A woman crowned Miss California 2008, only to be stripped of her title four days later because of a mistake in tabulating votes, has asked that her case be dismissed.
Christina Silva filed suit last April 10 in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging negligence, fraudulent concealment and misrepresentation, false advertising and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Silva, a Latina, also alleged a violation of her civil rights arising from the pageant's alleged decision that the contestant who should win the crown should not be of her race and ethnicity.
Silva's suit listed damages of at least $500,000 and also named as defendants Miss California USA, state pageant director Keith Lewis, K2 Productions, which produced the pageant, and Miss Universe LLP.
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