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Miss Dominican Republic stripped of her crown

The woman recently named Miss Dominican Republic will have to relinquish her crown because she is actually a Mrs. The rules state that those vying for the crown must be single, and that is a problem for the recent winner, Carlina Duran.

Dethroned: Carlina Duran had her Miss Dominican Republic crown taken away as it was revealed that she was married in 2009

Magaly Febles, director of the Miss Domincan Republic contest, said Tuesday it had been discovered that Mrs Duran was married in 2009. To complicate matters, Mrs Duran said in a statement read at a Wednesday night news conference that she had never lived with her husband.

'In my daily life, I remained like a single woman, without thinking of myself neither materially nor spiritually married,' said the statement, read by her lawyer. The statement also said the marriage was brief, and the couple had begun annulment proceedings. Mrs Duran's statement called her decision to hide her marriage from the contest organizers the 'fruit of my inexperience.'

Ms Febles officially handed the crown to first runner-up, 24-year-old Dulcita Lieggi, at the news conference. The 25-year-old Duran, was crowned Miss Dominican Republic on April 17 and was to represent her country at the Miss Universe contest, but that dream is no longer possible.

© Daily Mail, London

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