Karina Brez

Karina Brez
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born Karina Brez
June 19, 1988
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
Hair color Brown
Eye color Brown
Title(s) Miss Florida USA 2012
Major
competition(s)		 Miss Florida USA 2012
(Winner)
Miss USA 2012
(Unplaced)

Karina Brez is a Ukrainian American beauty pageant titleholder. She is a graduate of the Gemological Institute of America.

Brez won the Miss Florida USA 2012 pageant and the Miss South Florida USA local title in February 2011.[1][2] Shortly before the Miss Florida pageant, some racy lingerie pictures Brez had done came to light. Several contestants thought she should not have been allowed to compete for Misa USA.[3]

Brez went on to compete in the Miss USA pageant on June 3 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She got caught up in some controversy at the pageant. "Backstage during the pageant, I did see a piece of paper with names on it and like most people in such frenetic circumstances, joked that they must be names of the final contestants," Brez said in a statement."[4] Other contestants took her statement seriously to the point where Miss Pennsylvania USA, Sheena Monnin resigned her title and called the Miss USA pageant rigged.[5][6]

Brez was born in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine on May 19, 1988. She immigrated to the United States in 1989, moving to Jackson Heights, New York, and later years to Palm Beach, Florida.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Fitness profile: Miss Florida USA 2012 Karina Brez". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Will Wellington's Miss Florida, Karina Brez, win the title of Mis". palmbeachpost.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Racy Pics Cause Stir at Miss Florida USA Pageant". NBC 6 South Florida. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2nd Miss USA gal claims pageant is phony". NY Daily News. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin claims pageant rigged". cbsnews.com. June 6, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sheena Monnin who claims Miss USA was rigged says rivals will support her $5m lawsuit against Donald Trump - Daily Mail Online". Mail Online. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ukraine immigrant Karina Brez's crowning glory: To win Miss USA". palmbeachpost.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.

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