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Puerto Rico beauty queen Kristhielee Caride loses court case
A Puerto Rican beauty queen has lost her bid to reclaim her tiara taken from her for poor behaviour.
A judge ruled that Kristhielee Caride had violated the terms of her contract as the island's representative for Miss Universe.
She had refused to attend a designated hair salon, and failed to appear on a TV programme because she said the traffic was too bad.
Ms Caride was seeking $3m (£2.25m) in damages from the organisers.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37357449
