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   From: daily.beaner@gazette.com   
      
   Puerto Rico's 2016 Miss Universe contestant was stripped of her   
   crown on Thursday after officials said she had an attitude   
   problem.   
      
   Kristhielee Caride will no longer represent the U.S. territory   
   in the upcoming international beauty contest. Caride won the   
   crown four months ago but recently did an interview with a local   
   newspaper in which she was criticised for being dismissive and   
   saying she did not love cameras.   
      
   Desiree Lowry, national director of Miss Universe Puerto Rico,   
   was present during that interview.   
      
   "I wanted the earth to swallow me," Lowry said. "You always have   
   to put your best face forward ... it's a given that we are going   
   to be in front of cameras and that we have to answer all types   
   of questions."   
      
   Lowry said Caride never apologised and only told officials that   
   she was having a personal problem and that the incident would   
   not repeat itself. But Lowry said Caride then canceled other   
   appearances because she said she had a doctor's appointment that   
   she refused to reschedule.   
      
   Caride said in a lengthy Facebook post on Thursday that beauty   
   queens are not exempt from having a bad day and that she was   
   sincerely sorry.   
      
   "I allowed my feelings to get in the way of my work," she wrote.   
      
   Caride said she did not agree with the decision that Lowry and   
   other officials made, but that she was turning in her sash with   
   dignity.   
      
   Lowry presented the new Miss Universe contestant at a press   
   conference held on Thursday at a restaurant in the capital of   
   San Juan. Brenda Jimenez appeared in a sparkling tiara and a   
   strapless red dress with a somewhat surprised look on her face.   
      
   "I still haven't fully processed the information," she said.   
      
   It is the first time a Puerto Rico Miss Universe contestant has   
   lost her crown before the big event is held. Miss Puerto Rico   
   1994, Brenda Robles, was dismissed during that year's Miss   
   Universe contest because she was pregnant.   
      
   In December Miss Colombia was stripped of her crown after   
   mistakenly being named Miss Universe by the show's host, Steve   
   Harvey.   
      
   Also in December, Destiny Velez, Miss Puerto Rico 2015, ran into   
   trouble after posting Islamophobic messages on Twitter, directed   
   at filmmaker Michael Moore.   
      
   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandtheca   
   ribbean/puertorico/12197409/PICPUB-PLS-Puerto-Rico-Miss-Universe-   
   contestant-dethroned-because-attitude-problem.html   
       
      
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