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Miss England gives up her crown



The beauty pageant winner of England otherwise known as Miss England, has given up her title on Friday after reports she had been involved in a nightclub fight with another beauty queen. Rachel Christie, the niece of former British Olympic gold medal sprinter Linford Christie, was arrested earlier this week after getting into a fight with Miss Manchester, Sara Jones, at a club in the northern English city, as reported by the English press. Christie, who was the first African-American winner of the title in July, was accused of punching Jones many time over her boyfriend who is on the TV show "Gladiators,” said the papers. "Due to the attention from the media following the allegations against her, Rachel Christie has now decided to quit the Miss World competition and relinquish her Miss England crown," the pageant organizers said in a statement on the Miss England website."Rachel will concentrate on clearing her name and focus on training more for the 2012 Olympics until this case is finally resolved." She wants to win a gold metal in the heptathlon.