Amazing! Donald Trump hand-picked finalists for Miss Universe.....

Donald Trump selected finalists in Miss Universe pageants based on his business ties or prospective ties with the woman's home country in order to further his own interests, former contestants claim.

Dashed beauty queens claim Trump, during his co-ownership of the organization from 1996 to 2015, would mingle among the women and would have his notes about them jotted down, according to a report by the New Yorker.

Trump would reportedly meet the women during rehearsals and the women who went on to the broadcast finals were from countries that he had interests in.

Preliminary judges tasked with selecting the finalists said they were shocked when their votes were tallied and some women who advanced to the final stage weren't selected by any of the judges.

And during Trump's nearly 20 years with Miss Universe, multiple pageants were hosted in cities where Trump had business ties and several finalists were from countries where ratings were consistently high, according to the New Yorker.