Miss Puerto Rico’s Makeup And Dress Doused With Pepper Spray OUCH!

Miss Puerto Rico 2008 Ingrid Marie Rivera earned her sash the hard way. The contestant’s makeup and dress were covered in pepper spray before she graced the pageant stage in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Associated Press reports. OUCH!

Somehow she maintained her composure in front of the judges, she stripped off her clothes as soon as she got backstage, where her body and face broke out in hives, twice.

A tearful Rivera explained her perseverance at a press conference, telling reporters, “At one point I said, `Am I a masochist?’ But I said, `I am with God and this is my goal, regardless of the results.”

Ingrid actually won the crown and will compete for Miss Universe!

Published 11/27/07 by

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