--- title: Miss America Kira Kazantsev Denies Hazing Allegations at Hofstra description: Said she didn't haze, except if you count what's "under the broad definition of hazing" canonical: https://time.com/3422118/miss-america-responds-to-hazing-allegations/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-23T16:11:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:02.459Z og:title: Miss America Kira Kazantsev Denies Hazing Allegations at Hofstra og:description: Said she didn't haze, except if you count what's "under the broad definition of hazing" og:url: https://time.com/3422118/miss-america-responds-to-hazing-allegations/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta138cb0416a97469/6986a4e706f2c14895330e21/455548438.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2423 og:image:height: 1363 og:image:alt: FOX News Anchor Gretchen Carlson Interviews Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Miss America Kira Kazantsev Denies Hazing Allegations at Hofstra twitter:description: Said she didn't haze, except if you count what's "under the broad definition of hazing" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta138cb0416a97469/6986a4e706f2c14895330e21/455548438.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Miss America Responds to Hazing Allegations > Sponsored content. 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( Rob Kim/Getty Images) Rob Kim—Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Sep 23, 2014 4:11 PM UTC Newly crowned Miss America Kira Kazantsev appeared on [Good Morning America ](https://gma.yahoo.com/miss-america-2015-kira-kazantsev-denies-hazing-allegations-131102330--abc-news-celebrities.html)Tuesday to deny allegations that she was kicked out of her Hofstra University sorority for hazing, but admitted that she did mistreat new pledges “under the broad definition of hazing.” “Well, unfortunately these allegations, first of all they’re just not true,” she said, before adding: “Under the broad definition of hazing, yes I was involved with some of those activities while I was at Hofstra.” “I came in as an impressionable freshman, everybody wants to be a part of something, and at the time unfortunately that was just the culture of the university. I was hazed. I was kind of brought up through the organization thinking that that was appropriate behavior.” [Jezebel](http://jezebel.com/miss-america-was-kicked-out-of-her-sorority-for-abusive-1636095561) first reported Monday that Miss America Kira Kazantsev was kicked out of Alpha Phi sorority at Hofstra University in April 2013 for hazing pledges while she was supervising the initiation process. She allegedly hazed pledges to the point of “bruising and exhaustion.” Kazantsev says she was kicked out of her sorority not for hazing, but for joking to sorority alumni that she would make the evening “scary” for pledges. “All I can do is sit here and be honest and share that yes, I was involved under the broad definition of hazing at some point, but never ever in a million years what this is claiming.” She said she never physically harmed anyone, but just tasked recruits with things like reciting information, or staying up all night “crafting.” When asked how these hazing revelations might affect young girls who look up to her, Kazantsev said she still hopes she can be an example. “I’m gonna take this negative and turn this into a positive,” she said. “I’d say it’s okay to make mistakes. 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