Former Miss Kentucky USA Kia Hampton was arrested after she was caught smuggling drugs to her man who is serving time in an Ohio prison. Hampton, 28, was arrested in May. She faces arraignment next week.
Posts Tagged: Miss Kentucky
Djuan Trent, pictured right, came out of the closet in a blog post in response to her state's decision to not recognize out-of-state gay marriages.
"I am queer," wrote Trent, who was crowned Miss Kentucky in 2011.
"For a while, I struggled with the decision of whether or not it was necessary to 'come out,'" the 27-year-old natural beauty wrote in a post on her blog. "...I have realized that there is really no way for people to know that I disagree with their views or, even moreso, to know that they are talking about me, unless I actually open my mouth and say it. I am queer."
According to Yahoo news, Trent is the first publicly known lesbian contestant to have competed at a national level.
A federal judge ruled Kentucky's ban on recognizing same-sex marriages from other states was unconstitutional.
Gov. Steven L. Beshear of Kentucky said the state would hire outside lawyers to defend the state's same-sex marriage ban.
But Kentucky's Attorney General Jack Conway said he would not appeal the judge's ruling because "I would be defending discrimination. That I will not do."
Thanks to loyal reader R. Williams for the tip.