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  • January 2008
    • Vandal Scandal Mars Another Pageant

      Vandal Scandal Mars Another Pageant

      (Newser) - The crime wave besetting American beauty pageants continued this weekend as Miss South Florida Fair had to overcome some skullduggery before claiming her crown, the Palm Beach Post reports. Cops were called after contestant Jessica Wittenbrink  found her ruined dress backstage, vandalized with four red lipstick streaks. Police quizzed her 13 rivals but couldn't come up with a suspect. More »

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      Florida   beauty pageant   beauty queen

    • Beauty Queen Kidnapper's Law School Future Hazy

      Beauty Queen Kidnapper's Law School Future Hazy

      (Newser) - University of Arizona law school reps say it’s too early to know what they will do about Kumari Fulbright, the former beauty queen and model who has been charged with a slew of felony offenses over the kidnapping, torture, and robbery of an ex-boyfriend, the Tucson Citizen reports. Fulbright was in her second year at James E. Rogers College of Law. More »

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  • November 2007
    • Beauty Pageant Turns Ugly

      Beauty Pageant Turns Ugly

      (Newser) - Ingrid Marie Rivera looked hot at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant—but not in the good way. Pageant officials are investigating who doused the eventual winner's gowns and makeup with pepper spray, the AP reports. Rivera kept her composure before the judges, but once backstage she ripped off her clothes and applied ice packs to her face and body because her skin was swelling and breaking out in hives. More »

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      Puerto Rico   beauty pageant   beauty queen   sabotage   pepper spray   Miss Universe   allergic reaction   Ingrid Marie Rivera

  • July 2007
    • Miss New Jersey Survives Racy Photo Furor

      Miss New Jersey Survives Racy Photo Furor

      (Newser) - Miss New Jersey can keep her tiara, say pageant officials who ruled unanimously that risqué photos of the beauty queen leaked from her Facebook page aren't that bad. The images, which Amy Polumbo revealed on the Today Show yesterday, contained no nudity or underage drinking, but did show Polumbo in some mildly suggestive positions. More »

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      Internet   Facebook   photography   beauty pageant   Today Show   beauty queen   Miss New Jersey   Amy Polumbo

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