Man smashes Brazilian beauty pageant winner's crown after his wife comes second

Maighna Nanu
14:08, May 31 2023



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The incident took place at Miss Gay Mato Grosso pageant in Brazil.

The husband of the runner-up in a Brazilian beauty pageant smashed the winner’s crown after his wife was placed second.

The man stormed the stage of the Miss Gay Mato Grosso pageant, snatching the decorative headwear just as officials were placing it on winner Emannuelly Belini’s head.

It came after a closely contested final of the competition, which was open to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Pansexual and other (LGBTQ+) entrants, between Belini, from the city of Várzea Grande, and Nathally Becker, from Cuiabá.

In video footage from Brazilian media outlet Globo, the man, who it identified as Becker’s husband, can be seen snatching the crown and hurling it to the floor in anger.