<p>Zimbabwe's Miss World contestant has been stripped of her title following a leak of nude pictures, organisers of the local pageant said today, in a repeat of a scandal that dethroned her predecessor.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Emily Kachote, 25, broke rules that insist beauty queens must never pose naked, the pageant board said in a statement.<br /><br />Kachote "violated the rules and regulations governing the pageant," it said.<br />The statement referred to a recent tabloid report which said nude pictures of Kachote had appeared on the phone messaging service WhatsApp.<br /><br />"Winners of the Miss World Zimbabwe beauty pageant whether a title holder or runner-up must not have posed nude professionally or socially in all forms of media," the organisers said.<br /><br />Kachote, a psychology graduate, was crowned Miss World Zimbabwe in April, beating 15 other models.<br /><br />The organisers of the contest said Kachote's pictures were leaked shortly after she confessed that she has once posed nude.<br /><br />Her predecessor Thabiso Phiri was stripped of her crown after a similar scandal last year.<br />The board said Kachote will be replaced by runner-up Grace Mutambu, who will represent Zimbabwe at the Miss World pageant in Sanya, China in December.<br />The reigning Miss World is Rolene Strauss from South Africa.</p>
<p>Zimbabwe's Miss World contestant has been stripped of her title following a leak of nude pictures, organisers of the local pageant said today, in a repeat of a scandal that dethroned her predecessor.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Emily Kachote, 25, broke rules that insist beauty queens must never pose naked, the pageant board said in a statement.<br /><br />Kachote "violated the rules and regulations governing the pageant," it said.<br />The statement referred to a recent tabloid report which said nude pictures of Kachote had appeared on the phone messaging service WhatsApp.<br /><br />"Winners of the Miss World Zimbabwe beauty pageant whether a title holder or runner-up must not have posed nude professionally or socially in all forms of media," the organisers said.<br /><br />Kachote, a psychology graduate, was crowned Miss World Zimbabwe in April, beating 15 other models.<br /><br />The organisers of the contest said Kachote's pictures were leaked shortly after she confessed that she has once posed nude.<br /><br />Her predecessor Thabiso Phiri was stripped of her crown after a similar scandal last year.<br />The board said Kachote will be replaced by runner-up Grace Mutambu, who will represent Zimbabwe at the Miss World pageant in Sanya, China in December.<br />The reigning Miss World is Rolene Strauss from South Africa.</p>