Hmm, looks like the beauty queen wants to cash in on her misfortune. Anyone have 15 minutes of fame they'd like to loan her?
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/03/24/032411-news-killer-beauty-queen-1-3/
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/03/24/032411-news-killer-beauty-queen-1-3/
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By Kayleen Schaefer Thursday, March 24, 2011
Killer beauty queen Meghan Brown is hoping her pink pistol will make her some green.
Just days after Brown, 25, used a pink .38-caliber pistol to fatally shoot a burly ex-convict who barged into her Florida home, she tried to cash in on the incident by posing for steamy lingerie photos.
Brown modeled thigh-high stockings and a black corset laced up with a hot pink ribbon all while aiming a shiny pistol. She even used Photoshop to replicate the pink gun now in the possession of police, though The Daily obtained an untouched image to go with this story.
The professional pinup pictures were taken in hopes of capitalizing on her gun-wielding ways, preferably in the form of a sponsorship deal with Smith & Wesson or the National Rifle Association.
I wanted to make some money, Brown told The Daily. I wanted to capitalize on this. Im the perfect example of why women should have a gun.
Early the morning of March 12, Brown pumped four bullets into Albert F. Hill, 43, who she said forced himself into the home she shares with her fiancé of three years, Bobby Planthaber. Before she started shooting, Brown said, there was a scuffle during which Hill demanded money and repeatedly punched Planthaber, 43, in the face.
The gun was a Christmas gift from Planthaber, along with a Louis Vuitton bag. Occasionally, Brown carries them both together. (She also totes her dog, a Chihuahua named Vixen.) Their Tierra Verde, Fla., mansion bears a plaque that says Phat City. Brown reigned as the 2009 Miss Tierra Verde.
A year before the fatal shooting, Brown was arrested on charges of domestic violence against Planthaber. Brown refused to discuss the incident. According to St. Petersburg cops, Planthaber called for help after Brown beat him up when he tried to break up with her.
In the police report, Planthaber said she slapped him and repeatedly hit him in the face and chest while the two were arguing in a parked car. Brown admitted she slapped him, but said it was because he threw Vixen out of the car. Planthaber declined to press charges.
At 3 on the morning of the shooting incident, Hill, wearing a bandanna around the lower half of his face and a baseball cap pulled low, knocked on the door, Brown said.
She said she thought it was a friend who needed a place to crash and unlocked the door, but then Hill barged inside and attempted to drag her upstairs. Brown was able to get to her gun which she stores in the bottom drawer of her bedroom nightstand as Planthaber woke up and started wrestling with Hill.
I grabbed my gun and waited, she said. To be honest with you Im not really that great of a shot, and he was on top of my fiancé. It was pretty nerve-racking.
Brown said Hill was a stranger, but the Pinellas County Sherriffs Office said the relationship between the couple and Hill, who previously had been imprisoned for burglary, grand theft, selling cocaine and other crimes, is unclear and the investigation is ongoing.
Before she killed Hill, Brown had fired the gun only once. That happened in January, when Planthaber took her to shooting range.
I thought it would be a hobby of ours to go down to the shooting range, Brown said. I never thought I would need the gun.
As for the provocative photo shoot, Brown said she wouldnt mind posing for more lingerie shots.
It was fun to do, she said.
Our guess is well probably be seeing even more of her soon.