About one month after being crowned Miss North Carolina USA, Brittany Boltinhouse has been dethroned.
The Aug. 5 decision by the pageant organizers, A-Blaize Productions, was sanctioned by the Miss USA Organization.
A string of old social media posts containing racial slurs, including the n-word, were brought to the organizers’ attention. According to the pageant organizers, the posts were written under the alias Sosa the Stallion.
Social Media Posts Get Pageant Queen Dethroned
The posts in question, as detailed by local outlet The NC Beat, spanned years, stretching from 2017 to 2019, and were littered with phrases like “not yo ngga” and “your girl don’t like me but yo ngga doesssss.”
In one post from 2019, she allegedly wrote, “Ngga I’m toxic asf…i dont care lol.”
The organizers said the decision to end her short reign was “not made lightly.” It “followed a thorough review of recently surfaced information and was based on the totality of the circumstances and our responsibility to preserve the integrity of the Miss North Carolina USA title and the values of our organization,” they said in a statement.
“As an organization entrusted with selecting and preparing women to represent our states on the national stage, we must uphold the standards and values that our titleholders agree to embrace when accepting the honor of wearing the crown.”
The Honduran-Mexican model, who lives in the Wilmington area of North Carolina, was the first woman of Honduran heritage to win the Miss North Carolina USA title. The 27-year-old is also an entrepreneur behind two businesses in Leland, FloorMasters and TurfMasters.
Thom Brodeur, president and CEO of Miss USA, said in an August 5 statement posted to Instagram that the brand “does not tolerate racism, homophobia, transphobia, nor language that strips any person of their dignity—whoever they are.”
“That is not a policy written for a press release,” Brodeur said. “It is the floor of what it means to represent this brand.”
Pageant Community Speaks Out
But a social media account called “Pageants Honduras” pushed back in the comments of Brodeur’s post. “Other former titleholders from both the current and previous organizations have done similar things and didn’t face the same consequences. So why is it different with Britt?” they wrote. “People grow, mature, and change their perspectives over time; everyone deserves to be judged by who they are today, not only by their past!”
A Black contestant for Miss New Jersey USA 2026, Edwina VanOtoo, chimed into the comments, saying the crown represents “far more than beauty.”
She wrote, “It represents responsibility, integrity, and the character you carry when no one is watching.”
Boltinhouse took accountability and apologized, Brodeur said, but he added: “It does not undo the harm, and it does not change the outcome. It is the beginning of the only thing that ever repairs harm, which is change.”
The crown has been passed to first runner-up Myla Hadley, a Black woman, who will represent North Carolina in the 75th annual Miss USA competition in Miami, Florida, starting on Aug. 24.
