Topless photos fail to topple pageant winner

A TOP judge has ruled that the woman who stepped down as Miss North Carolina in a topless photos row should keep her crown.

But the runner-up threatened to go to court to be declared the winner.

Rebekah Revels, 24, smiled slightly as Superior Court Judge Narley Cashwell announced his ruling in her favour yesterday. Seated behind her, runner-up Misty Clymer sat silently, her mouth open.