On Monday, 7News told you about 18 year-old Yancy Bautista, the Miss Independence 2013, who caused quite a commotion in Succotz Village on Independence Day. As we told you, she was chosen as the winner of the Miss Independence Pageant, but she refused to accept the crown. And so, at the coronation of the runner up, she snatched the crown off her head, ran away and broke it.
She told us that it was her stance against what she called political games being played with the pageant because she wasn't given what she was promised as the winner. While she made her point crystal clear, she did commit a criminal offence. So, on Tuesday, she made nice with the pageant organizers agreeing to apologize to everyone, and in return, they wouldn't press charges.
And while those worries are behind her, she has others. 7News has been reliably informed that her school, Mopan Technical High School, is considering suspending Yancy for 2 weeks. We've been trying to contact the school all day, but our calls have gone unanswered. We do know however, that if the suspension is to take effect, the school intends to enforce it starting next week Monday.
Today, we contacted Bautista, but she refused to talk about the issue. She told us that she would rather not say anything for fear of getting into more trouble.
We also contacted the Chairman of the Succotz Village Council, who also sits on the Board for Mopan Technical High School. He told us that he knows of no suspension which the school intends to enforce against Bautista, but according to him, she hasn't presented that written apology which she promised as yet.
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