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The Grand Rapids Press
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Lingerie wrestling video causes queen to resign
By Ted Roelofs
GREENVILLE -- Posing with her court Aug. 12, the newly crowned Danish Festival queen looked the part: beaming, proud, holding a flower bouquet.
The reign of Carissa Akkerhuis ended less than two weeks later as word leaked she had appeared in videos clad in lingerie and fighting or wrestling with men or other women.
The 19-year-old's resignation Thursday is the first time in anyone's memory a festival queen has quit under such circumstances...
The loss of the crown also means Akkerhuis relinquishes more than $2,000 in scholarships.
Greenville resident Kim Akkerhuis said he stands by his daughter "100 percent."
"She did absolutely nothing wrong," said Akkerhuis, who considers the videos a legitimate way to teach self-defense techniques. "If it's immoral to protect ourselves in martial arts, then where are we going with this?"
The videos are produced by a Grand Rapids company and distributed through various Web sites.
Oh, the humanity! The injustice!
1 comment:
KEWL: I went to the link you provided and the first thing that jumped up at me was a picture of what I took to be a man. Is that Carissa Akkerhuis? Wow! Imagining him in lingerie helps explain a lot! And he wants to be governor?
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