Katie Rees Photos show Miss Nevada USA 2007 flashing her breasts and kissing other women

There she is, Miss Nevada USA Katie Rees.

And there she goes.

Rees, 22, was stripped of her title as Miss Nevada USA 2007 on Thursday after scandalous photos of her appeared on various Web sites this week. The photos, posted on the entertainment Web sites canada.com and tmz.com, show Rees passionately kissing other women, flashing her bottom and breasts to the camera and simulating oral sex on a man and a woman.

"Katie Rees has been relieved of her duties as Miss Nevada USA 2007," said Paula Shugart, president of the Miss Universe Organization.

Lark-Marie Anton, director of marketing and public relations for the Miss Universe Organization, the parent company for the Miss USA pageant, said Rees was dismissed because of the compromising photos.

"The photos that surfaced are part of the very serious nature of her behavior. These are all things that play a role in the decision that has been made by this company," Anton said Thursday, refusing to comment further.

Rees' dismissal came two days after business tycoon Donald Trump, who is part-owner of the Miss Universe Organization, allowed Miss USA Tara Conner to keep her title after she admitted to underage drinking in a bar in New York City. Conner agreed to undergo treatment for her drinking.

The Associated Press reported that Trump supported Rees' dethroning.

Mario Torres, a Florida attorney who is representing Rees, said she is being treated unfairly. Rees was 17 when the photos were taken, Torres noted. The photos chronicled a youth's "lapse in judgment," he said.

"This was an isolated incident. There was no one working for any company. This was a friend" who shot the photos, Torres said. "Some friend," he added.

The photos were taken at a party in Tampa, Fla., and show Rees pulling her pants down and exposing her g-string clad bottom, licking the breasts of other women and tugging her top down for the camera.

Rees' parents live in Florida, but she lives in Las Vegas, said Maureen Atwell, executive state director for the Nevada USA Pageants. Atwell said Rees met all Nevada residency requirements.

Since winning the title of Miss Nevada USA at the pageant on Oct. 8 in Las Vegas, Rees has appeared at various events, including the Goodie Two Shoe Giveaway where the Payless Shoe Source Store gave free shoes to underprivileged kids.

First runner-up Helen Salas will take over for Rees as Miss Nevada USA and will compete at the 2007 Miss USA pageant on March 23 in Los Angeles.

Rees' dethroning had the support of Jenny Valdez, 27, who was Miss Nevada USA 2002.

"I'm actually kind of happy someone lost their title in this whole situation," Valdez said, contrasting the discipline meted out to Rees with the Miss Universe Organization's decision to allow Connor to keep her title.

"If I was first runner-up and found out that the person who beat me was doing underage drinking, I would be appalled," Valdez said.

Valdez said she would have been disappointed if the pageant's organizers didn't strip Rees of her title over the provocative photos.

"She (Rees) knew what we were getting into, like we all do. You can't do that stuff," Valdez said.

Valdez, now a news anchorwoman for Laughlin's KLBC-TV, Channel 2, said the world of pageants is fairly close-knit, but Rees is "a new breed" of contestant that is unfamiliar to her.

Valdez said that when she served as Miss Nevada USA, it was made very clear to her that certain behaviors were off-limits. That included even being in areas where people smoked and drank, because there is always the risk that your photo could be taken, she said.

Pageant organizers and sponsors "want you to be a role model," Valdez said.

But whether a pageant winner is expected to have been a role model even prior to competing was not clear, Valdez said.

"I was under the impression that it (impeccable behavior) was only (mandatory) during your reign," Valdez said. "I don't remember them asking about the past."

Valdez said she filled out a form with biographical information that was akin to a job application.

But a contestant should know that racy photos will probably catch up to her, she said..

"These girls know what they're getting into no matter what the age," Valdez said. "You do this (compete) because you want the job and want to do good things for the community."

Review-Journal writer Francis McCabe contributed to this report.