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Christina Silva Sues Miss California USA Pageant, Claiming Racism

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“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.

The pageant director rejected the claims, saying winners during his tenure have been some of the pageant’s most racially diverse ever.

Christina Silva, 24, was crowned Miss California USA on Nov. 25. Three days later, the pageant’s executive director, Keith Lewis, told her “there has been a mistake and you are not the winner,” according to the lawsuit filed in Superior Court.”*

*From: www.abcnews.go.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

Posted on: April 12th, 2008
Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Top Stories
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