Miss Puerto Rico: Pepper Spray Liar
And now a question from the judges: Miss Puerto Rico, if you were going to fake some attack so you could demonstrate your triumph over adversity, how would you do it, and why?
Why, I’d concoct an elaborate story about someone stealing my costumes and make-up, and then squirting pepper spray on them - this would of course cause me to suffer from a horrible cases of hives. Why? To make me look like a trooper who can handle any situation, and help me win the entire contest. That’s what I’d do!
That’s just the sort of genius plot authorities think occurred at last week’s pageant, after no traces of the self-defense spray were found on clothes belonging to Miss Puerto Rico Universe Ingrid Marie Rivera. The winning lady and pageant heads claimed that a mysterious party-pooper “had laced her makeup and doused her clothing with a chemical they believed to be pepper spray.” The scandal came after Rivera reportedly had her gowns, makeup and credit cards stolen. Now all fingers point directly, back to the recently crowned, beauty, and police say, “I guess she has a lot of explaining to do.”
It’s a good thing she knows how to answer those soft ball pageant questions! [Us]
