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(CBS/AP) PITTSBURGH - Pennsylvania beauty queen Sheena Monnin, who resigned after alleging that the 2012 Miss USA pageant had been fixed, says she is stunned by an arbitrator's ruling that she must pay the pageant organization $5 million for defamation.
The former Miss Pennsylvania USA tells the Pittsburgh Tribune- Review that the "most logical course" would be to contest the ruling, but she's considering her options.
Monnin resigned in June after alleging that the finalists of the May Miss USA Pageant in Las Vegas had been chosen in advance, the Tribune Review reports.
Arbitrator Theodore Katz says Monnin's accusations were false, harmful and malicious and cost the pageant a $5 million fee from a potential 2012 sponsor.
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(CBS/AP) PITTSBURGH - Pennsylvania beauty queen Sheena Monnin, who resigned after alleging that the 2012 Miss USA pageant had been fixed, says she is stunned by an arbitrator's ruling that she must pay the pageant organization $5 million for defamation.
The former Miss Pennsylvania USA tells the Pittsburgh Tribune- Review that the "most logical course" would be to contest the ruling, but she's considering her options.
Monnin resigned in June after alleging that the finalists of the May Miss USA Pageant in Las Vegas had been chosen in advance, the Tribune Review reports.
Arbitrator Theodore Katz says Monnin's accusations were false, harmful and malicious and cost the pageant a $5 million fee from a potential 2012 sponsor.
MORE