Someone really wanted to be Miss Puerto Rico. Badly.
So badly, in fact, that she was willing to sabotage the front-runner, Ingrid Marie Rivera, by dousing her clothing and make-up in pepper spray -- a move that forced the contestant to ice down her face and body after she broke out in hives. Fortunately, Rivera wasn't seriously hurt, and eventually won the contest anyway -- albeit amidst declarations from organizers that they would find and punish the perpetrator of this "vile act."
I always figured this kind of thing was going on backstage at beauty pageants -- behind the Vaseline-coated teeth, absurdly perky demeanors, and pleas for maps for underpriveledged Americans. Now there's proof.
Beauty queens play dirty.