Nate lost strength as moves towards Mexico

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Nate has lost strength as it moves toward landfall in Mexico. ... 

MEXICO NEWS

In April, Cynthia de la Vega, 19, was crowned runner up for Nuestra Belleza Mexico, a position that usually goes on to compete in Miss World, while the winner goes on to compete in Miss Universe.

However, she claimed she was dropped from the pageant by organisers who said she had put on too much weight.

She told Good Morning America she was "sad and very deceived."

"I cried and cried and cried," said.

She said she had put on some weight after she was crowned in September, but that she wanted to represent her country and was working hard to prepare for Miss World

But pageant officials said her title was stripped because she showed lack of discipline and failed to behave like a beauty queen.

"The training of a beauty queen is equivalent to the training of an athlete," Lupita Jones, the head of Nuestra Belleza, said.

"Keeping de la Vega was a risk we couldn't take."

De la Vega has denied the charges.

She has been replaced by Gabriela Palacio, who will go on to represent Mexico at Miss World in November.

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MEXICO EYEING FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX

Mexico is working on a plan to bring a Formula 1 grand prix back to the country after a hiatus of nearly 20 years.

Mexican entertainment company CIE is working in conjunction with Carlos Slim Domit, the son of Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, to get Mexico back on the Formula 1 calendar.

"It's being studied," Slim Domit told theReuters news agency.