Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza, the newly crowned Miss Universe who hails from Puerto Rico, fainted a mere 40 minutes after she was crowned, Reuters reports.

“She’s OK. She’s fine. She got dizzy. Its very hot up here. Her dress is tight – as you could see it was beaded and heavy. She passed out,” Lark Anton, pageant representative, said to Reuters.

The fainting spell came on stage after a news conference. Mendoza’s head apparently fell to her chest, where she stayed for 10 seconds before she collapsed into the arms of an assistant for the pageant.

She was then rushed off the stage. A few minutes later, it was announced Mendoza would be fine; that she had just fainted.

Pageant officials maintain that the new Miss Universe had enough to eat on the day of the competition.






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