Forty minutes into her reign as Miss Universe, Miss Puerto Rico Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza collapsed during a post-pageant news conference and was rushed offstage on Sunday night.


Pageant officials immediately said Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza was all right and had fainted.


pageant representative Lark Anton told Reuters:

She's okay. She's fine,



It's very hot up here. Her dress is tight – as you could see it was beaded and heavy. She passed out.




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