{"id":44606,"date":"2026-08-14T15:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44606"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:31:36","slug":"update-pageant-queen-says-shes-not-at-all-sorry-after-losing-miss-north-carolina-usa-crown-over-n-word-use-its-your-first-amendment-right-to-express-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44606","title":{"rendered":"[UPDATE] Pageant Queen Says She&#8217;s Not At All&#8217; Sorry After Losing Miss North Carolina USA Crown Over N-Word Use: &#8216;It&#8217;s Your First Amendment Right To Express Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t<!-- .ad-spot --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thejasminebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1786641115-1.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-616802\" src=\"https:\/\/thejasminebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1786641115-1-595x587.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejasminebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1786641115-1-595x587.jpeg 595w, https:\/\/thejasminebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1786641115-1-150x148.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/thejasminebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1786641115-1.jpeg 790w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"more-616798\"\/>[UPDATE] Pageant Queen Says She\u2019s Not At All\u2019 Sorry After Losing Miss North Carolina\u00a0USA Crown Over N-Word Use: \u2018It\u2019s Your First Amendment Right To Express Yourself<\/h3>\n<p>Former #<strong>MissNorthCarolina<\/strong> USA <strong>Brittany Boltinhouse<\/strong> says she has no regrets about past use of a racial slur, despite the controversy costing her the pageant title.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with the Daily Mail, Boltinhouse was asked whether she owed an apology for repeatedly using the N-word in resurfaced posts. The 27-year-old flatly rejected the idea, telling the outlet, \u201c<strong>No. Not at all.<\/strong>\u201d She argued she was \u201cunfairly targeted,\u201d adding, \u201c<strong>It\u2019s a constitutional right, it\u2019s your First Amendment right to express yourself \u2026 and I feel like I was ripped of that as a proud American<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boltinhouse has retained legal counsel to argue she was really targeted over her Christian faith and conservative politics \u2014 and maintains that\u2019s the actual reason behind her ouster, not her old social media posts. \u201c<strong>My rights were violated, and I\u2019m going to stand up for myself,<\/strong>\u201d she said, adding that she plans to \u201c<strong>redefine<\/strong>\u201d the narrative others have built around her. Her attorney, Patrick Mincey, echoed that defense, calling the racism, homophobia and transphobia accusations against her \u201c<strong>false slanders and slurs<\/strong>\u201d and arguing her removal had nothing to do with old posts she isn\u2019t apologizing for.<\/p>\n<p>ICYMI: Last week #MissUSA CEO Thom Brodeur announced Boltinhouse had agreed to step down after the posts were discovered. She was quickly replaced with first runner-up Myla Hadley.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Db_DSPTnPp0\/?igsh=NThpbmo4aWY5OWM3<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><br \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- .ad-spot -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[UPDATE] Pageant Queen Says She\u2019s Not At All\u2019 Sorry After Losing Miss North Carolina\u00a0USA Crown Over N-Word Use: \u2018It\u2019s Your First Amendment Right To Express Yourself Former #MissNorthCarolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse says she has no regrets about past use of a racial slur, despite the controversy costing her the pageant title. 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