The woman recently named Miss Dominican Republic in him to resign, because she married the crown, the competition organizers said.
The rules state that they are competing for the crown to be one. But Magaly Febles, director of the Miss Domincan Republic disputes that you have discovered on Tuesday that the recent winner of Carlina Duran was married in 2009.
Duran said in a statement read in a news conference Wednesday night that he had never lived with her husband.
"My daily life was left like a woman without thinking of myself either financially or spiritually married," said the statement, read to her lawyer, Radhames Cornielle.
The statement also said the marriage was brief, and the pair began annulment proceedings. The statement did not specify that the annulment was finalized.
The rules state that they are competing for the crown to be one. But Magaly Febles, director of the Miss Domincan Republic disputes that you have discovered on Tuesday that the recent winner of Carlina Duran was married in 2009.
Duran said in a statement read in a news conference Wednesday night that he had never lived with her husband.
"My daily life was left like a woman without thinking of myself either financially or spiritually married," said the statement, read to her lawyer, Radhames Cornielle.
The statement also said the marriage was brief, and the pair began annulment proceedings. The statement did not specify that the annulment was finalized.
Duran's statement called the decision to hide the marriage of the organizers of the "fruit of my inexperience."
Febles was officially handed over the crown to first runner-up, 24-year Dulcita Lieggi, at the press conference.
The 25-year Duran, who owns a spa in Santo Domingo, hails from the town of La Vega, about 95 miles (150 kilometers) north of the nation's capital. She was crowned Miss Dominican Republic on April 17, and was to represent his country in the Miss Universe contest.
The Dominican newspaper Diario Libre reported on its website Tuesday that the marriage license showed her to go on June 6, 2009.
