A BEAUTY queen contest winner has accused organisers of “body shaming” after stripping her of her crown when topless lad mag pictures from more than a decade ago emerged.
Natalie Paweleck, 35, won the Mrs Scotland World competition in September – however bosses of the show quickly removed the title after learning of her past.
She had previously won the 2005 FHM High Street Honeys competition, and appeared on the cover of the now-defunct magazine.
Mrs Paweleck also joined her fellow High Street Honeys in 2006 to release a single entitled I Touch Myself.
The model, who now works as a presenter for Manchester City’s in-house video content, has hit back at organisers.
She said: “To me this pageant should be about showing women can be whatever they want, regardless of the labels that are given to us.”
In a statement to the Mail on Sunday she added: “These archaic rules need to be re-evaluated.
“I still believe pageants can be hugely empowering for women, but you either empower all women or ultimately you empower none of us.”
She said that organisers were engaging in “old-fashioned body shaming”.
Despite the setback, Mrs Pawelek says she intends on competing in the Mrs World finals in China next year.
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The model lives in Chester with her husband Jamie.
Organisers have since hit back at her claims of “body shaming”.
Mrs World UK spokesman Jamie Love said: “It was not because she posed topless that she was de-crowned – it was because it was not disclosed.”