Leona Gage- Miss USA 1957 lost her title and all that went with it when pageant officials learned that she was three years younger than she had claimed and was married for a second time with two little urchins.

Marjorie Wallace- Miss World 1973 pageant officials noted that she was not displaying the proper "image" that they wanted. It was too much for them to have to deal with the publicity she received for going out with well-known male celebrities.

Vanessa William- Miss America 1983 Penthouse Magazine caused a stir when it published compromising photos of her with another female that were taken several years before.

Sharon Nicole Redmond- Miss Savannah 2003 went on trial for the murder of her fiance Kevin Darnell Shorter. It seems that the gentleman neglected to inform her that he also had another fiance.

Ashley Harder- Miss New Jersey USA 2007 continued to dispel the dying myth of beauty queens as innocent, virginal little things when it was discovered that she was pregnant.

Tara Conner- Miss USA 2006 reports of her nightly activities in a NYC bar, cocaine use, man-hopping and public smooching with Miss Teen USA .

Katie Rees, Miss Nevada USA 2007 lost her crown after incriminating photos of her were plastered on MySpace that showed her locking lips with other women and doing other sexually suggestive things.

Amy Polumbo- Miss New Jersey 2007 was threatened with blackmail by a person who claimed to have "revealing" photos of her.

Christina Silva- Miss California USA 2008 after being crowned as the winning contestant in December 2007, she was informed hours later that there had been an "accounting error" and she was, in fact, not the winner.

And of course there was this years fiasco at the miss USA pageant!!
Miss California Carrie Prejean's answer to Perez Hilton’s gay marriage question cost Prejean the coveted crown!
Source(s):
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/472000/9_beauty_queen_scandals_tha...


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