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Will Miss America Kira Kazantsev be forced to relinquish crown in wake of sorority hazing scandal?
Fox News ^ | 09/24/2014 | Diana Falzone

Posted on 09/24/2014 2:54:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Just a week into her reign as Miss America 2015, Kira Kazantsev has had to answer questions about a three month internship at Planned Parenthood and getting kicked out of her Hofstra University sorority for abusive hazing.

“Under the broad definition of hazing, yes, I was involved,” Kazantsev told "Good Morning America" on Tuesday. “At the time, unfortunately, that was just the culture of the university, and I was hazed, and I was kind of brought up through the organization thinking that is appropriate behavior.”

While the story made headlines and forced Kazantsev to explain her actions on national television, the Miss America pageant claimed they knew about Kazantsev’s troubles at her sorority all along.

"Kira has been fully transparent with the Miss America Organization about her termination from the Alpha Phi sorority," a Miss America Organization spokesperson told FOX411. "It's unfortunate that this incident has been exploited to create a storyline that distracts from what we should be focusing on: Kira's impressive academic achievements at Hofstra University."

Miss America 2010 Caressa Cameron said the organization sits the winner down immediately after she’s crowned and directly asks her if she has any skeletons in her closet.

“One of the very first things that happens when a Miss America wins the crown is the organization asking if there’s anything in the winner’s background because of the morality clause,” she said. “If there was something that would detract from her reign, the organization would have handled immediately and taken proactive measures.”

Jonathan Bernstein, President of Bernstein Crisis Management, said it’s unlikely the Miss American organization knew about the sorority scandal prior to the media reports, and is most likely doing damage control.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: hazing; hofstra; missamerica; sorority
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To: SeekAndFind

Read the original scoop on Jezebel (link below if you can stand their bs). Seems this was not some sorority wide crackdown but rather a specific expulsion of Mizz America and a friend who were in charge of the pledges and gave them the full abusive b#$%^ treatment. I guess it’s not shocking that someone who would volunteer at an abortuary would be abusive towards powerless freshmen under her thumb.

http://jezebel.com/miss-america-was-kicked-out-of-her-sorority-for-abusive-1636095561


21 posted on 09/24/2014 3:15:10 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

Agree. Homely looking if you ask me. (of course no one asked me)


22 posted on 09/24/2014 3:15:25 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: SeekAndFind

guilty! with extreme predjuice and much re-educational discipline required


23 posted on 09/24/2014 3:16:35 PM PDT by drewh
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To: SeekAndFind
I believe the Miss America pageant is corrupt. Three straight years and Miss New York becomes Miss America. Ya right.
24 posted on 09/24/2014 3:17:03 PM PDT by freedom1st
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To: SeekAndFind
MISS VIRGINIA WAS 2nd... Courtney Garrett...



She would take over if NY Lib gets the boot.
25 posted on 09/24/2014 3:19:55 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Her win was a big surprise. I hate to say it but they have made it obvious that Miss America is obsolete. I am not a feminist at all. They have just dumbed it down. I do like that the girls look more athletic and not just skinny. But when a girl singing the movie version of a pop song, not perfectly at that, wins it is disappointing. Her talent could have been seen in any smaller venue. The questions are all predictable as well as answers. If a contestant answers with any uniqueness they do not stand a chance. I don’t think I will watch again and I can’t help but wonder when they will allow drag queens to enter. Or when will Mr. America get the same opportunity? I guess it was inevitable.


26 posted on 09/24/2014 3:22:46 PM PDT by outinyellowdogcountry
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Something looks very strange at the bridge and inner eye area, as if she has had some tucks there.


27 posted on 09/24/2014 3:22:48 PM PDT by Nevadan
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To: SeekAndFind

Not that great looking. Had to be a fix to get her to win.


28 posted on 09/24/2014 3:24:41 PM PDT by vpintheak (Keep calm and Fire for Effect!)
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To: Perdogg
If the hazing had to do with lesbian sex, then they will not make her walk. If bullying some ugly girl then she will have to go. The abortion thing just added another plus to her resume.
29 posted on 09/24/2014 3:24:50 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: BigEdLB

She should have won for so many reasons. Let’s hope what you see on the outside matches the inside.


30 posted on 09/24/2014 3:25:06 PM PDT by outinyellowdogcountry
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To: SeekAndFind

I wonder what the people she hazed are thinking. If I were them, I’d be making a lot of noise.


31 posted on 09/24/2014 3:27:04 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Tadpole photo: Toad to Be taddpoolleee.gif

She has the chin of a tadpole.

32 posted on 09/24/2014 3:27:15 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: SeekAndFind

She looks like a younger Ab-Whore-Shun Barbie a/k/a Wendy Davis.


33 posted on 09/24/2014 3:28:55 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Sorority/fraternity hazing? Give me fricking break..........

I find it odd that they never mentioned the alleged incident where she once kicked a puppy.........

34 posted on 09/24/2014 3:29:20 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
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To: SeekAndFind

Her talent sucked and her body ain’t all that great.

She stinks.


35 posted on 09/24/2014 3:29:27 PM PDT by dforest
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To: easternsky

I think they would give the boot. Forced sex is forced sex, animal, vegetable or mineral...


36 posted on 09/24/2014 3:30:17 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: outinyellowdogcountry

I'll drink to that!
37 posted on 09/24/2014 3:32:27 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Her association with Planned Predators is disgusting. Not such a pretty face either.


38 posted on 09/24/2014 3:33:27 PM PDT by laweeks
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

Agreed!


39 posted on 09/24/2014 3:39:30 PM PDT by JSDude1
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To: BigEdLB

Yes, and I am happy that she is a Liberty U. student as well, just my kind of girl (especially because I have an undergrad from there from about 10 years ago)!~


40 posted on 09/24/2014 3:40:30 PM PDT by JSDude1
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