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  • Jailed Mexican beauty queen stripped of her crown

    12/28/2008 8:56:21 AM PST · by SwinneySwitch · 42 replies · 3,652+ views
    Houston Chronicle/AP ^ | Dec. 27, 2008 | MARK STEVENSON
    MEXICO CITY — A Mexican beauty queen detained on suspicion of drug and weapons violations has been stripped of her crown in the Hispanoamerican Queen pageant, contest organizers said Saturday. Laura Zuniga, 23, was stripped of first-place honors for "failure to comply with the regulations of the title she represents," Bolivia-based pageant organizing company Gloria Promociones said in a statement. She beat more than 19 contestants from Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States to win the title in October. Runner-up Vivian Noronha of Brazil will receive the crown. The company statement did not specify what pageant rules were...
  • Lawmakers demand probe of Mexico beauty pageants

    12/27/2008 7:58:38 AM PST · by SwinneySwitch · 30 replies · 23,958+ views
    Houston Chronicle/AP ^ | Dec. 26, 2008 | MARK STEVENSON
    MEXICO CITY — Mexican congressmen called for a federal investigation of potential drug cartel ties to the nation's beauty pageants Friday after a 23-year-old beauty queen was arrested on suspicion of drug and weapons violations. Congressional leaders warned that cartels may have infiltrated contests to launder money, and said a full investigation was needed. To many, former preschool teacher Laura Zuniga, named Miss Sinaloa in the drug-plagued northern state's annual beauty contest, symbolizes declining ethics in Mexico. "It is very sad. What we are seeing is a loss of values among young people," said Rep. Juan Francisco Rivera, who heads...