It’s not all beauty and grace at this year’s Miss America pageant. Miss New York was reportedly recorded talking badly about her fellow competitors, most notably Miss America herself calling her ‘fat as ****.’
According to Page Six, Miss New York, Nina Davuluri, was recorded in her hotel room shortly after her July 16 crowning allegedly calling Miss America “fat as ****.”
A source explains, “Davuluri invited friends back to her hotel room after her win. A girl in the next room overheard their conversation, and was so offended she decided to tape part of it. A friend of Davuluri was supposedly heard making racist remarks, and Davuluri is allegedly heard on the tape blasting Miss America, ‘Mallory’s fat as [bleep].’ The recording has been making the rounds of pageant contestants and officials.”
The source also notes that Duvuluri’s “ comments were brought to the board of the Miss America pageant,” but so far the board has denied that Duvuluri did anything wrong.
Page Six notes that Davuluri has since posted an apology on her Facebook page, claiming the comments were made by people she “thought” were her “supporters.”
A rep for Miss America refutes the story saying, “The situation was investigated fully back in July and there is no validity to the story whatsoever. Miss New York spoke to Mallory Hagan to let her know there was no validity and to apologize if she was offended in any way.”