Maine pageant winner refuses to share title after she's mistakenly crowned

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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18-year-old Molly Lybrook reveled in her victory for about 24 hours before pageant organizers realized they miscalculated votes.

MAINE -- Some say a teenager went from sole winner at a beauty pageant to sore loser in a matter of hours.

17-year-old Molly Lybrook was crowned Miss Fourth of July last week in central Maine.

The teenager reveled in her victory for about 24 hours before pageant organizers realized they miscalculated votes.

Officials say another contestant, 14-year-old Caitlin Grenier, was the actual winner.

They told Lybrook she could either be stripped of her crown or share the title with Grenier.

But that's when things turned sour.

Lybrook publicly accused pageant officials of corruption, saying the organizer is friends with Grenier's sister.

She also started a petition to keep her crown.

Although Lybrook got more than 400 signatures in support, she also got a lot of flack with people calling her selfish and a sore loser.

In the end she decided to step down.