Up until recently, Ingrid Marie Rivera was the bravest woman in all the world for the way she fearlessly won the Puerto Rican Miss Universe qualifier despite having her clothes and make-up doused in all sorts of pepper spray.
Except it turns out that she probably didn't. The forensic police investigation into Ingrid Marie Rivera's claims that a rival has sabotaged her efforts to become next year's Miss Universe by dumping a bunch of pepper spray into her belongings has not uncovered a single trace of pepper spray. That means that, if Ingrid Marie Rivera is found to have provided false information to police, she could face a felony charge. But, even worse than that, this news means that the prettiest girl in Puerto Rico now has a face that's naturally very slightly puffy sometimes. How will the country ever recover from a blow like that?
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In this post-feminist landscape, beauty contests are more about displaying a united spirit of sisterhood than anything else – well, that and attacking your competitors with pepper spray to stop them winning, as Ingrid Marie Rivera has found out.
Ingrid Marie Rivera, you see, is going to be Puerto Rico's representative at next year's Miss Universe competition. But her journey has been fraught with more peril than anyone could have imagined because rather than Vaseline her teeth and make up a lot of bullshit about animals like all other wannabe Miss Universes do, Ingrid Marie Rivera had to cope with someone sabotaging her clothes and make-up with pepper spray before the show began. And by struggling through the pageant covered in hives and emerging as Miss Puerto Rico, Ingrid Marie Rivera has proved that nothing can stand before her ultimate goal of wearing a sash, smiling subordinately and being found attractive by Donald Trump for a year.
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