former beauty queen

Shannon LaRhea Marketic (born January 14, 1971), is a former beauty queen from Phoenix, Indiana who became Miss USA 1992. In 1997 they filed a lawsuit against a prince of the ruling relatives of Brunei, alleging that they had compelled her in to performing sexual acts for guests at a party they organized.
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1 Pageant career
2 Brunei controversy
3 Arrests
4 References
5 Outside links
[edit]Pageant career
Marketic was crowned Miss Indiana Teen USA 1989 but held the title for only a week as well as a half after it was discovered a mistake had been made & they had actually placed first runner-up.[1]
A few years later, they became Miss Los angeles USA 1992, & went on to represent Los angeles in the 1992 Miss USA pageant, which was broadcast live from Wichita, Kansas in February 1992. Marketic entered the top 6 with the third highest semi-finals average score. After answering the judges' questions, they went in to the final 3 in second place & finally winning the 1992 crown. They also won the Miss Photogenic award.
Marketic went on to compete in the 1992 Miss Universe pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand on May 8 & was one of 10 semifinalists who competed for the title. They finally placed 8th overall.
They has written lots of books about Christian subjects. They has worked as a film actress & had a speedy stint as the theater teacher for a prestigious private school in Dallas. They is currently working as a broadcaster, media director, P.R. Director, & actress/producer.[citation needed]
In November 2008, Marketic adopted a infant girl, whom they has named MaryDale.[citation needed]
In August, 2010, Marketic was released from a Denton, Los angeles, jail after they was accused of stealing $90 in merchandise from a Target store.[2]
[edit]Brunei controversy
In 1997, Marketic filed a lawsuit against the ruling relatives of Brunei for $90 million. In the case, Shannon alleges that they & 6 other young females were paid $127,200 each for a modeling job in Brunei (whereas on the ABC news program 20/20, Marketic said they was supposed to provide "intellectual conversations" with visiting guests of the royal relatives). These other females include Miss United Kingdom runner up Paula Bradbury & former Miss Teen USA & future Miss USA Brandi Sherwood.
Marketic maintained that they & the females were held as "sex slaves" & were "intimidated & coerced in to performing physically & morally repulsive acts of prostitution."[3] They were apparently ordered to dance for 5–6 hours every night at parties in the coursework of which their bodies & private parts were groped & grabbed by men. In the coursework of the dances, Shannon was also allegedly abused verbally with comments made about her "real" breasts.[4] The females were often told to go with a man to have "tea" with him & then had sex with him. In her interview on 20/20, Marketic said that, after 32 days of being held against her will, they managed to smuggle a letter out to the U.S. Embassy; soon afterwards, they was allegedly paid $10,000 & forced to fly back to the United States alone.[citation needed] The case was thrown out due to the immunity of the ruling relatives as heads of state. There has been no further inquiry in to this case, although there's allegations both supporting & refuting her claims. Paula Bradbury separately sued the Sultan & won 500,000 pounds in settlement.[5]
[edit]Arrests