A Nebraska college student says she has been kicked out of her sorority because of a 'provocative' picture posted on her Tinder profile eight months ago.

Shannon Workman, a junior at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and her mother found the picture innocent - it showed her standing next to two girls as they all wore Bid Day shirts that read 'Sweet Home Chi Omega.'

However her sorority, Chi Omega, reportedly described it as 'risque' and told Workman the photo violated the sorority's Human Dignity rule, and the 20-year-old was ultimately kicked out.

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University of Nebraska Omaha student Shannon Workman said she was kicked out of her sorority because of a 'provocative' picture (shown above) posted on her Tinder profile eight months ago

Workman (pictured as she became emotional during an interview) had been a member of the sorority for three years before she was kicked out last week

'There's nothing provocative about the picture whatsoever. It's in very good taste and not risque. It's ridiculous,' Workman's mother, Jill, told WOWT.

Workman, who had been a member of the sorority for three years before she was kicked out, had posted the picture on her Tinder profile in August.

'It was me at Bid Day wearing the outfit they gave us,' she told the station.

But last week, her sorority called her in for a meeting with its new executive board during which she was told she had violated its Human Dignity rule.

According to the rule, it states sorority sisters would not post photos wearing their letters on platforms that would bring 'disrespect to the chapter,' her mother told the New York Daily News.

Workman had reportedly already removed the picture from her profile on Tinder, so she as not sure why she was still in trouble.

'There's no way she could read that rule and see it apply to Tinder,' Mrs Workman said. 'It's not different from Facebook or any other site.'

The college junior (right) and her mother, Jill (pictured left), found the picture to be innocent, but she said Chi Omega found it 'risque' and told Workman the photo violated the sorority's Human Dignity rule

On Facebook last week, Workman's mother wrote of how her daughter was kicked out of her sorority and said she is proud of her daughter for sticking up for herself

Mrs Workman said after the photo had appeared on her daughter's profile for eight months, how it 'suddenly' became a problem, calling the ordeal 'ridiculous', according to WOWT.

When she was initially contacted by her sorority, she said she started questioning them about what rule she had broken.

So when she was told to come in for a former personnel, she said she had a feeling that something was going to go wrong.

As she met with the executive board, she recorded the meeting on her phone in which she can be heard telling the board she does not see where she is in the wrong.

A person who appears to be a board member at one point is heard telling Workman they are receiving a combative attitude and disrespect from her, WOWT reported.

'We've asked you multiple times do you see where this is in violation and you keep saying no. So that tells me that you do not...' a person is heard saying before Workman interrupts stating, 'I was just being honest.'

'That's okay and that's great,' a woman is heard saying.

'If I'm going to get kicked out for that then let it be,' Workman then says.

Later in the conversation, Workman asks if the sorority has a 'hit list of people' they are trying to get out of the chapter, to which a person responds no.

Workman and her mother pictured above. The two other girls standing next to Workman in the picture in question, her big and her little, have reportedly since left the sorority

Workman, a cheerleader at the university for two years, is no longer a Chi Omega and her mother said she told them 'I'm never coming back' after she left the meeting

'I don't understand this. Out of all the people in the chapter I'm the only one getting kicked out because I'm standing up for what I believe in,' Workman is heard saying through tears.

'What you believe in doesn't align with what we believe in,' a woman is heard saying in response.

Workman walked out of the meeting no longer a Chi Omega and her mother said she told them 'I'm never coming back,' according to the New York Daily News.

The two other girls standing next to her in the picture, her big and her little, have reportedly since left the sorority.

Former Chi Omega member, Lacey McPhail, wrote on Facebook that she was 'forcibly kicked out' of the sorority and that she knows at least 10 other girls who were forced to resign their membership.

'I am glad someone is speaking out about the corrupt goings on of this "Christian" sorority,' she wrote in a post last Monday.

Former Chi Omega Zeta Delta, Lacey McPhail, wrote on Facebook how she was 'forcibly removed' from the sorority and said that she is glad someone is speaking out 'about the corrupt' things on on of this 'Christian' sorority

'Since I have been removed I know of at least 10 other girls who have been removed for dating profiles, liking tweets/statuses, going to a party, and similar, very common college activities.

She continued: 'This sorority is not run by the active members but instead by the advisors, they have a complete dictatorship over what the girls can wear, post, and say.'

Dustin Wolfe, the Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life, at the university said in a statement to WOWT that the incident is a 'personnel matter' of a social organization.

Chi Omega's national chapter did not respond to the New York Daily News and WOWT requests for comment.