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Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 10:07 PM Jun 2014

Ballot mistake forces Miss Florida officials to reverse decision

TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Just a week after her coronation, the winner of the 2014 Miss Florida pageant was dethroned on Friday when organizers said they had crowned the wrong woman after a vote-count error.

Elizabeth Fechtel, a 20-year-old student at the University of Florida, won this year’s pageant in front of nearly 2,000 spectators last Saturday in St. Petersburg, Florida.

But the ballot counter didn’t see that one of the five judges <Chad?> had changed his mind, writing a new line up on the left-hand side of his ballot. <The notorious butterfly ballet?>

The true Miss Florida contest winner was Victoria Cowen, a 21-year-old student at Florida State University.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/27/ballot-mistake-forces-miss-florida-officials-to-reverse-decision-a-week-after-pageant/

Florida recounts the votes this time. What the hell? Too bad they didn't do this for Gore!
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Ballot mistake forces Miss Florida officials to reverse decision (Original Post) Generic Other Jun 2014 OP
Go Noles! yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #1
Oh you did not say that!! LOL Generic Other Jun 2014 #2
Perhaps customerserviceguy Jun 2014 #3
Wow, there's really going to be bad blood between the two universities now davidpdx Jun 2014 #4
Damn hanging chads! mysuzuki2 Jun 2014 #5
It is the irony of how they can't count Generic Other Jun 2014 #9
It's hard! Separation Jun 2014 #6
Funny Generic Other Jun 2014 #8
Looks like Florida Man ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #7
The hanging chad guy Generic Other Jun 2014 #10
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
1. Go Noles!
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 10:29 PM
Jun 2014

It is a shame.....in this situation perhaps a co-Miss Florida might be the best way to rectify this. It was neither one of the girls faults.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
3. Perhaps
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 11:29 PM
Jun 2014

previous airheads from prior meat parades were counting the votes for these airheads.

Why does the anachronism known as the "beauty pageant" still exist this far into the 21st Century? I thought Donald Trump doing CPR on the concept had finally beaten it to death.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
4. Wow, there's really going to be bad blood between the two universities now
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 11:47 PM
Jun 2014

They could have just let me go out on a date with both and I would have decided for them

mysuzuki2

(3,521 posts)
5. Damn hanging chads!
Sat Jun 28, 2014, 12:30 AM
Jun 2014

I have zero interest in these kind of pageants but it must be difficult and embarrassing for Elizabeth. I hope she is able to put it behind her.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
9. It is the irony of how they can't count
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 04:46 AM
Jun 2014

that got my attention. I think the pageant is dumb, but the women no doubt do not. Where's Katherine Harris to share make-up tips?

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