Carlina Duran secret marriage - Beauty queen loses crown over marriage,
The woman named Miss Dominican Republic, Carlina Duran, must give back
her crown because she reportedly kept her marriage a secret, The
director of the beauty contest says all contestants must be single and
it was recently discovered that Duran wed in 2009.
The woman recently named Miss
Dominican Republic will have to relinquish her crown because she is
married, organizers of the contest said.
The rules state that those vying for the crown must be single. But
Magaly Febles, director of the Miss Domincan Republic contest, said
Tuesday it had been discovered that recent winner Carlina Duran was
married in 2009.
Contest organizers scheduled a Wednesday night news conference to give
the crown to the first runner-up, 24-year-old Dulcita Lieggi.
Duran has not commented publicly on the discovery of her true marital status.
The
25-year-old Duran, who owns a spa in Santo Domingo, hails from the town
of La Vega, about 95 miles (150 kilometers) north of the nation's
capital. She was crowned Miss Dominican Republic on April 17 and was to
represent her country at the Miss Universe contest.
Febles
told the Dominican television news program "Noticias SIN" on Tuesday
night that Duran acknowledged she is married. The Dominican newspaper
Diario Libre reported on its website earlier in the day that a marriage
license showed she was wed on June 6, 2009.
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