.Govt sought out Ex-Miss Colombia to improve scandal-ridden image: Prosecutors .

[Judi Lynn]

Govt sought out Ex-Miss Colombia to improve scandal-ridden image: Prosecutors
Wednesday, 29 June 2011 12:02
Matt Snyder

Prosecutors revealed Wednesday that former Miss Colombia Valerie Dominguez was sought by government ministers to improve the image of their bureau in the wake of an embezzlement scandal in which Dominguez herself allegedly participated.

The prosecutors argued that as a corruption scandal surfaced at the Agricultural Income Security (AIS), Andres Fernandez --then head of the AIS-- contacted Dominguez's boyfriend about using the beauty queen in a public relations program to rehabilitate the bureau's image.

Both Dominguez and her boyfriend, Juan Manuel Davila, are currently being tried for their part in the corruption scandal. Dominguez is currently charged with falsifying a personal document and attempted corruption.

Dominguez currently runs a jewelry store, and was found to have received a $163,000 non-taxable subsidy for an "irrigation and drainage" project.

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