Katie Rees in Florida on Saturday. (AP)

Miami, Dec. 24 (AP): Former Miss Nevada USA, who was dethroned over raunchy photos posted online, apologised yesterday as her attorney pleaded for the pageant queen to be given a second chance.

Katie Rees, who appeared in photos revealing a breast and exposing her thong at a party in Tampa, said her behaviour was an “isolated incident”.

“I am so sorry this happened,” she said at a news conference in Clearwater, Florida, reading a prepared statement. “So many of us don’t realise how our actions, even one night of poor judgement, can affect the rest of our lives.”

Her attorney, Mario Torres of Tampa, Florida, asked that Miss Universe Organization co-owner Donald Trump grant Rees the same opportunity he gave Miss USA Tara Conner, who was allowed to keep her tiara despite tearfully admitting drinking as a minor at New York nightclubs.

The Miss Universe Organization owns the Miss USA pageant and others.

“He always believes in second chances,” Torres said of Trump.

“We are asking for that and plead that he answer our call, allow us to meet with him and allow us to defend ourselves.”

A Miss Universe spokeswoman has said organisation president Paula M. Shugart made the decision to strip Rees of her title and Trump supported it. An e-mail sent to a secretary for Trump was not immediately answered yesterday.

Torres said he had reached out to Trump and others in Miss Universe but had not heard back.

Shugart said first runner-up Helen Salas will assume the Miss Nevada title and compete at the next Miss USA pageant on March 23 in Los Angeles.

The attorney said he was not pursuing legal action immediately, but said it was something he might consider. He said the person who posted the pictures of Rees should “in some way be held accountable”. The photographer, a friend of Rees, was not identified.