Celebrity | beauty pageant 5 Beauty Pageant Scandals Miss USA Nia Sanchez is the latest to mess up By Evann Gastaldo Posted Jun 21, 2014 7:45 AM CDT Copied Miss Nevada USA Nia Sanchez is crowned Miss USA in Baton Rouge, La., on June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman) Miss USA doesn't know the capital of her own state—and some are claiming that's because Nia Sanchez didn't actually live in Nevada before being crowned Miss Nevada. Fox News rounds up more beauty pageant scandals: In 2006, Miss USA Tara Connor was revealed to be a cocaine user ... and she also made out with miss Teen USA. An apology kept her from being de-throned. Vanessa Williams, however, did lose her Miss America crown in 1983 when Penthouse revealed racy photos she'd taken several years before. Back in 1973, Miss World Marjorie Wallace was alleged to have had flings with Tom Jones, George Best, and other high-profile men. She lost her title less than four months after winning it. It took just one day for Miss USA Leona Gage to lose her crown in 1957, after her mother-in-law revealed that she had lied about being 21: She was actually only 18 ... and was married with two kids. Click for the complete list. Read These Next The Wall Street Journal is naming more names tied to Epstein. The White House and South Park are having a tiff. Trump isn't talking about a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. The first video of an earthquake fault slip led to a major discovery. Report an error