 Pageant Queen's Rap Sheet Stirs Runners-Up 
 
 (CN) — The winner of the 2016 Miss Corpus Christi Latina Pageant is just settling into her tiara, but six rivals claim in court she's not worthy because her criminal record should have disqualified her. Caitlin Cifuentes, 25, won the pageant on June 11, besting 16 other competitors, according to court records. By Krista M. Torralva of the Caller-Times 
 
 Six Miss Corpus Christi Latina pageant contestants are suing the contest's director after the crown went to a woman whose past they say should have disqualified her from competing.  Miss Corpus Christi Latina contestants sue, claiming winner's past should disqualify her 
 
 Soon after the crown was placed on Caitlin Cifuentes's head at the Miss Corpus Christi Latina pageant, the 25-year-old had to take to social media to defend her title. Although Cifuentes is not a convicted felon, she has a PENDING charge against her because she is serving a 10-year deferred adjudication probationary sentence for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon." Cifuentes, who could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday, is currently on deferred adjudicated probation for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and probation for a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated case, according to online Nueces County court records. The first-year pageant director told the Caller-Times she hasn't received legal notice of the lawsuit but defended the pageant judges' selection. "Just because you have a bad background ... doesn't mean that should hold you back from accomplishing your goals," Alvarez told the Caller-Times. She's worked very hard and the judges saw that and she won fair and square," Alvarez told the newspaper. Alvarez told the Caller-Times she didn't plan to revoke Cifuentes' title because her deferred adjudication probation isn't a conviction, and although the teen pageant prohibits contestants who have been married, divorced women can enter the adult contest. "I am only going to state this once," the pageant queen wrote on Facebook. "With that said, there is way more positivity and love than negativity so for those that are bitter, please understand that this was a competition and the judges made their own final decision. I forgive those who choose to be hateful. Overall we all did awesome and we are all beautiful." Alvarez said she has no plans to renounce Cifuentes' crown. However, the contestants may not be married at the time of the pageant, she said.
– Six of the contestants who lost the Miss Corpus Christi Latina Pageant not only think the pageant crowned the wrong winner, they're suing over it. Their lawsuit makes the case that Caitlin Cifuentes, 25, should not have received the crown on June 11 because of her criminal record and a past marriage, reports the Houston Chronicle. Specifically, the suit argues that Cifuentes should have been disqualified because she is on deferred adjudicated probation for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, along with probation for misdemeanor DUI. Those charges stem from a 2013 car crash that injured four people, reports Courthouse News Service. The lawsuit is seeking $100,000 from pageant director Kayla Alvarez, who stands by the decision to crown Cifuentes. "Just because you have a bad background ... doesn't mean that should hold you back from accomplishing your goals," Alvarez tells the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. "She's worked very hard and the judges saw that and she won fair and square." Alvarez says Cifuentes' probationary status means she was never technically convicted and was therefore still eligible to compete. While the suit cites a clause in the agreement all contestants signed that begins "I have never been married," Alvarez says the rule against no marriages applies only to the teen competition, with divorced adults eligible for the "Miss" title. The suit also argues that due to Cifuentes' probation, her travel outside of Nueces County is dependent on the Nueces County Probation Department's approval. As of now, Cifuentes is still on track to compete for the state Latina title in August. (Want to win Miss Universe? This Yale law grad can help.)