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'Miss Beverly Hills' moniker has city crying foul - latimes.com
'Miss Beverly Hills' moniker has city crying foul
The designation is claimed by a Miss California USA contestant who opposes gay marriage. But the city says it has no beauty pageant and there is no such title.
By Martha Groves
February 24, 2010 | 4:05 p.m.
Lauren Ashley, a Miss California USA contestant and outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage, claims to represent Beverly Hills; Beverly Hills lays no claim to her whatsoever.
Quite the opposite.
In a statement Wednesday, the city said it was "shocked" by Ashley's description of herself as "Miss Beverly Hills." The city "does not sponsor a beauty pageant and has no association with Miss CaliforniA," the statement said. "As such, there should be no individual claiming the title of Miss Beverly Hills."
The city's statement said Ashley lives in Pasadena and "does not represent Beverly Hills in any capacity."
The issue became a sore point for city officials after Ashley, 23, was quoted extensively as saying same-sex marriage goes against God and the Bible.
She recently told Fox News and other outlets that "in Leviticus it says, 'If man lies with mankind as he would lie with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death and their blood shall be upon them.' The Bible is pretty black and white." <more>
'Miss Beverly Hills' moniker has city crying foul
The designation is claimed by a Miss California USA contestant who opposes gay marriage. But the city says it has no beauty pageant and there is no such title.
By Martha Groves
February 24, 2010 | 4:05 p.m.
Lauren Ashley, a Miss California USA contestant and outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage, claims to represent Beverly Hills; Beverly Hills lays no claim to her whatsoever.
Quite the opposite.
In a statement Wednesday, the city said it was "shocked" by Ashley's description of herself as "Miss Beverly Hills." The city "does not sponsor a beauty pageant and has no association with Miss CaliforniA," the statement said. "As such, there should be no individual claiming the title of Miss Beverly Hills."
The city's statement said Ashley lives in Pasadena and "does not represent Beverly Hills in any capacity."
The issue became a sore point for city officials after Ashley, 23, was quoted extensively as saying same-sex marriage goes against God and the Bible.
She recently told Fox News and other outlets that "in Leviticus it says, 'If man lies with mankind as he would lie with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death and their blood shall be upon them.' The Bible is pretty black and white." <more>