Hair-raising moment beauty queen contestant is electrocuted live on stage during a pageant in Mexico after grabbing a faulty microphone
- Andrea Granados was competing in the Miss Sahuayo 2022 beauty queen pageant in Sahuayo, Mexico, when she was electrocuted Sunday
- The 22-year-old walked down the stage and grabbed a microphone to address the crowd when she was suddenly sent reeling backwards after being shocked
- Granados attempted to let go of the microphone but the wire was stuck to her hand, causing her to fall down on the stage
- She eventually returned and finished her strut before leaving to a huge applause
If beauty pageants included a ‘shocking catwalk strut’ category, then this contestant would have certainly come out on top.
Andrea Granados was electrocuted live on stage while competing for the Miss Sahuayo 2022 crown in the western Mexico state of Michoacán on Sunday.
The 22-year-old was barefoot and wearing a traditional outfit covered in colorful feathers when she walked up to the microphone stand.
But after reaching for the mic to address the audience, she suddenly jolted and reeled back in shock, clutching her hand.
Andrea Granados approaches the microphone stand moments before she was electrocuted while competing at the Miss Sahuayo 2022 beauty queen pageant Sunday in Sahuayo, a city in the western Mexico state of Michoacán
The 22-year-old beauty pageant contestant was electrocuted after she took the microphone to address the audience
Andrea Granados suffered a burn to her hand and was able to return to the stage after the mishap and complete her strut
As she swiftly retreated from the stand, she tried to let go of the microphone – but it became stuck to her hand, causing her to fall back on the stage.
The MC can be heard shouting in Spanish: ‘She’s being electrocuted, she’s being electrocuted.’
Granados was lying on her back and managed to separate the microphone and wire to get it off her before several pageant workers raced to her side and helped her walk off the stage.
Andrea Granados grabs the microphone just moments before she was shockingly electrocuted during a beauty pageant in Michoacán, Mexico
Andrea Granados competed at the Miss Sahuayo 2022 beauty pageant on Sunday
She suffered a burn to her hand – but the shocking mishap did not deter her from returning to the runway to complete her strut.
Granados took the pageant’s misadventure in stride and joked about it on social media on Monday.
‘I came backed recharged, literally,’ she wrote. ‘Thank you for all your messages, thank God everything is fine.
Andrea Granados attempts to let go of the microphone before she fell on the stage
Andrea Granados is tended to by beauty pageant workers after she was electrocuted
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