Miss North Carolina USA, Brittany Boltinhouse, stripped of title weeks ahead of Miss USA pageant
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Weeks ahead of the 75th annual Miss USA pageant, Miss North Carolina USA 2026, Brittany Boltinhouse, has been stripped of her title, and the runner-up will now assume the new title.
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DUPLIN COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) -- Brittany Boltinhouse, who was recently crowned Miss North Carolina USA 2026, has had her title removed. A Blaize Productions, who organizes the event, issued a statement saying they "made the difficult decision to conclude Brittany Boltinhouse's reign as Miss North Caro…
DUPLIN COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT/WNCN) — Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse has been stripped of her title just over a month after winning the crown and weeks before she was scheduled to represent the state at the national competition.
Brittany Boltinhouse's title as Miss North Carolina USA 2026 was revoked by Blaize Productions after a review of recent information and social media controversies.
First runner-up, Myla Hadley, will represent the state at the Miss USA pageant after Brittany Boltinhouse’s removal A pageant queen recently crowned Miss North Carolina USA has been stripped of her title after a string of alleged racist posts resurfaced.
The Miss USA Organization has stepped in to snatch the crown of Miss North Carolina Brittany Boltinhouse. The organization’s president and CEO Thom Brodeur announced on Wednesday on social media that Boltinhouse’s reign had “come to an end” and that the decision to relinquish her crown was made “tog…
Brittany Boltinhouse, who was crowned as Miss North Carolina USA just over a month ago, has been stripped of her title after concerning "conduct" came to light, organizers say.
Brittany Boltinhouse, the first married and Honduran-American Miss North Carolina USA, lost her title after a review of past social media posts, officials announced.
Brittany Boltinhouse has been dethroned as Miss North Carolina USA 2026, just over a month after winning the title, following the resurfacing of old social media posts that drew public backlash. Leaders of the North Carolina pageant said the organization "does not tolerate racism, homophobia, transp…
Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse had her title removed, with the Miss USA pageant saying it “does not tolerate racism, homophobia, transphobia.”
The Miss USA Organization stripped Brittany Boltinhouse of her Miss North Carolina USA 2026 title just weeks after she was crowned, citing conduct that violated its standards.
The group behind the Miss North Carolina USA contest says the decision to strip the title from 27-year-old Brittany Boltinhouse was a "difficult" one. The Mexican-Honduran model from Beulaville posted messages years ago that the organization said went against its values.
Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse has been stripped of her crown. Miss USA and Miss Teen USA Chairman and CEO Thom Brodeur announced Wednesday that the 27-year-old beauty pageant winner‘s reign had come to an end only 38 days…
Weeks ahead of the 75th annual Miss USA pageant, Miss North Carolina USA 2026, Brittany Boltinhouse, has been stripped of her title, and the runner-up will now assume the new title.
Former Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse says she believes her conservative Christian faith and political views played a role in the pageant organization's decision to strip her of the title just weeks before she was set to compete nationally.
Producers of the Miss North Carolina USA pageant have refuted ex-winner Brittany Boltinhouse’s claim that she was stripped of her crown for being a conservative Christian.
Brittany Boltinhouse claims her conservative Christian beliefs cost her the Miss North Carolina USA crown, but organizers cite her repeated N-word use.
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