Former Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse is breaking her silence about losing her title weeks after winning the state pageant.
A Blaize Productions, which holds the state license for the Miss North Carolina USA pageant, said in an Aug. 5 statement the decision to take back Boltinhouse's title "followed a thorough review of recently surfaced information" that did not uphold the organization's standards and values.
In a video interview with Carolina Journal posted Aug. 7, Boltinhouse said she believes her political and religious beliefs played a role in the removal of her winning title, while clarifying she couldn't get into specifics because of a confidentiality clause she'd signed. She added that she is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a known Mormon.