Stephanie Conover has been making headlines lately, but it's not in her capacity as Miss Plus Canada 2007. Rather, it's her connection to another beauty pageant - Miss Toronto Tourism, which takes place tonight at Harbourfront's Radisson Hotel Admiral - that has been in the news.

At one time, Ms. Conover had been invited to be a judge for the pageant, but that was before organizers asked her to submit a biography. It was in that description of herself that she listed Reiki and tarot reading among her interests.

"They said that I would be unacceptable as a judge because I don't possess an upstanding reputation because of these hobbies and that I should repent," Ms. Conover says.

She has since been dismissed as a judge and is considering legal action for what she considers to be religious discrimination.