Why was Keishla Villafane Rivera removed as the reigning Miss Puerto Rico?
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico The Miss Puerto Rico Petite competition stripped the reigning queen of her crown Friday, accusing the young woman of “intolerable conduct” that included threatening and assaulting pageant staff. Keishla Villafane Rivera also used “coarse language” and violated the terms of her contract by agreeing to use her image in an advertisement without the consent of the pageant, the organizers said in a statement. Luis Santiago Productions, the pageant company, said it was obligated to dismiss the 19-year-old queen after she made death threats and assaulted staff members. Its statement provided no details of the purported misconduct. Villafane could not be reached for comment. Her attorney, Maribel Vidal, did not respond to messages left with her office in San Juan. A pageant spokeswoman, Libni Garcia, declined in an interview with The Associated Press to disclose details about the accusations, saying more information would be released in a legal action the company plans to
