Sabotaging Miss Puerto Rico
Here is a particularly odd story from Reuters about intrigue, sabotage, and poor sportsmanship at the annual Miss Puerto Rico contest in San Juan. Apparently the top contender’s outfit and makeup had been rubbed down with pepperspray at some point during the rounds causing the poor woman to break out in hives and forcing her to douse herself in ice at each break.
Ingrid Marie Rivera is quoted as saying, "At one point, I asked, ‘Am I a masochist?’ But I said regardless of the results, this is my goal. The more rocks there are in my path, the more thanks I will give to God for sustaining me."
Well, her perserverence paid off. Miss Rivera won the competition (even though her handbag was also stolen).
Someone doused her make-up and clothes with pepper spray, but Ingrid Marie Rivera put on a happy face and managed to win the beauty pageant that selected Puerto Rico’s representative in the Miss Universe contest.
The 24-year-old from the town of Dorado was all smiles in front of the audience and judges during the competition, which ended on Friday when she beat 29 rivals. But backstage, she had to strip off her clothes and ice down her face and body to fight swelling and hives.
Pageant officials have vowed to get to the bottom of the attempted sabotage that tainted the pageant, an event that inspires passions in the U.S. Caribbean territory. Puerto Rico has produced five Miss Universe winners.
"It was a lot of sacrifice, and my tears were genuine," Rivera told reporters at a news conference on Sunday.
"At one point, I asked, ‘Am I a masochist?’ But I said regardless of the results, this is my goal. The more rocks there are in my path, the more thanks I will give to God for sustaining me."
Pageant organizers say they suspected a member of the team handling one of Rivera’s competitors was responsible.
Magali Febles, director of the Miss Puerto Rico Universe Pageant, said the person behind the "vile act" was "from inside."
"I am going to investigate this until the final consequences. When we have everything, I will announce who the person is because someone with these instincts is capable of anything."
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Dec 20, 2007 at 3:48 am
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