Some pageant winners get a lot more than just roses and a tiara. Here's a collection of beauties whose grace and good looks also landed them legal troubles, national controversy, and epic courtroom battles. From faking their own kidnappings to shooting their boyfriends, these women prove that even the gorgeous and glamorous can't live outside the law.

One year after Vanessa Williams became the first black Miss America in 1983, she was forced to give up her crown after Penthouse magazine published nude pictures that were taken of her years before.