Former Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse is speaking out after being stripped of her crown weeks before the Miss USA pageant, saying she believes her conservative Christian values played a role in the decision.The Miss USA Organization announced Aug.5 that Boltinhouse had been stripped of her title.
Chairman Thom Brodeur did not specify the conduct behind the decision but said the organization "does not tolerate racism, homophobia, transphobia nor language that strips any person of their dignity," adding that the conduct occurred "over an extended period of time."The decision ended Boltinhouse's reign just weeks after she won the state title and less than three weeks before she was scheduled to represent North Carolina at the 75th annual Miss USA pageant on Aug.27.In an interview Friday with the Carolina Journal, Boltinhouse called losing the title a "blessing in disguise."MISS NORTH CAROLINA USA LOSES CROWN AFTER ORGANIZER CONDEMNS 'RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA'Brittany Boltinhouse was crowned Miss North Carolina just weeks ago, and was set to represent the state at the 75th annual Miss USA pageant on Aug.
27.(Instagram/espino.sosa)"I'm very much at peace and I'm actually glad it happened to me and not some other young lady that, you know, maybe just probably wouldn't make it through what I'm going through right now," Boltinhouse said.
"The scrutiny, my family behind it as well.But I will say that I'm very much at peace and I see the light at the end of the tunnel and I know who I am and I know what I can become."Boltinhouse said a confidentiality agreement prevents her from discussing the circumstances that led to her losing the title, but she said she believes her political and religious views played a role."I believe and think I was stripped from my title because of my political stance and my belief system as a conservative Christian woman," she said."I'm proud of my faith.
I'm proud of my standards.I'm a proud conservative woman, but a Christ...