Miss Nevada Katie Rees has been stripped of her crown for allegedly appearing in steamy photographs that reportedly have been circulated on the Internet.
In a statement released Thursday, Paula M. Shugart, president of the Miss Universe Organization, said: “Katie Rees has been relieved of her duties as Miss Nevada USA 2007. First runner-up Helen Salas will assume the title and compete at the 2007 Miss USA Pageant on March 23 in Los Angeles, California.”
In a statement to TV’s Extra, an attorney for the dismissed beauty queen says: “Katie Rees … wants the public to know she was 17 and had a lapse in judgment.”
As for the photos in question, the statement says: “The actions on that evening in subject are in no way indicative of the person she is or the person she has become she is a law-abiding citizen and talented adult. This was an isolated incident that occurred more than five years ago when she was a minor.”
Her attorney, Mario Torres, added in statement to PEOPLE: “We think it is inequitable that Miss USA was allowed a second chance for something she did weeks ago and Katie is being punished for something that happened five years ago.”Source::
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