Beauty queen influencer stiffs top Manhattan hotel $40,000 on wedding bill, suit claims

Metro Beauty queen influencer stiffs top Manhattan hotel $40,000 on wedding bill, suit claims By Peter Senzamici Published June 25, 2026, 10:59 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google This is going to make it tough to win Miss Congeniality. A glamorous beauty pageant queen and social media influencer allegedly stiffed Midtown Manhattan’s luxury St. Regis Hotel out of the final $40,000 chunk of her lavish wedding bill, according to a lawsuit filed by the aggrieved inn. Kaitlyn Rose Kennedy-Melanson, a certified behavior analyst recently crowned as Miss New York Elite, has not paid her bill in full from her September 2025 nuptials, which included such amenities as a penthouse suite and $100,000 in food alone, the suit contends.

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