The Miami Herald
By Miller Davis
7/21/1965
Is Miss Mexico Just Sweet 16?
Miss Mexico
was accused Tuesday of being only sweet 16 – and entering the Miss Universe
beauty pageant with a forged birth certificate.
The director
of the Mexico City Civil Register, Antonion Flores Parkman, brought the charge
against pretty sloe-eyed Jeanine Acosta.
He said the
slender brunette – daughter of popular Mexican movie star, Rodolfo Acosta – has
won the Miss Mexico title by claiming on the fraudulent certificate that he
birthday was June 29, 1947.
Actually,
charged Flores it was exactly two years later – June 29, 1949
He asked the
district attorney’s office in Mexico City to indict Miss Acosta’s mother for
obtaining a false birth certificate.
Jeanine
rehearsed with other girls Tuesday afternoon on the stage of the Miami Beach
Convention Hall.
She replied
sharply when asked about her age: “I am 18. That is that.”
Flores said
Mrs. Acosta and three companions lied to the Civil Registry office to win the
certificate and that Jeanine was really 15 when the Miss Mexico contest began.
He said she
turned 16 less than three weeks ago.
Miss
Universe officials said Tuesday evening they were not immediately able to
determine if the charge were true. They based her entry certificate on her
passport. This in turn would be based on the birth certificate.
The minimum
age for the contest is 18.
The Miss
USA-Universe competition has been plagued this year with problems – a
contestant from Delaware turned out to be an ex-Mrs., and not a Miss.
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