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Miss Universe Puerto Rico Stripped Of Crown

Her crime? Saying she didn't like cameras.
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General Assignment Reporter, HuffPost

Well, she wasn't Miss Congeniality.

Kristhielee Caride was stripped of her Miss Universe Puerto Rico crown Thursday after an uncomfortable interview with a Puerto Rican newspaper, the New York Daily News reported.

The 24-year-old, who won the pageant just four months ago, had already aggravated officials by missing planned appearances and not rescheduling them, the Daily News wrote.

But it was a Sunday interview with El Nuevo Dia that apparently sealed her fate. According to Spanish-language broadcaster Univision, Caride declared in an interview, "I just do not like cameras."

Desiree Lowry, national director of Miss Universe Puerto Rico, witnessed the interview and had enough.

"I saw the damage that she was doing and the damage that she was doing to the organization," Lowry said at a press conference, per E! Online.

Lowry also said Caride missed several appearances due to doctor's appointments but refused to reschedule them.

Runner-up Brenda Jimenez was presented Thursday as the replacement.

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LAS VEGAS, NV - DECEMBER 20: Miss Universe 2014 Paulina Vega (R) removes the crown from Miss Colombia 2015, Ariadna Gutierrez, in order to give it to Miss Philippines 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (not pictured), after host Steve Harvey mistakenly named Gutierrez the winner instead of Wurtzbach during the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on December 20, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) (credit:Ethan Miller via Getty Images)
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