Miss North Carolina USA, Brittany Boltinhouse, stripped of title weeks ahead of Miss USA pageant
A woman who won the Miss North Carolina USA title in June was stripped of it a couple of months later after the pageant organization said her conduct violated their standards. She says the real reason she lost the title is because of her conservative Christian beliefs.
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13 sourcesMiss North Carolina USA, Brittany Boltinhouse, stripped of title weeks ahead of Miss USA pageant
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