Apr 11 2008
Christina Silva Files A Lawsuit.
Christina Silva filed a lawsuit against the Miss California pageant director/other responsible bodies and she sought a sum of $500,000 for public humiliation, mental stress, lost opportunities, lost prizes and lost monies.
Christina Silva was originally crowned Miss California 2008 last Nov. 25, 2007. Three days after that, the pageant director told her that there was a mistake and they confisicated her crown. The accounting department made a mistake with the names and another contestant, Raquel Beezley, was the real winner.
Christina claimed that the pageant director hated her for her Ecuadoran and Mexican roots. However, she seemed to forget that Raquel Beezley is a quarter Filipino and mixed descent too.
The Miss USA pageant will air on Friday night on NBC.