Former Miss North Carolina Rebekah Revels, a member of the Lumbee Tribe, was awarded $11,000 from an ex-boyfriend whose e-mail about a racy photo cost her a shot at the Miss America crown.

The jury said Revels was owed $3,000 for lost pageant earnings and $8,000 in punitive damages for being disqualified from the national contest. Ex-boyfriend, Tosh Welch, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokees, said he will pay the award.

Revels' lawyer had asked the jury to award the Lumbee beauty queen upwards of $40,000. The lawyer said Welch should fork over his $6,000 annual per cap from his tribe's casino.

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Jurors award Revels $11,000 (The Fayetteville Observer 3/27)
Jury says ex-boyfriend owes $11,000 to Miss NC who lost crown (AP 3/27)
Rebekah revels in award (The Robesonian 3/27)

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