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"The expectation in holding the crown was that she maintain the image she had when she won it," a spokeswoman for the pageant said.
O'Neil, on the other hand, maintains that the organizer told her that she wouldn't go far, in life, because of the teen's alleged attitude (as well as, presumably, her hair color). "Well you better decide, miss," O'Neil said she was told. "Hand over your crown with an attitude like that. I'm sure someone will step into your place with manners."
It's one thing to take away a pageant-winner's crown if she's done something particularly scandalous, or, say, Carrie Prejean-esque. But dying her hair brown? That seems oppressive in a particularly offensive way. What do you guys think? Should a teenage girl -- beauty queen or no -- be discriminated against for going brunette?
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