Denise Garrido was crowned the 2013
winner Saturday night but by Sunday was told it was an error.
Denise
Garrido was mistakenly crowned Miss Universe Canada on Saturday night in
Toronto. She has since relinquished her sash.
By: Alex
Consiglio GTA
Denise Garrido spent
almost 24 hours as Miss Universe Canada before being told that a human error
placed her first rather than fourth place.
Garrido was crowned
the 2013 winner of the Miss Universe Canada pageant Saturday night in Toronto.
On Sunday, she got the bad news after an audit detected that a human error had
bumped her to first place from fourth. Riza Santos of Calgary has been named the
winner.
Garrido, of Bradford,
Ont., has taken the devastating loss in stride.
“We are extremely
lucky to have such a gracious young lady,” said pageant spokesman Andrew Lopez.
“She totally understands.”
Lopez explained the
error was made because of a typo in the computerized scoring results.
“You can do the right
thing and correct it, or do the wrong thing and try to cover it up,” he said.
Pageant director
Denis Davila broke the news to Garrido as soon as it was discovered. He has
also publicly apologized for the mix up.
“We would like to
offer our sincere apology to Denise Garrido for this human error discovered
while validating the results,” said Davila. “We have no doubt she will continue
to succeed in her endeavours and we wish her well. We truly hope she remains a
strong part of the Miss Universe Canada Organization.”
Santos will now represent Canada at
Miss Universe 2013.
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