Beauty queen disgraced after throwing firecracker at cats

Gabrielly Palácio, former Miss Araucária 2024, lost her title after a controversial video. In the sequence, filmed in a house in Curitiba, Brazil, the 19-year-old claims to be trying to scare cats with a firecracker. Laughter and gestures follow, but darkness makes it impossible to tell whether the cats have been harmed. The committee revoked her title, denouncing an attack on their values. An investigation is underway and she faces up to five years in prison if convicted of animal abuse.