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I ::Heart:: Beauty Queen Drama

Raquel Beezley and Christina Silva, Pictures, Photos

Honestly, sometimes I don’t even know why we bother following the lives of movie stars and television actors. I think I would be perfectly content just to follow the existences of beauty queens.

Remember Christina Silva, the Miss California who had to give up her crown after officials notified her that there was an “accounting error”?

Well, she’s suing their asses to the tune of $500K, for “public humiliation, mental anguish and distress, lost opportunities, lost prizes and lost monies paid to and expended on her behalf.”

The former Miss Los Angeles was named the winner of the run-up to the Miss USA pageant on Nov. 25; three days later Miss California officials informed her of the “human error” that led to the screwup and asked her to please call the real winner, Miss Barstow Raquel Beezley, to pass on the news.

Silva was told she could keep the actual crown and the $4,500 Miss California USA necklace she had been given—as well as recoup her $1,500 entry fee and compete again for free.

They asked her to call Raquel Beezley herself? Dude, I would be suing them for $500 MILLION. That is such bullshit, and reflects really, really poorly on the Miss Universe organization. Not that the Miss Universe organization had previously been a bastion of integrity, but, ya know. It’s total bullshit. I hope she wins the $500K plus a lot more.

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