Dayana Mendoza Loved Her Visit to Gitmo
Posted on April 1, 2009 at 10:33 am (PST)
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Dayana Mendoza, who is Miss Universe 2008, paid a visit to Guantanamo Bay, where Gitmo prison holds Muslim enemy combatants from Afghanistan and Iraq, you know, the one where so many people say the prisoners are mistreated and therefore needs to be closed. Well Mendoza had nothing but positive things to say about the prison, and the way the prisoners are treated. It’s amazing how a fresh honest opinion can kick up so much trouble. Mendoza’s assessment of the prison, and statement about it, is now being censored so as not to ruffle the feathers of the Obama White House. Freedom of Speech is being censored. The last quote is the first glowing statement by Mendoza before it was censored. Below is the story as it ran in on USA Today:
Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008, visited Gitmo last week and blogs that it is a "looooot of fun!" and the bay is "soooo beautiful!"
The 22-year-old model, who won the crown while representing Venezuela, joined Crystle Stewart, Miss USA 2008, on a USO tour of the Guantanamo military facility, according to the USO’s web site.
"All the guys from the Army were amazing with us," she reports on the blog.
But it wasn’t all just hanging out by the beach and chatting with the troops.
"We visited the Detainees camps and we saw the jails, where they shower, how they recreate themselves with movies, classes of art, books," she reports. "It was very interesting."
Nor, like some recent Gitmo residents, was she eager to move on.
"I didn’t want to leave, it was such a relaxing place, so calm and beautiful," she says.
Update at 6:47 p.m. ET: Apparently in response to a lot of attention today to the website, Dayna’s blog posted the following, which we are running in full. You can also read it here on the Miss Universe website. |
