The New York Times today suffered a fresh attack on its investigation into Donald Trump's conduct towards women as a former beauty queen it quoted accused the paper of 'lying'.

Carrie Prejean was quoted at length in the piece published over the weekend by the newspaper.

But today she told broadcaster Sean Hannity on his radio show that she had never been interviewed and was upset to find passages used from her book which painted him in a poor light.

Her intervention comes after another woman quoted in the piece, Rowanne Brewer Lane, accused the paper of fabricating quotes.

Trump himself has called it a hit piece. Separately an analysis by Daily Mail Online reveals that although the paper claimed to have conducted 'dozens' of interviews, it only reported on three women who had not spoken before about Trump – of whom two were quoted in a critical fashion.

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Close: Carrie Prejean was named Miss California USA in 2009 and today says she is a huge fan of Trump

'I have nothing but amazing things to say about Donald Trump': Carrie Prejean vented her anger at the New York Times on Sean Hannity's radio show today saying it was 'lying' about her

In the spotlight: How the Times promoted its investigation - which is now at the center of a backlash

Prejean, who was Miss California USA in 2009 and has since become a married mother of two young children, told Hannity she had been approached repeatedly to discuss her dealings with Trump, then the joint owner of the Miss USA pageant.

WHAT THE NYT SAID PREJEAN'S VIEWS OF TRUMP ARE... 'Donald Trump walked out with his entourage and inspected us closer than any general ever inspected a platoon. He would stop in front of a girl, look her up and down, and say, "Hmmm." Then he would go on and do the same thing to the next girl. He took notes on a little pad as he went along. After he did this, Trump said: "O.K. I want all the girls to come forward." … 'Donald Trump looked at Miss Alabama. '"Come here," he said. 'She took one more step forward. '"Tell me, who's the most beautiful woman here?" Miss Alabama's eyes swam around. '"Besides me?" she said. "Uh, I like Arkansas. She's sweet." '"I don't care if she's sweet," Donald Trump said. "Is she hot?" … 'It became clear that the point of the whole exercise was for him to divide the room between girls he personally found attractive and those he did not. 'Many of the girls found the exercise humiliating. 'Some of the girls were sobbing backstage after he left, devastated to have failed even before the competition really began to impress "The Donald".' From 'Still Standing: The Untold Story of My Fight Against Gossip, Hate, and Political Attack' Advertisement

'Back in March when they started this whole campaign against him, there were several reporters that had reached out to me, telling me that they were doing an interview about Trump, and women, and how he treats women,' she said.

'And I told them, 'I'm not going to be doing an interview at this time.'

...AND WHAT PREJEAN SAYS SHE THINKS OF DONALD TRUMP 'They took a little tiny thing from my book and they twisted it. 'And if they would have actually read on, I talk very highly of Mr. Trump. 'I don't say anything negative about him. 'He gives women amazing opportunities, and I was one of those women that he helped.' Advertisement

'I said I'm not interested. I'm a mom, you know, I'm a wife, I started a business. I'm not interested.

'And I said, 'And by the way, I have nothing bad to say about him, so go get it from someone else.'

'So what did they do? They quoted something from my book. And what upsets me is they say in this article in the New York Times, they say The New York Times interviewed dozens of women who had worked with or for Mr Trump, and so it made it seem like they interviewed me recently.

'Which – that's not true. So they're lying.'

The original article acknowledges that the quotes from Prejean are from her book, but does not mention her saying: 'I have nothing bad to say about him.'

Today Prejean, who has long had close ties to Hannity, said that on his syndicated show that she had nothing critical to say about Trump - and felt the the New York Times had twisted what was in her memoir.

In the course of the 15-minute interview she said:'They took a little tiny thing from my book and they twisted it.

'And if they would have actually read on, I talk very highly of Mr. Trump. I don't say anything negative about him.

'Just below what they quoted, on page 68 [of her book], I said that most of us respect Donald Trump and he's an amazing businessman and leader. Why didn't they put that in the piece?'

The Times has so far stood by its piece but has come under increasing scrutiny for it.

Prejean's intervention is likely to be highlighted by Trump, who was vocal in his criticism of the New York Times on Twitter on Monday.

He has already called the article 'proven false' and 'totally dishonest'.

Prejean suggested the paper had acted dishonestly.

'As soon as they wrote this piece, without even getting an interview from me, and making it seem like I gave them an exclusive – you know, they took a little tiny thing from my book about, they totally took it out of context.

'I mean, I was saying what goes on behind the scenes, and they lied and said it was backstage. It wasn't backstage.

'And they totally took it out of context and they just ran with it, and it just goes to show how dishonest they are. I mean, really.

'And so I just want to clear the record out there, that I have nothing but amazing things to say about Donald Trump.

'He has helped so many women, and it's time they come out of the woodwork and it's time they started speaking their mind and saying how, you know, what such wonderful things that he's done for them. So many careers, so many opportunities. He's helped so many women, and it's time we started standing up for him.'

Prejean made clear that she was a political supporter of Trump and suggested the New York Times was attempting to undermine him.

'He's the Republican nominee,' she said.

'We have to support him. He is going to do so many things for this country.

''They're digging and they can't find anything. So they need to give up. They need to give up.'

Prejean's lengthy attack on The New York Times comes after Trump's former girlfriend Rowanne Brewer, blasted paper on Monday for 'fabricating' her quotes.

Former girlfriend Rowanne Brewer Lane blasted the Times on Monday, claiming the paper fabricated part the article, calling the paper's retelling of her story 'false' and demanding an apology.

