PA Beauty Queen Says She's Shocked by $5M Ruling  By: AP Email
By: AP Email  PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pennsylvania beauty queen who
resigned after alleging that the Miss USA pageant had been fixed
says she is stunned by an arbitrator's ruling that she must pay
the pageant organization $5 million for defamation.  Former Miss
Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-
Review that the "most logical course" would be to contest the
ruling, but she's considering her options.  Arbitrator Theodore
Katz says Monnin's allegations that finalists had been selected
in advance were false, harmful and malicious and cost the
pageant a $5 million fee from a potential 2013 sponsor.  Monnin
points to a Miss USA contract clause giving top pageant
officials the power to pick the top five finalists and the
winner, but a company official calls that a catch-all that's
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