Family of dethroned Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse slams organization for ‘saving face’: report

“I think it’s important to put her truth out and have the proper narrative out versus a narrative that is saving the face [of] an organization,” a relative told said.

August 07, 2026 8:58 AM ET Miss USA CEO Thom Brodeur announced that newly crowned Miss North Carolina USA, Brittany Boltinhouse, was stripped of her title weeks after winning the 2026 pageant.Brodeur issued a lengthy statement Aug. 5 on Instagram, but didn’t fully disclose the reason for the abrupt change. He said the

Miss North Carolina USA 2026 has been stripped of her title just weeks after winning the crown.