Rowanne Brewer Lane (pictured with Trump, right, in 1990) told the Times of a time at Trump's pool party at Mar-a-Lago in 1990 when he asked her to put on a swimsuit. She says the paper fabricated quotes

Brewer also slammed the paper's retelling of her story, describing it as 'false' and demanded an apology.

The original story had described the billionaire's first meeting with the young model as 'a debasing face-to-face encounter between Mr. Trump and a young woman he hardly knew.'

'Donald J. Trump had barely met Rowanne Brewer Lane when he asked her to change out of her clothes,' the newspaper reported, describing a moment where he offered her a swimsuit to wear at a pool party.

But speaking on Fox & Friends on Monday morning, Brewer said Trump 'never made me feel like I was being demeaned in any way. He never offended me in any way.'

'He was very gracious,' she continued. 'I saw him around all types of people, around all types of women. He was very kind, thoughtful, generous. You know, he was a gentleman.'

Asked if Trump had ever mistreated women, she answered without hesitation: 'Not that I've ever seen. Absolutely without a doubt, no.'

Separately an analysis of the initial New York Times article by Daily Mail Online reveals that it unearthed virtually nothing new.

The piece, published online on Saturday and in Sunday's edition of the paper, says: 'The New York Times interviewed dozens of women...

'In total, more than 50 interviews were conducted over the course of six weeks.'

The piece itself carries quotes from a total of 16 people, including Trump himself.

Of those quotes, 12 are from women. Nine of those women had spoken before about their experience of Trump, meaning there were only three new interviewees, one of whom was supportive of the billionaire.

It is clear that at best four had never spoken about Donald Trump before.

While some of the former employees, beauty queens and ex-girlfriends featured in the article claim their comments were taken out of context and even fabricated, others have told the same, virtually word-for-word anecdotes several times across media sites.

And some interviewees, though not sharing the same stories they've previously told, have maintained strong opinions - both negative and positive - toward the presidential candidate over the years.

Alicia Machado, Miss Universe 1996, told the Times of her experiences with eating disorders and gaining weight after winning the beauty contest.

She told the paper: 'I told the president of Miss Universe, a very sweet woman, I said I need some time to recuperate, to rest, to exercise, to eat right.'I asked them to bring me a doctor to help me - to have a special diet and get exercise, and they said yes.

'They took me to New York, installed me in a hotel. The next day, they took me to the gym, and I'm exposed to 90 media outlets. Donald Trump was there. I had no idea that would happen.

The Republican presumptive nominee attacked the New York Times in a lengthy tirade on social media this morning claiming that 'everyone is laughing' at the 'failing' newspaper for the story

'I was about to cry in that moment with all the cameras there. I said, 'I don't want to do this, Mr. Trump'. He said, 'I don't care'.'

Machado previously told The Washington Post the same anecdote in May 1997.

The Times article also takes readers back to Trump's days in high school, where he was named a 'ladies man' in his yearbook.

Former classmate George White recalled to the Times the occasions in which girls were allowed at the all-boys school.

White has previously given strikingly similar accounts to the Washington Post and NPR.

'The type of women who were coming up to see him or he was bringing were definitely from the upper levels of New York society,' White told NPR in November. 'I mean, I remember there were so many, it was a revolving door.'

Alair Townsend, former deputy mayor of New York during the Ed Koch administration, didn't have an anecdote to share with the Times about the presidential candidate, she has maintained her same, negative opinion of him for nearly 20 years.

'He was dismissive. It was always 'Hon', 'Dear', things he wouldn't have said to man,' she told the Times. 'It was designed to make you feel small. And he did that repeatedly.'

Back in 1997, Townsend was also critical of Trump, telling the The New Yorker that she 'wouldn't believe Donald Trump if his tongue were notarized'.

Former Trump executive Louise Sunshine told the Times that the presidential candidate criticized her weight more than once, but his comments helped her keep her weight down.

‘Louise Sunshine experienced similar observations from Mr. Trump when she gained weight. But she saw it as friendly encouragement, not a cruel insult. “He thought I looked much better thin,’ she said. “He would remind me of how beautiful I was.”’ The New York Times article reads.

She previously told the The Washington Post in November that Trump would keep an unflattering photo of her in his drawer - a ‘fat picture’ that he would pull out as ‘a reminder that I wasn’t perfect’, Sunshine said.

‘From the standpoint of being a woman, I just thought he was phenomenal,’ she told the Washington Post. ‘So supportive and encouraging… He gave me the ropes, and I could either hang myself or prove myself.’

THE ALLEGATIONS AIMED AT TRUMP - AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT Donald Trump invited Bikini model Rowanne Brewer Lane, 26, to a pool party and offered her a bathing suit after learning she did not bring one. After she tried it on, he showed her off to his guests, saying: 'This is a stunning Trump girl, isn't it?'

NOW:Quotes are disputed

One of his employees, Barbara Res, said he would make crude comments about Californian women and once heard him say: 'They take care of their asses.' She also told of how he would only hire beautiful women to work in the office.

NOW: Trump says he promoted her when no-one else helped women

His colleague Louise Sunshine would have to deal with constant comments about her weight. Trump would often remind her 'how beautiful' she was when she was thin.

NOW: She is revealed to have been more positive in a Washington Post article last year when she told an almost identical anecdote

Former Miss California Carrie Prejean said he would tell Miss USA contestants to line up backstage so his entourage could inspect them individually. He then asked them to confess which woman in the room they thought was the prettiest. She said girls would often cry after the perverse experience.

NOW: She says the paper was 'lying' Advertisement



