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Updated · Fox News · Aug 8

Brittany Boltinhouse Says Miss USA Ouster Came Weeks Before Aug. 27 Pageant Over Christian Views

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Aug 8

Brittany Boltinhouse Says Miss USA Ouster Came Weeks Before Aug. 27 Pageant Over Christian Views

Q: How did a beauty queen's secret alias hide years of racist posts from organizers until after she won the crown?

It appears the posts were missed because they were not tied to Brittany Boltinhouse’s public name during the vetting process. Reports say the racist messages were made between 2017 and 2019 under an alias, “Sosa the Stallion,” rather than under “Brittany Boltinhouse,” which would have made them harder for organizers to find in routine background checks focused on a contestant’s known identity and public-facing accounts. That alias was not entirely random: Boltinhouse reportedly uses “Sosa” on social media, but the offending posts were old and only resurfaced after her June win, when public scrutiny intensified and people began connecting the username to her. Local reporting indicated the posts were circulated in social media comments after a TV story about her victory, prompting pageant officials to review them. Miss USA chairman and CEO Thom Brodeur said state titleholders are “recruited, vetted and approved for competition at the state level” and that the organization acted “as soon as this reached us.” He also said the issue was not one isolated comment but conduct “over an extended period of time,” suggesting the material had not been previously flagged by organizers because it was not uncovered until others brought it forward. In short, the alias appears to have shielded the posts from standard vetting until after Boltinhouse won, when outside scrutiny connected the account to her and triggered the review that led to her removal.

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Less than three weeks before the Aug. 27 Miss USA pageant, Brittany Boltinhouse said losing her Miss North Carolina USA crown was tied to her identity as a "conservative Christian woman."
Aug. 5 marked the organization’s decision to strip her title, though chairman Thom Brodeur did not detail the conduct and said only that it involved behavior over an extended period violating rules against racism, homophobia and transphobia.
A confidentiality agreement bars Boltinhouse from discussing the underlying circumstances, and she said she was not given enough information to know whether her support for Donald Trump played any role.
Myla Hadley, the first runner-up, will now represent North Carolina, while Brodeur said accountability should not become personal cruelty toward Boltinhouse.