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Miss Guatemala 2009
A scandal eclipses the coronation of Guatemala's beauties

Crowning photos coming soon

GUATEMALA, May 25 – Lourdes Figueroa, a 20-year old model and student from Guatemala City; and Angelica Guevara from San Marcos, were crowned Miss Guatemala Universe and Miss Guatemala World respectively during an event held at the Gran Tikal Futura Expocenter on May 25th.

But the event was affected by a major scandal: Jennifer Chiong (Miss Guatemala 2008) who had been dethroned last December -for her inability to perform her duties- showed up at the event, uninvited, wearing her sash and crown, and bringing an audio track with her "farewell speech".

Chiong interrupted the event when she took the stage by storm during the performance of musical guest Carlos Peña (winner of Latin American Idol 2007). The audience and guests could not understand what was happening, and pageant directors removed her from the stage.

Afterwards, a brawl took place inside the venue, where journalists filmed and photographed the whole ordeal. Chiong took the stage again and grabbed the microphone to try to discredit the pageant organization. The contestants had to leave the stage and the scandal lasted for about an hour, until Chiong was removed from the premises.

Meanwhile, Lourdes Figueroa (1.78 m) will compete at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant in the Bahamas (August 23) and Angelica Guevara will compete at the Miss World 2009 contest in Johannesburg, South Africa (December 3rd). Ivana Bonilla, Miss Chiquimula, was named Miss Guatemala International and will represent the country at the Miss International 2009 pageant in Macau.

Figueroa was crowned by Miss Guatemala 2007, Alida Boer.

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