text: A city's communications boss has been fired after she allegedly stopped a tourism photo shoot with a black and an Asian model and told the photographer they were 'not the image I want for the city'. Rosemary Taylor, communications director of the City of Brookhaven in Georgia, made the 'racist' remark to hired photographer Nelson Jones at the local Cherry Blossom Festival two weeks ago . After witnessing Mr Jones capture a test shot of models Dominique Jackson, 18, and 19-year-old Khamlee Vongvone at the event, she apparently went over to him and referenced the two girls. She reportedly told him: 'This is not the image I want for the city of Brookhaven'. The girls' mouths 'dropped' and, moments later, they and Mr Jones were asked to leave the festival by a city official. Scroll down for video . Models: Rosemary Taylor has been fired after she allegedly stopped a tourism photo shoot with Dominique Jackson (right), 18, and Khamlee Vongvone (left), 19, and said they were 'not the image I want for the city' Sacked: Taylor (pictured) communications director of the City of Brookhaven in Georgia, made the 'racist' remark at Cherry Blossom Festival, which photographer Nelson Jones had been hired to take pictures of . Now, Ms Taylor, who had been in the high-profile position for less than a month, according to her LinkedIn page, has been fired by officials for exhibiting 'conduct unbecoming of a city employee'. In a statement, Brookhaven’s leadership told WSB-TV: 'Rosemary Taylor was relieved of her duties as the city's communications director after she exhibited conduct unbecoming of a city employee.' However, Ms Taylor has released her own statement, in which she claims she was wrongly accused in the incident, which occurred between March 27 and 29, and says Mr Jones was 'unprofessional'. In the release, seen by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the sacked employee writes: 'Racism had absolutely nothing to do with my interactions with the photographer and his hired models.' She adds: 'It had all to do with a lack of professionalism on behalf of the photographer, a conflict of interest, misuse of city funds and money spent unnecessarily. Ms Taylor says she had already decided to hire another photographer after deciding that Mr Jones's work was 'simply not acceptable' - and had not discussed hiring models as part of the festival job. Day of the incident: Dominique (left) and Khamlee (right) are pictured in a test shot just minutes before Taylor approached them and Mr Jones. The trio were then asked to leave the event by a city official, it is reported . Communications director: Taylor (pictured in her LinkedIn photo) had been in the high-profile job for the City of Brookhaven for less than a month when she was fired for exhibiting 'conduct unbecoming of a city employee' 'When I questioned [Mr Jones] about the models and why he was posing them in the VIP tent, against the festival's branding, as if it was a photo shoot, he got agitated and defensive,' she writes. 'My mistake was getting agitated back, as he continued to tell me he was the official photographer and he had hired top models and this was going to be good for the city. I told him it wasn’t.' Mr Jones told WSB-TV that he was pleased Ms Taylor had been fired by the City of Brookhaven on Monday, adding that both he and the models had considered her remark racist and offensive. According to her LinkedIn page, Ms Taylor has previously worked for CBS, People Magazine and ABC. In January, she left her job as Senior Communications Manager of the City of Johns Creek. An internal investigation into the incident is ongoing. Offended: Mr Jones said he was pleased Taylor has been sacked, adding that both he and the two models had considered her remark racist and offensive. Above, Khamlee is pictured, left and right, in Facebook photos .
target: Rosemary Taylor approached photographer Nelson Jones at a city festival .
  Jones was taking pictures of a black and an Asian model for tourism shoot .
  Taylor apparently told photographer: 'This is not the image I want for city'
  Moments later, models and Jones were asked to leave event by city official .
  Taylor sacked by City of Brookhaven in Georgia for 'unbecoming conduct'
  She has defended herself, saying she was wrongly accused in the incident .