Right Celebrity (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
Meet Christina Silva, the winner of the 2007 Miss California pageant whose crown was taken away after judges said they miss counted the votes. See her biography, photos and video here. Christina Silva Just in time for the Miss USA 2008 Pageant, Christina Silva has filed a lawsuit alleging fraudulent concealment and misrepresentation, negligence, false advertising, [...]
www.dotspotter.com (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
"I'm not racist, my best friend is Mexican!" So is the sentiment, though not the exact phrasing, of pageant director Keith Lewis after hearing allegations of former Miss California. Lewis said, "I've had three winners since I've been a director. Two have been African American, two of four in the history of the state pageant. And the current Miss California USA is 25 percent Filipino. I think my record...
Hispanic Business Magazine (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Hispanic woman who won the Miss California USA contest only to have her crown yanked days later sued the pageant Thursday for half a million dollars, alleging rigging and racial bias....
LAist (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Remember back in December when due to "human error" in tallying the votes, the crown that was placed on the head of Koreatown's Christina Silva, aka Miss Los Angeles, was placed on the head of Miss Barstow Raquel Beezley making her the winner in the all-important Miss California pageant? Now Silva is seeking $500.000 in a lawsuit over damages of public humiliation and lost prizes citing foul play...
Bitten and Bound (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned or in this case dethroned. Christina Silva was crowned Miss California on November 25, 2007. Three days later she was informed by pageant officials that there had been a mistake. Citing human error, they informed Silva that the actual winner was Raquel Beezley. The [...]
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Christina Silva, who was crowned Miss California USA on November 25th and had her crown revoked three days later, is suing the Miss California USA pageant over allegations of rigging and racial bias.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
admin (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Christina Silva sues the Miss California USA pageant today for $500,000 for stripping her title after four days later of winning the beauty pageant. Silva was crowned the winner last November in Beverly Hills, only to be stripped of her title four days later because of a mistake in tabulating the votes. I think that’s so lame, imagine how [...]
The Hollywood Gossip (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
The Miss USA Pageant airs tomorrow night. And we know one person who won’t be watching it for reasons other than Heather Mills being a judge. TMZ reports that Christina Silva - the dethroned Miss California - has filed a lawsuit against the pageant, seeking $500,000 in damages for “public humiliation, mental anguish and distress, lost [...]
E! Online (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me in public, I'll see you in court. Christina Silva, the beauty queen who was first crowned Miss California USA 2008 before being informed there...
TMZ (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Filed under: Celebrity Justice , Denied! TMZ.com : Don't mess with a pissed-off beauty queen! The former, er, never was Miss California, Christina Silva, has filed suit against the pageant claiming a litany of damages.In the suit, filed today in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Silva is seeking... Read more
http://babesdb.blogspot.com/rss.xml (Free subscription) | 12/08/2007
Raquel Beezley - Miss California USA 2008 Raquel Beezley's Biography Raquel Beezley was crowned Miss California USA 2008 after an apparent accounting mix-up in vote counting had previously crowned Christina Silva. Beezley was originally named second runner-up, but will now represent California at the Miss USA pageant next April due to a counting error with the ballots which made Christina Silva
LAist (Free subscription) | 12/07/2007
Due to "human error" in tallying the votes, the crown that was placed on the head of Koreatown's Christina Silva, aka Miss Los Angeles, was placed on the head of Miss Barstow Raquel Beezley yesterday in Beverly Hills, and Breezley is now the winner in the all-important Miss California pageant. - AP Guess who's getting naked for Peta now? Film star Eva Mendez . And if her poster is any indication,...
Extra Weblog (Free subscription) | 12/06/2007
The woman forced to hand over her title to the real winner of Miss California 2008 is speaking out, telling "Extra" that she may fight for the crown. Christina Silva was first crowned the winner of the pageant, but...
The Hollywood Gossip (Free subscription) | 12/04/2007
Christina Silva enjoyed the title of Miss California for almost as long as Samantha Jade enjoyed her role as Britney Spears replace for a recent music video shoot. Then, as a result of an “accounting error,” Raquel Beezley stepped in and earned the crown. Beauty pageant director, Keith Lewis, claims that several judges questioned the results after [...]
Gone Hollywood (Free subscription) | 12/04/2007
Christina Silva was crowned Miss California USA over a week ago and I hope she enjoyed her time with the crown, because a week is all she’s going to get with it. Pageant officials announced yesterday that there was an accounting mix-up and the wrong girl was crowned. Second runner-up, Raquel Beezely, was the rightful [...]
