![]() ![]() Santos, meanwhile, will spend the year preparing to represent Canada in the 2013 Miss Universe pageant, the date and location of which have not yet been announced. She accepted the pageant's offer to be a judge at next year's competition and will be included in Miss Universe Canada Organization activities throughout the year, according to pageant officials. Garrido, 26, cannot compete in the pageant again due to age-eligibility requirements. Sure it was only 24 hours, but I got to fulfill that dream." "I'm still considering myself an extremely lucky individual who got to experience being crowned Miss Universe Canada," Garrido said. Pageant director Davila personally sat down with Garrido on Sunday and showed her the judges' handwritten scores and where the error occurred. Pageant officials decided it was best to quickly admit their mistake and honor the judges' decision, according to a spokesman. "This is the first instance of this type of error in the 11 years that Beauties of Canada (BOC) has produced the Miss Universe Canada pageant." ![]() "A typo was discovered in the top 5 entries, which significantly impacted the final results of the competition," Davila said in a statement. It was during the audit that the human error was discovered, moving Garrido down from pageant queen to third runner-up. On Sunday, the pageant completed a third-party audit comparing the judges' handwritten scores with the inputted computer scores, the same process the pageant follows every year. Santos was originally named first runner-up in the pageant, the winner of which goes on to compete in the Miss Universe pageant. "I was in a complete state of shock," she said. He asked, 'Are you sitting down?' So I sat on the sink." "I had to go to a washroom so I could hear, the music was so loud by the pool. "I was sitting by the pool at my hotel," Santos, who could not be reached today, told her local newspaper, the Calgary Herald. The newly crowned Miss Universe Canada is Riza Santos, a 26-year-old engineering student from Calgary, who found out she was the real winner Monday while unwinding from the pageant stress poolside in Las Vegas. "I have no bitterness or anger or resentment towards the organization at all. "I was shocked and disappointed and kind of embarrassed because of all of the celebrations and congratulatory messages I'd received," Garrido told of the moment Sunday when she was shown the correct scores by Miss Universe Canada national director Denis Davila. Twenty-four hours later, Garrido's crown was gone and placed on the head of another Canadian woman after the revelation that a pageant employee's typo had crowned the wrong woman. There is also a significant financial investment required to begin, however it is by no means unattainable.On Saturday night, Denise Garrido had the crown, the sash and all the glory that comes with being crowned 2013 Miss Universe Canada. We want you to share our standard of excellence while bringing your unique talents, passions, vision and creativity to your own pageant enterprise. Our ideal candidates have experience with, connections to and a passion for pageants. MISS USA is specifically looking for entrepreneurs that are committed to exceptional service and take their influence on young women seriously. Sound financial capability to execute a Miss USA standard production.Pageant experience as a Sponsor, Trainer, Former Contestant or Director.We award franchises based on qualifications including, but not limited to: We prefer operators who will be actively involved in the day to day running of the pageant and invested in the lives and success of every young woman that enrolls as a contestant. We have created a way to help make your pageant a significant income-sustaining business and it is our hope that this will create further employment opportunities as a viable career for many aspiring pageant entrepreneurs. We’re here to empower a new era of entrepreneurs through creating job opportunities for them as Directors and more within the Miss USA Organization. Our mission in reimagining pageantry is to catapult our competitions into the mainstream audience by showing people the confidence and power that pageantry can give to young women. The Miss USA brand is well-known by pageant fans and the average household across America and around the world, but we intend to shift that spotlight, from just being well-known, to being relevant. We are innovators in the multi-billion dollar beauty industry, paired with a long-standing reputable name, committed to elevating pageants even further. Through the current leadership, Miss USA has become a one of a kind brand and unlike any other pageant system that exists globally. ![]()
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