HOw do you cheat in a beauty contest? By being too pretty??
To liberal women, she cheated by shaving her legs and armpits.
Apparently, the winner tripped slightly, and some thought Palin might have done it to her. The winner, however (a black woman now in Smyrna), publicly stated that there was no truth to this; Palin praised her afterwards in a personal note, urging her to stay God-centered, that was much appreciated by the winner.