Trump.

Trump, now the Republican presidential nominee, accuses her in the video as he addresses 10,000 people at the National Achievers Congress in Sydney of initially refusing to introduce him. She blames a

"miscommunication" with her management.

The video, released by Huffington Post, shows Hawkins raising her forearm between she and Trump as he kisses her on the cheek.

He gets laughs from the crowd with a double entendre and she tells Trump that he has embarrassed her before leaving the stage.

Hawkins, who Trump has described as his favorite Miss Universe, is a successful businesswoman who has praised Trump as an inspiration.

"Donald and his family, I have to say, have always been respectful to me, and that's all I can really say," the 32-year-old said in Melbourne today as she was questioned by media in her role as an Australian department store

ambassador.

"I've seen what's been going on in the news, but really what is there for me to say other than that he respected me during that time in my life and I have a lot of respect for him because of that," she added, referring to the 2004 pageant.

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