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This is the Good Morning America Interview, if anyone hasn't seen it yet: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/kira...tions-25694983

This is the description of the video ABC has up:

Kira Kazantsev says she participated in the sorority's culture of hazing, but accusations of abuse are groundless.

And this is a transcript:

In your experience, what happened at Hofstra university?
These allegations are not true. I'm incredibly hurt that someone has said these things.
Under the broad definition of hazing, yes, I was involved with some of those activities while I was at Hofstra. I came in as an impressionable freshman. And I was hazed.
And that was the culture and brought up through the organization thinking that was appropriate. I'm two years removed, I understand that's not true.

What did it include?
It included something like you would stand in a line and recite information. Or a few sleepless nights crafting. Things that -- that were like menial tasks.
And you were told that if you could learn the information and participate in the traditional things you would be a member of the sorority.

Why did your sorority, alpha phi have you leave in April of 2013 after an investigation?
I was asked by a new member educator when I was a senior to reach out to the alumni base to have an event of sorts.
And in the e-mail I basically made a joke that was taken out of context and forwarded to the national office.

What was the joke that you made in that e-mail?
That we would make the evening scary for the pledges. When that event never came to fruition. None of those things that I have been accused of never happened or were intended to happen.

So of the accusations, which are the most inflammatory? Which ones 100% do you know that never happened?
All I can do is sit here and be honest. Yes, I was involved under the broad definition of hazing at some point. But never, ever in a million years what this is claiming to hold.

Will you make hazing part of your platform now? Will you include that in your anti-female violence campaign?
Well, I think now that, obviously, this is all -- this is all out in the open and I think it's very important for me to address it. I'm going to take this negative and turn it into a positive.

One last question.I know my 9-year-old watched with wide eyes, what would you say to young girls who look up to you as miss America? What would you say to them about this?
I would tell them it's okay to make mistakes. You know, that's life.

I know this isn't the worst sort of hazing or abuse that any of us can think of, but it's definitely being minimized. Just from what she said here, I think this hazing was abusive. This isn't something like the new members having a scavenger hunt which is something that would fall under the broad definition of hazing, but in all likelihood is not actually abusive. I am disappointed that she isn't taking more responsibility for her actions.

Unfortunately, I don't think we're going to get more information about this and it doesn't look like Miss America is going to do anything either.