Former Miss Nevada USA Katie Rees, second from right, listens to her lawyer Mario E. Torres III, right, during a press conference while flanked by her parents, Shannon and David Rees, in Clearwater, Fla., yesterday. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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MIAMI - The former Miss Nevada USA, dethroned over raunchy photos posted online, apologized yesterday as her lawyer pleaded for the pageant queen to be given a second chance.
Katie Rees, who appeared in photos revealing a breast, exposing her thong underwear and kissing other young women at a party in Tampa, said her behavior was an “isolated incident.”
“I am so sorry this happened,” she said at a news conference in Clearwater, reading a prepared statement. “So many of us don’t realize how our actions, even one night of poor judgment, can affect the rest of our lives.”
Her lawyer, Mario E. Torres III of Tampa, asked that Miss Universe Organization co-owner Donald Trump grant Rees the same opportunity he gave Miss USA Tara Conner, who was allowed to keep her tiara after she tearfully admitted drinking as a minor at New York nightclubs.
A Miss Universe spokeswoman has said organization president Paula Shugart made the decision to strip Rees of her title and Trump supported it. An e-mail sent to a secretary for Trump was not immediately answered yesterday.
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