Former Miss North Carolina USA Brittany BoltinhouseCredit: Carolina Journal Zoey Lyttle NEED TO KNOW Zoey Lyttle Brittany Boltinhouse issued her own statement after she was stripped of her Miss North Carolina USA 2026 title The Miss USA organization announced the news of her removal on Aug. 5, with pageant chairman and CEO Thom Brodeur posting a statement denouncing “racism, homophobia, transphobia nor language that strips any person of their dignity” Myla Hadley — who initi