Melissa King(01 of19)
Open Image ModalIn March 2013, the website GirlsDoPorn.com, released a clip in which Melissa King, who was crowned Miss Delaware Teen USA in November, says, "I, Melissa King, am doing this scene of my own free will."King, 18, denied it was her in the film, but shortly after, gave up her title to the runner-up. (credit:ReelMissDeTeen)
Caroline Schwitzsky(02 of19)
Open Image ModalSchwitzky was crowned Miss Weston in a South Florida pageant in 2011 but was then dethroned after officials found out about her 2008 appearance at a New York porn convention in which she was titled "Miss Exxxotica 2008."In a statement to the press she said, "Everybody has a past and every day I live with it. This is my journey. I know the consequences of my actions, but I want to be a role model and show young girls what not to do." (credit:modelurl.com)
Carrie Prejean(03 of19)
Open Image ModalIn 2009, Prejean was crowned Miss California. But then, racy topless photos of her surfaced and Prejean immediately claimed that the first round of photos were the only ones that existed.Soon after, additional topless photos were revealed and Prejean was stripped of her title. Donald Trump said she was terminated because she breached her contract. (credit:AP)
Elyse Umemoto(04 of19)
Open Image ModalShe was crowned Miss Washington in 2008 and took the celebrations a little too far. She posed in her crown in pictures playing beer pong and making explicit hand signs. She was allowed to keep her title but Mike Miller (seen here), the executive director of the Miss Washington Scholarship Organization, called her actions "unflattering and foolish." (credit:AP)
Juliette Kimoto(05 of19)
Open Image ModalCrowned Miss Nevada in 2006, Kimoto was accused of illegally selling diet pills and fake financial services to people and even using fake endorsements from celebrities like Oprah and Obama. She was asked to return $220,000 in cash and assets in a settlement agreement. She is also a devout Morman and a mother of six children. (credit:The Inquisitr)
Alexandria Mills and Mariann Birkedal(06 of19)
Open Image ModalIn the 2010 Miss World Competition, there were rumors that American, Alexandria Mills, took the top spot over Norway's Mariann Birkedal after judges felt pressured to give Birkedal low scores due to bitterness after one of the political prisoners from China won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee is based in Oslo. (credit:Ny Daily News)
Vanessa Williams(07 of19)
Open Image ModalOne of the most famous controversies, in 1984 Williams was forced to resign her title as the first African-American to win Miss America after naked photos of her surfaced from Penthouse Magazine. She took the photos before the competition. (credit:Getty)
Elizabeth Ward(08 of19)
Open Image ModalShe was named Miss Arkansas in 1981 and she created her own scandal when she told the New York Daily News that she had consensual sex with Bill Clinton when he was the governor of Arkansas. (credit:AP)
Tracy Lippard(09 of19)
Open Image ModalIn 1994, former Virginia beauty queen Lippard was convicted of two counts of second-degree attempted murder. Apparently she tried to kill a former boyfriend after he missed her Miss Williamsburg pageant and then tried to kill his suspected lover. (credit:AP)
Lindsay Evans(10 of19)
Open Image ModalShe was crowned Miss Louisiana Teen in 2008 and then dine and dashed at a Louisiana restaurant. She left her purse and a bag of marijuana was found inside of it. She was arrested on one count of possession and theft. (credit:Getty)
Sarah J. Richardson(11 of19)
Open Image ModalSheena Monnin(12 of19)
Open Image ModalIn this photo provided by the Miss Universe Organization, Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin competes during the 2012 Miss USA Presentation Show on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 in Las Vegas. Monnin resigned her crown claiming the contest is rigged, but according to organizers the beauty queen was upset over the decision to allow transgender contestants to enter. A posting on Monnin's Facebook page claims another contestant learned the names of the top 5 finishers on Sunday morning, hours before the show was broadcast. (AP Photo/Miss Universe Organization, Darren Decker) (credit:AP Photo/Miss Universe Organization, Darren Decker)
Tara Conner(13 of19)
Open Image ModalMiss USA 2006 Tara Conner, above at the Miss USA 2007 pageant, was caught partying too hard in the year after being crowned while living at a Trump Place apartment with Miss Teen USA 2006.Conner tested positive for cocaine and was seen publicly kissing Miss Teen USA 2006 Katie Blair. Conner was not dethroned on the condition that she enter rehab. (credit:AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Katie Blair(14 of19)
Open Image ModalMiss Teen USA 2006 Katie Blair is shown making an appearance on MTV's Total Request Live in 2007. Blair lived with Miss USA 2006 Tara Conner in the year after her win in a Trump Place apartment in New York and allegedly leaked stories of their drinking and drug use, prompting the group Mothers Against Drunk Driving to fire her as a spokesperson. (credit:AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Laura Zinuga(15 of19)
Open Image ModalLaura Zuniga was crowned Miss Sinaloa 2008 at the Pacific resort city Mazatlan, Mexico, July 2, 2008. Zuniga, a 23-year-old model, was arrested at a military checkpoint, just outside the city of Guadalajara, after she was found riding with suspected gang members in a truck filled with weapons and cash.(AP) (credit:AP)
Rima Fakih(16 of19)
Open Image ModalFormer Miss USA Rima Fakih appears before Judge Brigette Officer during a hearing and ordered to stand trial on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge at 30th District Court in Highland Park, Mich. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. The judge set a March 14 trial date, but lawyers on both sides said they planned to talk in an attempt to resolve the case sooner. (Gary Malerba, AP) (credit:Gary Malerba, AP)
Kumari Fulbright(17 of19)
Open Image ModalKumari Fulbright is shown in this undated photo provided by the Tucson Police Department in Tucson, Ariz. Fulbright, 25, was indicted with three men Dec. 18, 2007, by a Pima County Superior Court grand jury on charges of kidnapping, armed robbery, aggravated robbery and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, the Arizona Daily Star reported. Fulbright, was Miss Pima County in 2005 and Miss Desert Sun in 2006, and sought the title of Miss Arizona during those years. (Tucson Police Department / AP) (credit:Tucson Police Department / AP)
Catalina Robayo Vargas(18 of19)
Open Image ModalColombian Catalina Robayo Vargas takes the runway during the swimsuit parade, before being crowned Miss Colombia 2010, during the beauty contest in Cartagena, on November 15, 2010. (AFP / Getty Images) (credit:AFP / Getty Images)
Prison Beauty Pageant (19 of19)
Open Image ModalWell, this is interesting. In 2004, a Sao Paulo prison had inmates participate in a beauty pageant to choose the most beautiful prisoner. (credit:AP)