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   From: neon@not.valid   
      
   "El Beefo"  sez 04 Aug 2011:   
      
   > Mexico City (CNN) -- A Mexican beauty queen says officials took   
   > away her crown after she gained weight, stopping her from   
   > competing in this year's Miss World pageant.   
   >   
   > "I feel healthy enough to represent my country, and I think this   
   > is an injustice," Cynthia de la Vega told CNN en Espanol   
   > Wednesday.   
   >   
   > But the head of the Nuestra Belleza Mexico beauty contest said   
   > that weight had nothing to do with the decision.   
   >   
   > "It was a lack of dedication and discipline," Lupita Jones,   
   > Mexico's first Miss Universe winner and the national director of   
   > Nuestra Belleza Mexico, told reporters Wednesday.   
   >   
   > De la Vega, 19, came in second place in the Nuestra Belleza   
   > Mexico competition last September -- a title that placed her on   
   > the list of contestants representing their nations in the 2011   
   > Miss World contest. The first-place winner of the Nuestra   
   > Belleza Mexico competition, meanwhile, will compete in the Miss   
   > Universe Pageant in Brazil next month.   
   >   
   > Organizers of the Mexican competition took away de la Vega's   
   > crown last month and said she couldn't compete in the November   
   > Miss World pageant in London. On Wednesday they announced that   
   > Gabriela Palacio, designated as a substitute after the Mexico   
   > competition, would take her place.   
   >   
   > Nuestra Belleza Mexico's official statement on the move said de   
   > la Vega "did not comply with the recommendations and goals   
   > agreed upon for her preparation."   
   >   
   > De la Vega told CNN en Espanol that she gained weight as the   
   > stressful competition neared. But she added that contest   
   > officials did not inform her of any specific weight or   
   > appearance requirements, or provide the support she needed while   
   > training for the competition.   
   >   
   > "They took away the crown that I earned. That is mine," she said.   
   >   
   > http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/08/03/mexi   
   > co.beauty.queen/   
   >   
      
   That girl is beautiful. Que tonto.   
      
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