Miss North Carolina USA stripped of title over ‘recently surfaced information’

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Trending on The Hill - August 6, 2026

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(NEXSTAR) – Brittany Boltinhouse, who was crowned as Miss North Carolina USA just over a month ago, has been stripped of her title after a review of “recently surfaced information,” pageant organizers say.

The news was shared Tuesday in separate statements from A Blaize Productions, which produces the Miss USA North Carolina pageant, and Thom Brodeur, the president and CEO of the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA organizations.

Brodeur said a statement from Boltinhouse was forthcoming as well.

A Blaize Productions did not detail the “recently surfaced information” that prompted the decision to remove Boltinhouse from her title. But in Brodeur’s........

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