(Photos, Video) Was it the weight gain of Beauty Cynthia de la Vega? Or her lack of dedication and discipline, which has been cited as the reason for being stripped of her crown and title recently.

de la Vega won second place in the Nuestra Belleza Mexico pageant in September 2010 and was set to represent her country in the Miss World 2011 event in London but officials took away her crown after she gained weight.

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Yet the head of the Nuestra Belleza Mexico beauty contest saw it differently and claimed that weight had nothing to do with the decision.

"It was a lack of dedication and discipline," Lupita Jones, Mexico's first Miss Universe winner and the national director of Nuestra Belleza Mexico, also told reporters Wednesday. Go here for video