They get voted “Miss Toronto Tourism” before revealing they have 19 outstanding drug and weapons charges!
Beauty’s beastly charges
A former Miss Toronto Tourism faces 19 weapons and drug charges, including possession of a Glock loaded with hollow-point ammo.
Man, you just can’t buy that kind of PR. I bet City Hall will be tickled.
At least Americans might stop thinking we’re dull.
Zenovique Wilson, 23, Miss Toronto Tourism 2005, is to appear Monday for a bail hearing at College Park court.
The long, pageant locks are gone, her hair now close cropped.
The tiara is replaced by tears, welling in those soft, hazel eyes.
“She’s crying,” her lawyer, Ari Goldkind, tells me after leaving a court holding room.
“Jail is a big shock to her.”
You betcha. That green prison jumper ain’t no evening gown.
The lovely Zenovique was arrested 4 p.m. Tuesday near Jane St. and Sheppard Ave. W.
A sharp-eyed copper was drawn by “suspicious behaviour” to a car parked outside a plaza, 31 Division acting Supt. Nick Memme tells me.
The uniformed officer spotted drugs in the Honda’s back seat and called in the cavalry.
Two men and a women were nabbed, with some Ecstasy and two semi-automatic handguns. The Glock held 11 rounds.
“We’re just thankful no shots were fired and two guns are off the street,” says Memme.
Jamar Francis, 20, of Toronto, and Clayton McFarlane, 27, of Brampton, were arrested with the former pageant queen.
Ms Wilson is charged with 18 weapons charges, including possession of a firearm obtained by crime, and drug possession.
Justice will play out. But, whatever the outcome, she won’t be on any tourism posters.
“I’m shocked,” says pageant director Karyn Murray. “She’s a sweet, loving girl with a soft, quiet voice.
“But she’s young.”
Still, Zenovique’s reign as Miss Toronto Tourism lasted barely two months, until it was discovered she was out on bail.
The charges, involving a Mississauga massage parlor robbery, were eventually stayed.
I’m sure this all a product of Canadian racism, right?
H/T 5′ O’Fury!
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