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# Miss Florida Just Lost Her Crown Because of a Voting Error

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## Giri Nathan


Jun 27, 2014 10:33 PM UTC

by 

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## Giri Nathan


Jun 27, 2014 10:33 PM UTC

Elizabeth Fechtel was crowned Miss Florida on June 21, but enjoyed her title for only a few days before it was [revoked](http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/miss-florida-pageant-crowns-the-wrong-winner/2186285) Friday due to the discovery of an “error in the tabulation process.

First runner-up Victoria Cowen was given the crown instead after an independent audit and review of the ballots revealed that she had actually earned the highest score, the Tampa Bay _Times_ reports.

The pageant coordinators did not cite any specific details about the error in their official statement. The family was told that “in the last 15 seconds of the time allotted to vote, \[one judge\] drew lines to reverse his first vote,” mother Dixie Fechtel wrote in an email to the _Times_.

_\[_[_Tampa Bay Times_](http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/miss-florida-pageant-crowns-the-wrong-winner/2186285)_\]_

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