Miss USA 2009 Carrie Prejean made headlines

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Let’s take a look at controversial beauty queens across the world!

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Miss USA 2009 Carrie Prejean made headlines for her topless appearance on a beach, when she was in her twenties.

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When Yu Wenxia won the Miss World 2012 title, rumour had it that the contest was rigged and her victory was pre-decided.

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Miss Delaware Teen USA 2013 Melissa King was asked to strip off her crown, when a porn video she had done in the past was leaked out in public.

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Miss Earth Canada 2008 and Miss World Canada 2010 Denise Garrido was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2013. Apparently, two days after the pageant, the committee took away the title and gave it to Riza Santos due to a mistake.

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Miss USA 2006 Tara Conner too had her share of controversy. After she won the crown, she was acquitted for inappropriate behaviour at New York bars. Later, she was dethroned and it was also announced that she was to join rehab.

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Mexican model and former beauty queen Laura Zúñiga was embroiled in drug trafficking scandal in 2008.

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Miss Honduras World 2014 María José Alvarado was murdered prior to Miss World 2014 beauty pageant.

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Miss World 1974 Helen Morgan gave up her title and crown on the grounds of having a son.

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Miss America 1984 Vanessa Williams became the first black Miss America, but soon after winning the crown, her nude photos were published in a magazine. Eventually, she was dethroned.

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Miss World 1973 Marjorie Wallace was asked to strip off her title because she failed to fulfil the basic requirements of the job. She was found busy dating celebrities like Tom Jones, George Best and Peter Revson.

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