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alp227

(32,023 posts)
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 05:51 PM Sep 2014

Miss America Was Kicked Out of Her Sorority for Abusive Hazing

On paper, Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev reads like a forward-thinking person's dream of what a beauty queen could be. She's a trilingual honors student who's publicly passionate about women's health and down to clown with Jimmy Kimmel; she's got a squeaky-clean image and a squeaky-clean resume. But it's missing one unflattering detail.

In late April 2013, Jezebel has learned, Kazantsev and a friend were both kicked out of the Alpha Phi sorority at Hofstra University on Long Island after hazing pledges. At the time, Kazantsev was serving as the sorority's head of recruitment.

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Kazantsev's Miss New York press kit describes a daughter of Russian immigrants who is fluent in Spanish and Russian and maintained a 3.6 GPA while triple majoring in Political Science, Geography, and Global Studies at Hofstra. And under "leadership roles," listed right under a platform called "Love Shouldn't Hurt"—a timely and important advocacy push against domestic violence—you'll learn that Kazantsev served as "Alpha Phi Sorority New Member Educator and Recruitment Committee President."

full: http://jezebel.com/miss-america-was-kicked-out-of-her-sorority-for-abusive-1636095561

Wow. What a fraud she is, campaigning against domestic violence despite hazing in a sorority.

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Miss America Was Kicked Out of Her Sorority for Abusive Hazing (Original Post) alp227 Sep 2014 OP
Okay??? So a blog perports to have whistler162 Sep 2014 #1
The Miss America org confirmed she was thrown out of her sorority muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #2
"exceptional ambassador"??? PFFFFFFFT! nt alp227 Sep 2014 #3
That really doesn't tell you anything whistler162 Sep 2014 #9
NY Daily News big_dog Sep 2014 #6
Aw man? New York Daily News? trof Sep 2014 #8
Time to end beauty pagents. Dawson Leery Sep 2014 #4
The time for that was when they started to need surgery to compete Warpy Sep 2014 #10
That whole contest is a farce. John Oliver tore it up this past week. MADem Sep 2014 #5
Let me just say, what a load of shit... joeybee12 Sep 2014 #7
jezebel is not a right wing site. Nt alp227 Sep 2014 #11
No, but seriously, if this were true, she would have not been joeybee12 Sep 2014 #13
Apparently it's true. cwydro Sep 2014 #12
I think there was something, but I doubt it was as awful as this joeybee12 Sep 2014 #14

muriel_volestrangler

(101,315 posts)
2. The Miss America org confirmed she was thrown out of her sorority
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 06:41 PM
Sep 2014

Their statement:



Kira has been fully transparent with the MissAmerica Organization about her termination from the Alpha Phi sorority. It's unfortunate that this incident has been exploited to create a storyline that distracts from what we should be focusing on: Kira's impressive academic achievements at Hofstra University, including earning a triple major from the Honors College and her commitment to serving her community. Kira is an exceptional ambassador for the MissAmerica Organization, and we are excited to be a part of her journey as a force for good across our nation, promoting education and service and working to empower young women.
 

whistler162

(11,155 posts)
9. That really doesn't tell you anything
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 07:56 PM
Sep 2014

other than that she was terminated from the Sorority. A lot of innuendo and she said going around. How about something from the sorority or the university.

 

big_dog

(4,144 posts)
6. NY Daily News
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 07:19 PM
Sep 2014

Miss America engaged in ‘dirty pledging’ at Hofstra University sorority: report
Beauty queen Kira Kazantsev was booted from the Long Island college’s Alpha Phi sorority in 2013 for abusive hazing of pledges, according to a bombshell report. An ex-pledge told website Jezebel that Kazantsev was a mean girl who made recruits’ lives ‘a living hell.’ Miss America officials responded: ‘It's unfortunate that this incident has been exploited.’ http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1948701.1411417631!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/missamerica23n-3-web.jpg

Warpy

(111,256 posts)
10. The time for that was when they started to need surgery to compete
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 07:56 PM
Sep 2014

and now it's the whitewashed resume. Just end it, already.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
7. Let me just say, what a load of shit...
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 07:32 PM
Sep 2014

It's manufactured shit from the conservative scum in this country who found out she interned at planned parenthood...if it was really true and awful, she would not have even been allowed in the Miss New York contest.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
13. No, but seriously, if this were true, she would have not been
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 09:32 PM
Sep 2014

able to enter...they learned their lesson with Vanessa Williams

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
12. Apparently it's true.
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 09:29 PM
Sep 2014

Jezebel has an article too, and in that one the pageant officials acknowledge that they knew of it.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
14. I think there was something, but I doubt it was as awful as this
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 09:32 PM
Sep 2014

is making it seem...remember Vanessa Williams? Trust me, they vet these ladies now.

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