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Mexico Apologizes for Booing Miss USA

Letter comes months after incident at Miss Universe pageant

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(Newser) – Over 2 months after a Mexico City crowd booed Miss USA during the Miss Universe pageant, a national tourism official today apologized for the “incorrect behavior of a small group.” The blink-and-you-missed-it international incident started during the interview portion of the competition and crested after Rachel Smith fell backward in her evening gown.

The hostile reaction may have been related more to the debate over immigration reform then raging in Congress than to Smith's performance. Today’s letter, sent in response to an LA homeless advocate’s complaint, is the first official apology for the incident and includes an assurance to Miss USA that she is always welcome in Mexico.

Miss USA Rachel Smith performs during preliminary judging of the Miss Universe 2007 contest in Mexico City, in this May 23, 2007 file photo. According to a report Wednesday Aug. 8, 2007, the government of Mexico issued a formal letter of apology to Miss USA Rachel Smith and the people...
Miss USA Rachel Smith performs during preliminary judging of the Miss Universe 2007 contest in Mexico City, in this May 23, 2007 file photo. According to a report Wednesday Aug. 8, 2007, the government...   (Associated Press)
President Bush, right, walks with Miss USA, Rachel Smith, before the start of a celebration of Black Music Month in the East Room of the White House Friday, June 22, 2007 in Washington. A Mexican Tourism official has issued an apology for recent jeers directed at Smith in an international...
President Bush, right, walks with Miss USA, Rachel Smith, before the start of a celebration of Black Music Month in the East Room of the White House Friday, June 22, 2007 in Washington. A Mexican Tourism...   (Associated Press)
Rachel Smith, Miss USA 2007, poses with the Empire State Building in the background at the Top of the Rock observation deck in Rockefeller Center, New York, Friday June 8, 2007. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)
Rachel Smith, Miss USA 2007, poses with the Empire State Building in the background at the Top of the Rock observation deck in Rockefeller Center, New York, Friday June 8, 2007. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)   (Associated Press)
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