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beauty queen stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - Grey's Anatomy's "Dr. McSteamy" is starring in a nudie video with his wife and an ex-beauty queen that's heating up the Internet, Gawker reports. Eric Dane shares camera duties with wife Rebecca Gayheart and looker-cum-Hollywood-madame Kari Ann Peniche as the three act high and riff on their "porn... More »

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beauty queen • sex tape • Gawker • Eric Dane • Rebecca Gayheart • Kari Ann Peniche

(AP) - Katie Stam of Indiana was crowned Miss America last night, fighting off a throat infection, laryngitis, and 51 other contestants to win the 88-year-old pageant, the AP reports. The 22-year-old University of Indianapolis student drew loud applause for her rendition of "Via Dolorosa" during the talent portion of the... More »

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beauty pageant • beauty queen • Miss America

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Amputated Brazilian
Model Dies

Miss World finalist lost hands and feet after septicemia infection

Jan 24, 09 2:25 AM CST
(Newser) - A top Brazilian model who underwent the amputation of her hands and feet in an attempt to save her from a life-threatening infection died early this morning, CNN reports. Marianna Bridi di Costa was hospitalized in early January for septicemia triggered by a urinary tract infection. Doctors originally believed Bridi... More »

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Brazil • infection • illness • model • beauty queen • amputation

Drug Arrest Knocks Crown Off Beauty Queen

Some fear pageant's drug ties run deep

Dec 28, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A Mexican beauty pageant winner lost her title yesterday after being arrested with a top drug trafficker, the New York Daily News reports. Authorities said Miss Sinaloa, Laura Zúñiga Huizar, was collared along with leaders of the Juarez drug cartel, an arsenal of weapons, and $55,000 in... More »

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Mexico • drug trafficking • beauty pageant • beauty queen • drug cartel • drug traffickers

Mexican Beauty Queen Busted With Drug Mobsters

Miss Hispanic America found traveling with cartel's Mr. Big in gun-filled truck

Dec 24, 08 3:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Miss Hispanic America 2008 will be finishing this year in jail after cops busted her traveling with seven alleged drug cartel mobsters, the Houston Chronicle reports. Laura Zuniga, from the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa, was stopped at a military checkpoint near Guadalajara in a truck full of guns, ammunition and... More »

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Mexico • organized crime • drug trafficking • beauty queen • drug cartel • drug traffickers

Vandal Scandal Mars Another Pageant

Florida beauty queen overcomes mystery dress mess to win

Jan 22, 08 8:50 AM CST
(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... More »

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Florida • beauty pageant • beauty queen

Beauty Queen Kidnapper's
Law School Future Hazy

Pinup charged with ex-boyfriend's torture

Jan 5, 08 7:46 AM CST
(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... More »

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beauty queen • Kumari Fulbright • kidnapper

Beauty
Pageant
Turns Ugly

Would-be Miss Universe overcomes pepper spray sabotage

Nov 26, 07 11:35 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Miss New Jersey Survives Racy Photo Furor

Garden State beauty queen keeps her crown despite Facebook leak

Jul 13, 07 3:22 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Internet • Facebook • photography • beauty pageant • Miss New Jersey • Amy Polumbo • Miss NJ • beauty queen • Today show

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