from www.radaronline.com – Miss World 2010 Alexandria Mills is the first woman from the United States to ever win the title, but not the first to be caught up in a nude photo scandal.

The 18-year-old took a nude photograph of herself over the summer — taken in what appears to be her bathroom — and sent it to her boyfriend at the time, RadarOnline.com has learned.

RadarOnline.com has seen and verified the authenticity of the photo.

The Kentucky-born model took the crown at the 60th annual Miss World competition in Sanya, China on October 30, beating out 115 other competitors.

According to her Miss World biography, Mills describes herself as a “positive, spontaneous, open-minded and outgoing person” and says she has “never met a stranger and enjoys meeting new people.”

“The best things in life are worth waiting for, fighting for, believing in, and just never letting go of,” her biography states as her personal motto.

“I intend to travel the world and pursue a career in landscape and architectural photography.”

Mills is listed as a model with the Miami branch of Elite Model Management, described at 5’9” with blonde hair, blue eyes and a petite size 2.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Kanye West was recently embroiled in a similar controversy when photos he had taken of his genitalia and sent to various women were being shopped to the media.