Read the story of Miss Universe Stripped of her crown 'breach of contract' days before confirming pregnancy

Model Joyce Prado has been stripped of her Miss Santa Cruz and Miss Bolivia crowns days before confirming that she's pregnant. Ms Prado represented her country at the 2018 Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2018, having been named Miss Bolivia six months prior. Despite her achievements, modelling agency Promociones Gloria, with whom the 22-year-old is signed, announced on Facebook on Friday that the model has had her most recent titles removed due to a "breach of contract".

Promociones Gloria organises both the Miss Santa Cruz and Miss Bolivia pageants. Over the weekend, Ms Prado revealed on Instagram that she and her boyfriend, model Rodrigo Giménez, are expecting their first child together.


"I want to share with you that I am the happiest woman in the world because my life is full of love, because together with the man of my dreams we are beginning to live the most beautiful stage of our lives," she wrote in the caption.

In the statement released by Promociones Gloria on Facebook, the modelling agency states that it maintains "cordial relations" with Ms Prado.

The company did not explicitly state that Ms Prado's pregnancy is the reason why her titles have been removed.

However, following the announcement of the "breach of contract", Promociones Gloria shared a clipping of a newspaper article on Instagram, with the headline: "Joyce Prado is left without a crown because of her pregnancy."

In the article, published by El Día Digital, Promociones Gloria general manager Tatiana Limpas says that Prado has a five-year contract with the agency.