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Ashley Harder, Miss New Jersey USA, has resigned because she is pregnant, The Philadelphia Daily News reported in Monday's editions.

Harder, 20, told the newspaper she voluntarily stepped down because it's against pageant rules to compete while pregnant. She could not be reached for comment by The Associated Press.

Both the pageant and the runner-up for 2007 Miss New Jersey USA confirmed Monday that the reins have changed hands. Erin Abrahamson, 23, said pageant officials called her Friday to let her know she would be assuming the title.

This comes on the heels of the Miss Nevada, Katie Rees, who had numerous racy photos taken at some point before her entrance in the competition (NSFW), the Miss USA mess, and the ongoing feud between Donald Trump and Rosie O'Donnell that seems to have a life of its own - just like The Donald's hair.

Of the bunch, it seems that Harder is the only one with her head screwed on straight - stepping down now and not after it hits the tabloids or other such nonsense. She's planning on marrying her live-in boyfriend. She's expecting in late summer according to ABC News. Oh, and it appears that she was once the door girl for a hot bar in the City (Google is your friend).

The Miss New Jersey site has been swamped (go figure - literally).

However, none of this is making Trump's job any easier as the owner of the Miss USA brand.

Jammie has more.