Former Miss USA beauty queen and nuclear engineer, 26, is charged with assaulting her boyfriend
- Brittany Nicole 'Nikki' Poteet, 26, was arrested in Sydney, Australia, in December on assault charge
- Poteet is suspected of attacking 29-year-old Wade McKenzie
- Another ex-boyfriend had accused Poteet of assault in Virginia in 2013 but later charges were dropped
- She was asked to return Miss USA crown after posing in the tiara for a photo she captioned 'Miss Alcoholic USA'
- She moved to Australia in 2014 to take a job as as recruitment consultant in engineering
A former Miss USA and Miss Virginia USA beauty queen has been arrested in Sydney, Australia, for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend.
Brittany Nicole 'Nikki' Poteet, 26, was charged on Wednesday with assault occasioning actual bodily harm stemming from a domestic incident that took place on December 16 involving 29-year-old Wade McKenzie.
McKenzie has taken out an apprehended violence order, which is similar to an order of protection in the US, against the former pageant queen.
She is expected to enter a plea before her next appearance.
Beauty queen jailed: Former Miss Virginia USA and Miss USA Brittany Nicole Poteet (pictured left and right) has been charged with assaulting her boyfriend in Australia
The 29-year-old beauty is accused of attacking 29-year-old Wade McKenzie in Sydney last month
Poteet, who moved to Australia in 2014, is no stranger to controversy and has had run-ins with the law in Virginia prior to her arrest in Sydney last month, reported News Corp.
The winner of Miss Virginia USA 2011 and Miss United States 2012 titles was arrested in 2013 and charged with misdemeanour assault and battery following a dispute with her ex-boyfriend, James McElroy.
The charges were dropped after McElroy said he could not recall the alleged altercation.
In 2011, Poteet was forced to publicly deny allegations that she hurled homophobic slurs at her gay roommate, his boyfriend and their friends.
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Dethroned: Poteet was forced to hand back her Miss USA crown after she posted a photograph on Facebook showing her wearing the tiara with the caption 'Miss Alcoholic USA'
Troubled past: Poteet was charged with assaulting her ex-boyfriend in 2013 - but the charges were dropped when he told court he didn't remember the incident. The photo on the right shows Poteet during the Miss USA contest in Las Vegas
Down Under: The 26-year-old former beauty queen, who has a Master's degree in nuclear engineering, moved to Sydney in 2014
The roommate, Derek Powell, said of Poteet in an interview with NBC12: 'She became extremely violent calling myself a f** and a c***. I just don't think that is a good role model for the Commonwealth of Virginia or young women or for anyone.'
Speaking to the publication Think Progress, Poteet insisted that she liked gay people and that her 'best friend in the world' was gay.
Poteet works as recruitment consultant in engineering and renewable energy for the Sydney-based HR firm Cadden Crowe
Poteet was later asked to hand back her crown after she posted a photograph on Facebook showing her wearing the tiara with the caption 'Miss Alcoholic USA'.
Director of the Miss United States Pageant Organisation Chris Wilbur told NBC12 at the time: '[Poteet's] character was not a good fit for the organisation so we gave her the option to change or leave. She chose to leave.'
Ms Poteet, who graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2010 with a Bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering and a Master's in nuclear engineering, currently works as a recruitment consultant in engineering and renewable energy for the Sydney-based HR firm Cadden Crowe.
Her LinkedIn profile indicates that Poteet also has a side job as an events coordinator for the Australian Solar Council.
Before relocating to Australia, Poteet worked for four years as a nuclear safety analysis engineer at Dominion Virginia Power.
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