Skip to main content

There she goes - Miss Delaware loses her crown

http://isthattrue.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/248fa7038161f4ca129ae4e1e8e39f1c.jpg

248fa7038161f4ca129ae4e1e8e39f1c


A woman stripped of her crown as Miss Delaware because of her age said on Friday she had done nothing wrong by entering the pageant.



Amanda Longacre said she learned on Tuesday that she was disqualified because the Miss Delaware pageant determined she violated the age requirement. On NBC’s “Today” show on Friday, a tearful Longacre said she was consulting a lawyer.


Pageant rules say Miss Delaware contestants must be no older than 24 and cannot turn 25 before the end of the year. Longacre’s 25th birthday is Oct. 22.


She said on Friday she had provided her birth certificate, driver’s license and other documents with her pageant application.


“I did absolutely nothing wrong and I want to make that clear,” Longacre said in an interview with the News Journal of Wilmington.


“Now I have lost everything, my scholarship money for school, my prizes and my crown, all because of a technicality that was not caught by the executive board.”


A resident of Bear, Delaware, Longacre won the title of Miss Delaware on June 14. The winners of state pageants compete in September to become Miss America.


Longacre was replaced this week by the first runner-up in the pageant, Brittany Lewis, 23, of Wilmington, who was crowned at a special ceremony on Thursday.


“It’s like they’re trying to erase me in a way like it never happened,” Longacre said on “Today.” “And it’s not fair because I won outright and I deserve to represent my state and I want the chance still to go to Miss America.”


An attorney for the Miss Delaware pageant, Elizabeth Soucek, said the pageant would have little comment because litigation could be pending.


“All I can say is that there is an age requirement to be eligible to compete in Miss America,” Soucek said.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Celebrating Eid ul Adha 2024: Traditions, Wishes, and Joy

Celebrating Eid ul Adha 2024: Traditions, Wishes, and Joy Muslims around the world are preparing to enjoy this auspicious ocassion of Eid Ul Adha which is a significant event, with joy and devotion. Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) abide the will of Allah Almighty to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to Allah Almighty so this event is remembered as the "Festival of Sacrifice,". This ocassion, also known as Eid al-Adha or Eid Qurban Mubarak, is a time for prayer, charity, and festive gatherings. The Significance of Eid ul Adha There is a special importance of this event in Muslim circles. It is celebrated on the 10th of Last Hajj Months that is Dhul-Hijjah, also the last month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Hajj pilgrimage the most priviliged obligation is also connected to Eid ul Adha. Other than Hijaz around the world the event mostly celebrated by sacrificing animals like goats, sheep, cows, or camels to honor the sacrifice made by Prophet Ibrahim. The meat of sacrificial a...
Post a Comment
Read more

It’s time to test your App-titude!

http://isthattrue.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/53b675ba8661b-1-300x180.jpg Telenor Pakistan’s youth-centric brand djuice, has announced the launch of Apportunity 2014 – a competition for Pakistani students and software developers to create mobile phone applications (apps). Djuice has been organising Apportunity for the past two years and in that short period of time, the competition has gained immense popularity amongst the youth across the country. This year, Apportunity is even bigger than before as djuice has partnered with Microsoft to help bring the competition to the Windows Phone platform besides the already popular Google Android and Apple iOS platforms. Microsoft is also supporting djuice to reach major university incubation centres in order to encourage quality app submissions. Moreover, with the support of Pakistan Software House Association (P@SHA), for the first time, djuice is opening the competition to software houses, as well. Apportunity 2014 has also introduced coac...
Post a Comment
Read more

Playing Women's World Cup on turf not discrimination: CSA

The head of the Canadian Soccer Association is frustrated over suggestions that players are being discriminated against because next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup games are being played on artificial turf. A group of 40 women’s soccer players have threatened a lawsuit because artificial turf will be used at the stadiums. They argue female athletes are being discriminated against because the men’s World Cup is played on natural grass. Canada is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2015 at six sites across the country, with the final scheduled to be played at Vancouver’s BC Place Stadium. CSA president Victor Montagliani said it is up to FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, to comment on the issue of turf, but he said any talk of gender discrimination in the sport in Canada is incorrect. Montagliani says the CSA spends a little over $4 million a year on the women’s program. That’s about twice the amount spent on the men’s program.
Post a Comment
Read more