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Eugenio
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Miss Sinaloa
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2008/12/23/2008122...
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - A reigning Mexican beauty queen from the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa was arrested with suspected gang members in a truck
filled guns and ammunition, police said Tuesday.
Miss Sinaloa 2008 Laura Zuniga stared at the ground, with her flowing dark hair concealing her face, as she stood squeezed between seven alleged
gunmen lined up before journalists. Soldiers wearing ski masks guarded the 23-year-old model and the suspects.
Zuniga was arrested shortly before midnight Monday at a military checkpoint in Zapopan, just outside the colonial city of Guadalajara, said Jalisco
state police director, Francisco Alejandro Solorio.
Zuniga was riding in one of two trucks, where soldiers found a large stash of weapons, including two AR-15 assault rifles, 38 specials, 9mm handguns,
nine magazines, 633 cartridges and $53,300 in U.S. currency, Solorio said.
Zuniga told police that she was planning on traveling to Bolivia and Colombia with the men to go shopping, Solorio said.
When the former preschool teacher won Miss Sinaloa in July she gave an impassioned speech about how society should value women more, especially
mothers. In October, she won the Hispanoamerican Queen beauty contest in October against competitors from across Latin America.
She placed third in the Nuestra Belleza Mexico pageant in Monterrey in September. That pageant sends its winner to the Miss Universe contest. For
placing third, she was expected to represent Mexico in the 2009 Miss International contest.
Zuniga is from the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, the home of the powerful cartel of the same name. It was not immediately known whether Zuniga and
the men were being investigated for drug ties.
Lupita Jones, the national director of Nuestra Belleza Mexico, released a statement distancing the organization from Zuniga. Jones also said Nuestra
Belleza knew nothing about "any illicit activity in which she could be involved."
The organization also says it will await the results of the investigation before making any decision about whether to strip Zuniga of her crown.
"Since 1994, Nuestra Belleza has been a serious, honest and transparent organization dedicated exclusively to preparing Mexican women to successfully
represent our country en various contests and whose object is to show the beauty, value and intelligence of each one of them," Jones said.
Tatiana Limpias of Gloria promotions, which organizes the Hispanoamerican contest in Bolivia, told the Associated Press that their lawyers were also
looking into the matter before making a decision about her crown.
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Bajahowodd
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Eugenio- How often does this happen. Apparently your post went up while I was typing about the same topic from an LA Times article. Wow. see-Should I
laugh or cry.
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It was reported on Mexican tv news that she didn't know her boyfriend was in the cartel. HA-----
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Eugenio
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Sorry about that Bajahowodd (what's your nick mean ?).
There was an interview in the mexican press with her father - he sells cds in what sounded like a swapmeet type deal - so I guess she comes from
pretty humble origens. It kind of shows that the war against the narcos isn't going to be won solely by the military - there are a lot of cultural
things that are going to have to change. Any attractive female from Sinaloa or maybe mexico is going to have similar pressures - and given the lack
of opportunity...etc etc....
On the other hand I don't feel sorry for her - she was extremely fortunate - she had it made on the right side of the law, got greedy, and blew it.
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tjBill
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How come the nicest girls always date the most dangerous men? 
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Bajahowodd
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The Howodd is just a play on the name Howard. maybe this girl was just stupid?
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tjBill
How come the nicest girls always date the most dangerous men? |
For some, because life is easy for them, and they get bored. (that has always been my thoughts, anyway) . Also, many great guys won't date beautiful
women because they are sorta afraid of them, and don't want to be rejected down the line. (another one of my great thoughts) 
Life is not always that great for the "beauties", I am thinking, and have been told. (tho that is hard for me to get my mind around)
Barry
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beauty doesn't = smart
the first thing she should have said upon being stopped by the cops was, "I've been kidnapped!!!! Thank you for saving me, etc...."
oh well. Darwin's theory in action.....
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You guys are slipping in the race to be the first to post these kinds of stories. It wasn't until almost 1:30!
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Hook
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She's pretty hot..........
.........but a couple of things dont seem real about her.
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Barry A.
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I only see one thing that does not look "real"----that enormous ring on her left hand--------everything else looks good to me, except that ghost
"elbow" to her immediate right----that is of no interest.
I am taking a new interest in Sinaloa, tho-------------Hope she makes it out of the slammer ok.
Barry
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i know!
the fake things are those cheap immitation buttons on her bikini!!!
DUH!!!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
Life is not always that great for the "beauties", I am thinking, and have been told. (tho that is hard for me to get my mind around)
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True enough Barry A....as this one recently found out. 
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
.........but a couple of things dont seem real about her.
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Fake Eyelashes?
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woody with a view
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no beauty here....
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Barry A.
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I LOVE it
Barry
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Bajahowodd
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Whatever is fake or real, doubt any of it is going to help her in el carcel.
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Woody
Is that Rosie O'Donnell?
Iflyfishinconfusionattimes
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call it what you will......
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Great example of the beauty bias. Attractive people are considered to be smarter than unattractive people. Another example, attractive food tastes
better than unattractive food. Those Mexican pastries always look so good but I'm not a big fan of how they taste.
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