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On paper, Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev reads like a forward-thinking person's dream of what a beauty queen could be. She's a trilingual honors student who's publicly passionate about women's health and down to clown with Jimmy Kimmel; she's got a squeaky-clean image and a squeaky-clean resume. But it's missing one unflattering detail.
In late April 2013, Jezebel has learned, Kazantsev and a friend were both kicked out of the Alpha Phi sorority at Hofstra University on Long Island after hazing pledges. At the time, Kazantsev was serving as the sorority's head of recruitment.
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Kazantsev's Miss New York press kit describes a daughter of Russian immigrants who is fluent in Spanish and Russian and maintained a 3.6 GPA while triple majoring in Political Science, Geography, and Global Studies at Hofstra. And under "leadership roles," listed right under a platform called "Love Shouldn't Hurt"a timely and important advocacy push against domestic violenceyou'll learn that Kazantsev served as "Alpha Phi Sorority New Member Educator and Recruitment Committee President."
full: http://jezebel.com/miss-america-was-kicked-out-of-her-sorority-for-abusive-1636095561
Wow. What a fraud she is, campaigning against domestic violence despite hazing in a sorority.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)dirt on Miss America, can they back it up with facts?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,368 posts)Their statement:
Kira has been fully transparent with the MissAmerica Organization about her termination from the Alpha Phi sorority. It's unfortunate that this incident has been exploited to create a storyline that distracts from what we should be focusing on: Kira's impressive academic achievements at Hofstra University, including earning a triple major from the Honors College and her commitment to serving her community. Kira is an exceptional ambassador for the MissAmerica Organization, and we are excited to be a part of her journey as a force for good across our nation, promoting education and service and working to empower young women.
alp227
(32,060 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)other than that she was terminated from the Sorority. A lot of innuendo and she said going around. How about something from the sorority or the university.
big_dog
(4,144 posts)Miss America engaged in dirty pledging at Hofstra University sorority: report
Beauty queen Kira Kazantsev was booted from the Long Island colleges Alpha Phi sorority in 2013 for abusive hazing of pledges, according to a bombshell report. An ex-pledge told website Jezebel that Kazantsev was a mean girl who made recruits lives a living hell. Miss America officials responded: It's unfortunate that this incident has been exploited. http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1948701.1411417631!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/missamerica23n-3-web.jpg
trof
(54,256 posts)sheesh
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Warpy
(111,358 posts)and now it's the whitewashed resume. Just end it, already.
MADem
(135,425 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)It's manufactured shit from the conservative scum in this country who found out she interned at planned parenthood...if it was really true and awful, she would not have even been allowed in the Miss New York contest.
alp227
(32,060 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)able to enter...they learned their lesson with Vanessa Williams
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Jezebel has an article too, and in that one the pageant officials acknowledge that they knew of it.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)is making it seem...remember Vanessa Williams? Trust me, they vet these ladies now.