Sunday, September 30, 2001
Former Miss Kentucky sues pageant committee
The Associated Press
ASHLAND — A former Miss Kentucky has sued the pageant organization, claiming it caused her to lose nearly $10,000 in scholarship funds.
According to the suit, Lori Menshouse of Ashland was awarded scholarship money totaling $10,800 when she won the Miss Kentucky pageant in 1997.
The Miss Kentucky Scholarship Organization held $5,800 in trust; the Miss America Organization held $5,000.
Ms. Menshouse says she was told she would have to use all of the money held by Miss Kentucky before the rest would be released.
She claims she submitted to Miss Kentucky a bill for $1,099 incurred “for educational purposes” in May 1999. That was paid.
But in May 2000, when she requested $100 as a deposit to hold her place in the University of Kentucky College of Law, the state organization refused to reactivate her scholarship account.
As a result, she says, she lost the remainder of the money — about $9,700.
State officials say Ms. Menshouse failed to activate her scholarship account within the required time period.
The suit claims the organization and director Libbi Taylor failed “to duly and properly inform” Ms. Menshouse of the status of her scholarship account.
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