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TexasTowelie

(112,258 posts)
Sat Jan 10, 2015, 10:01 PM Jan 2015

Whataburger to Mia Khalifa, a popular porn star with Texas ties who wants franchise: No thank you

University of Texas at El Paso graduate Mia Khalifa, a Lebanese American, has skyrocketed to fame in the last few weeks, earning news stories in national media outlets like Newsweek, creating an international firestorm that drew death threats and rising to the top of her profession.

But it seems there is one thing the 21-year-old Khalifa — listed as the most popular porn star on Pornhub, which is the 71st most popular website in the world (in front of the websites for the New York Times and CNN) — wants that she can't have: her own Whataburger franchise.

According to the actress' Instagram and Twitter profile, which is totally NSFW, she is a "future Whataburger franchise owner."

A statement released to the San Antonio Express-News by Whataburger's Corporate Communications office Thursday regarding the actress' desire for ownership suggests otherwise.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Lebanese-pornstar-Mia-Khalifa-wants-to-own-a-6001822.php

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Whataburger to Mia Khalifa, a popular porn star with Texas ties who wants franchise: No thank you (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2015 OP
Screw it. Buy a Chick-Fil-A instead bluestateguy Jan 2015 #1
+1 villager Jan 2015 #2
hahahaha They_Live Jan 2015 #3
Yes, how does the Chik-Fil-A executive Ilsa Jan 2015 #4
Google/back ground checks Arcadiasix Jan 2015 #5
This is discrimination Gothmog Jan 2015 #6
She might have better luck with Five Guys Arcadiasix Jan 2015 #7

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
4. Yes, how does the Chik-Fil-A executive
Sun Jan 11, 2015, 08:26 AM
Jan 2015

who approves franchises explain to his boss how he knows who she is?

Arcadiasix

(255 posts)
5. Google/back ground checks
Sun Jan 11, 2015, 09:37 AM
Jan 2015

These companies will always run a back ground check on people who want a franchies

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