Miss America Kira Kazantsev Kicked Out of Sorority for Hazing
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Miss America Kira Kazantsev was kicked out of her Long Island college sorority after a hazing scandal, she admitted on “Good Morning America” Tuesday morning.
“Under the broad definition of hazing, yes, I was involved,” she said. “At the time, unfortunately, that was just the culture of the university, and I was hazed, and I was kind of brought up through the organization thinking that is appropriate behavior…”
The newly crowned pageant queen, whose platform in the competition was anti-domestic abuse, was kicked out of Hofstra University’s Alpha Phi sorority last year after she sent an email ahead of an event to members of her sorority that she said was misinterpreted.
“In the email I made a joke that was taken out of context and forwarded,” she said.
So what was the joke? “That we would make the evening scary for the pledges.”
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Miss America’s classmates: Hazing at Hofstra University sororities was ‘intense,’ ‘aggressive’
By Leora Arnowitz.
On Monday the Miss America pageant confirmed that Kira Kazantsev was ousted from her Hofstra University sorority amid a hazing scandal. Kazantsev admitted on Tuesday she was guilty of hazing “under the broad definition of hazing.”
We talked to two Hofstra students about the allegations of hazing in sororities at the school.
One classmate of Kazantsev, who ran in the same circle of friends as the beauty queen, told FOX411 she believes Miss America’s side of the story—that the hazing she engaged in did not go any further than making pledges recite information and participate in “a few sleepless nights crafting.”
“As far as I know of Kira, she’s a very respectable woman and I would believe her over hearsay, but that’s just my personal opinion,” the insider told us. “She’s a really nice person.”
But the 24-year-old, who had several classes with Kazantsev, 23, admitted she’d heard rumors about some harsh hazing practices at Hofstra sororities.
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