People in the News

Trump will be the executive producer of the Chinese show, which will be hosted by Beijing property mogul Pan Shiyi, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported Sunday.

The newspaper said China's version would closely follow the U.S. original, in which contestants compete for a job with Trump. Details of the deal are under negotiation.

The show will run in direct competition with "Wise Man Takes All" - which was inspired by "The Apprentice" and backed by Trump's business partner, Vincent Lo Hong-sui. That show offers a cash prize of about $123,400.

Gotti hid breast cancer from family

NEW YORK - When Victoria Gotti learned she had breast cancer, she kept the news to herself - hiding her draining treatments from her three sons and the producers of their reality show, "Growing Up Gotti."

With the show set to begin its third season on the A&E network this week, the daughter of late mob boss John Gotti revealed the details of her struggle to the New York Daily News.

The 42-year-old said she learned she was sick after a mammogram in November. She told her sons about the cancer earlier this month, after going through months of cancer treatments in silence.

"I lost 25 pounds," she said. "I was so exhausted, I could barely lift my arms. My producers were asking questions," as were her sons - Carmine, 18, John, 17, and Frank, 14.

"I wasn't able to tell them," she said. "I just wanted the boys to be OK and not get crazy and think that Mommy is dying."

She said her treatment has gone well: "They caught it early and the prognosis is good."

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A 17-year-old who used two ventriloquist dummies to sing Walt Disney tunes won the inaugural Miss America's Outstanding Teen competition.

Tears streamed down Meghan Miller's face Saturday as Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs crowned her on stage. She hopes to become an attorney. As the winner, she'll get $30,000 in scholarship money.

Miller, of Beaumont, Texas, said she was inspired to learn ventriloquism after watching a pageant contestant perform when she was 3 years old. Now she uses the method to speak in schools.

"I sat in front of the mirror for hours on end trying to figure it out. I started performing at 7, and I've been going strong ever since," Miller said.

'NSync singer Joey Fatone and Downs co-hosted the event. The pageant was not televised, though organizers hope it will find a home on CMT, the new carrier for the Miss America pageant.

They also hope the junior version of the event held in Atlantic City since 1921 will stem years of declining viewership - which hit a record low 9.8 million last year.

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Miss America's Outstanding Teen: http://www.maoteen.org