Racy photos costs Miss Nevada USA her crown

MSNBC ^ | 12/21/2006 | AP

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

NEW YORK - Miss Nevada USA was stripped of her title Thursday after racy photos of her appeared on the Internet, pageant officials said.

Some of the photos show Katie Rees, 22, kissing other young women, exposing one of her breasts and pulling down her pants to show her thong underwear at a party in Tampa, Fla.

“Katie Rees has been relieved of her duties as Miss Nevada USA 2007,” said Paula M. Shugart, president of the Miss Universe Organization, which owns the Miss USA pageant and others.

Rees’ dismissal comes two days after Miss USA Tara Conner was allowed to keep her tiara when she admitted underage drinking at New York bars and agreed to go into rehab and undergo drug testing.

Pageant officials couldn’t immediately provide a telephone number for Rees and said they didn’t know when the photos of her were taken...

[Doctor Raoul]

I smell a press conference coming up...

[Jaded]

Wonder how long it will take Rosie to go off over this.

[SF Republican]

Playboy spread by March

[353FMG]

"Some of the photos show Katie Rees, 22, kissing other young women, exposing one of her breasts and pulling down her pants to show her thong underwear at a party in Tampa, Fla."

I can only believe the story if I see the pictures.

[zarf]

I was going to demand photos, but perhaps that won't be necessary.

[Jaysun]

Let it be noted that when we say we find homosexuality repulsive we're talking about male homosexuality.

On a serious note, it's refreshing to see someone take a stand for decency.

[longtermmemmory]

We should have a telethon to raise money for the high maintence "workforworldpeace" prima donna beauty queen set.

(/s)

[PeterFinn]

Those pageants are harldy a model of virtue to begin with so what's the big deal? It's like criticizing a Democrat for being anti-American or for being a coward. Any girl who struts around on national TV prostituting herself for a scholarship is no paradigm of virtue.

[Clara Lou]

Of all of the parties that I went to in high school and college, this never happened. Girls did not do this. Now they do it for TV cameras. What in the world is going on?

[zarf]

Let it be noted that when we say we find homosexuality repulsive we're talking about male homosexuality.

Any normal American male would agree with that sentiment.

More lipstick lesbianism is fine. It's the homosexuality that's disgusting.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

This act went mainstream after the emergence of the 'Girls Gone Wild' series

[longtermmemmory]

which makes me wonder, in this case there are pictures which are out and about. In the Miss USA case there are no public pictures.

[zarf]

Of all of the parties that I went to in high school and college, this never happened.

Clara Lou? How old are you?

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

I am wondering why this news post disappeared off the FR front page within seconds.

[Clara Lou]

If my age were pertinent to this discussion, I'd tell you. Let me ask you a question: Why would men find women kissing each other "of interest"?

[rlmorel]

Isn't that a lyric from a song...;)

[wolfcreek]

"Let it be noted that when we say we find homosexuality repulsive we're talking about male homosexuality"


I'll have to agree with that! This isn't even about homosexuality. It's about free love, exploration and girls gone wild. This stuff use to happen behind closed doors but now, and mostly because of guys like you and me, it's out of the closet and in public. Hell, if I was a beautiful young woman, I'd probably *do* other beautiful young women, myself.

[BJClinton]

Why would men find women kissing each other "of interest"?

Let me bring in some professionals to help answer that.