Miss North Carolina USA was stripped of her crown weeks before the Miss USA pageant after organizers cited an extended pattern of conduct violating the organization’s standards.

Miss USA Chairman Thom Brodeur did not specify what conduct prompted the decision to take the crown away from Brittany Boltinhouse but said in a statement that the organization “does not tolerate racism, homophobia, transphobia nor language that strips any person of their dignity,” adding the conduct occurred “over an extended period of time.”

The decision ends Boltinhouse’s reign just weeks after she won the state title and less than three weeks before she was…

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