Riza Santos of PBB crowned Miss Universe Canada
>> Tuesday, May 28, 2013
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Riza Santos, a former PBB housemate is the rightful owner of the Miss Universe-Canada 2013 crown. The Beauties of Canada pageant organizers admits having a mistake when they crowned Denise Garrido as the winner, when the truth is that Garrido is only 3rd runner up.
In their website they officially stated the mistake.
"During the validation of the computerized scoring results (which occurs the following day), a typo was discovered in the top 5 entries, which significantly impacted the final results of the competition.
"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.
"This is an unfortunate circumstance where a human error was made, and in such a situation, as difficult as it is, it is only right to correct the error.
"Therefore, the official results of Miss Universe Canada 2013 are as follows:
Miss Universe Canada 2013 Riza Santos (Calgary, AB)
1st runner-up Siera Bearchell (Moose Jaw, SK)
2nd runner-up Diana Martin (Mississauga, ON)
3rd runner-up Denise Garrido (Bradford, ON)
4th runner-up Michelle McKay (Sarnia, ON)
"We would like to offer our sincere apology to Denise Garrido for this human error discovered while validating the results.
"Miss Garrido’s example and grace represents all we look for at Miss Universe Canada. 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.
"Beauties of Canada congratulates Riza Santos as the winner of Miss Universe Canada 2013 competition, and looks forward to working with her as she prepares to represent our country at Miss Universe 2013.
"BOC would also like to congratulate all the runners-up on their proper placements at the pageant, as well as the other 52 extraordinary young women who competed for the title in Toronto."
Riza Santos is a veteran in pageant competition, as she already represented Canada in Miss Earth 2006 and Miss World 2011.
She joined PBB Celebrity Edition 2007 in which she was linked to fellow housemate Will Devaughn. She also became a contract artist of Viva Films and appeared on tv shows such as Palos and Betty La Fea.
