Massiel Taveras showed off her toned figure on Saturday, while relaxing at a luxury spa in Los Angeles.
The 40-year-old Dominican actress made a splash in a pink two-piece while enjoying a swim, two months after her red carpet clash at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Taveras wore her curly raven tresses cascading down and opted for a no-accessories look as she soaked up the sun.
Fresh-faced and radiant, she emerged from the pool with her stunning complexion glowing in a makeup-free look.
It comes a month after the star shared her side of the story, following a viral red carpet clash with a female security guard at Cannes in May.
Massiel Taveras, 40, showed off her toned figure on Saturday, while relaxing at a luxury spa in Los Angeles
Taveras suggested that the woman ‘should go to church’ or ‘read the Bible’, after the security guard prevented her from unfurling a long train with the image of Jesus on it in front of photographers.
She told TMZ that she believes the woman was trying to stop her form sharing religious imagery at the festival.
The actress said she simply wanted to take one photo in order to give credit to her dress designer and share the message of the dress.
Massiel says that’s when the security guard — who also clashed with Kelly Rowland, South Korean singer Yoona and model Sawa Pontyjska — ‘grabbed’ her and tried to ‘push’ her.
Massiel says the way she was treated wasn’t ‘right’, adding that while it was happening she thought to herself, ‘leave me alone.’
After she climbed up the famous Cannes staircase Massiel was told she couldn’t come inside by a male security guard.
‘I said “Why? This is Jesus Christ’s face,”‘ the actress stated, adding, ‘I have an invitation for one year in advance.’
‘They didn’t let me in the main room. They said “no, if you want to go in, go to the balcony.” I’m like okay, fine.’
The Dominican actress made a splash in a pink two-piece while enjoying a swim, two months after her red carpet clash at the Cannes Film Festival in France
Taveras wore her curly raven tresses cascading down and opted for a no-accessories look as she soaked up the sun
Fresh-faced and radiant, she emerged from the pool with her stunning complexion glowing in a makeup-free look
‘It really felt weird. I’ve never had that situation before. And I think people like the fact that I did that because it shows there’s boundaries in life. And, as Kelly did, I stood my ground. We did the same.’
Taveras then claimed the security guard did not want to see Christ’s face.
‘If you see the video, she’s like covering her face,’ she said of the security guard, before adding, ‘She should go to church or read the Bible.’
Footage of the spat showed Taveras defy instructions and throw the train of her dress down the stairs, before the situation escalated to the actress shoving the female security guard as she walked into the event.
In the video of Taveras’ confrontation, the actress seemed to plan to unravel her huge train down the steps, but was quickly stopped by the female security guard sticking out her arm.
As other staffers helped lay out the dress while Taveras waved to fans, she grew angry as the security guard kept her arm out in front of her posing.
The two exchanged a few words on the red carpet as staff pulled the train up the stairs, before Taveras took the end of the dress from another guard and threw it to the floor in frustration.
The female security guard kept her arm close to Taveras as she escorted her up the stairs, although it is unclear what the reason was for the guard to tail her so closely.
In May, Taveras was involved in a viral red carpet clash with a female security guard at Cannes (pictured)
The actress said the security guard ‘grabbed’ her and tried to ‘push’ her, trying to prevent her from unfurling a long train with the image of Jesus on it in front of photographers
Taveras was confronted by the security guard three days after the staffer also raised eyebrows with her spat with singer Kelly Rowland (pictured)
When she reached the top of the stairs, Taveras – who was previously crowned Miss Dominican Republic and competed at Miss Universe – struggled to unfurl the train of her dress.
This led her to berate the security guard when she tried to step in, throwing her arms up in frustration.
After the dress finally disentangled, Taveras waved to her fans – but the female security guard kept her arm across the actress, and appeared to jostle her towards the entrance.
That move sparked an angry reaction from Taveras as she shoved the security guard away from her, before sticking up her finger and scowling at her.
It is unclear why Taveras was confronted by the security guard, three days after the staffer also raised eyebrows with her spat with Rowland.
Rowland expressed shock at her treatment on the red carpet, and pointed to racism as being the reason she was targeted.
The singer suggested that ‘there were other women who attended that carpet, who did not quite look like me, and they didn’t get scolded or pushed off or told to get off.’
However, colleagues of the security guard at the center of the Cannes spotlight insisted to DailyMail.com that she was acting appropriately and was ‘only doing her job.’
‘She was an usher working under a lot of pressure to keep people on the carpet moving, so as to stop crowds building up,’ said a Festival staff veteran, who has been working in the resort every May for 20 years.
‘There was no pushing or shoving, or scolding,’ he said. ‘Security and safety are the priorities, along with keeping to strict timetables set according to contracts – even the celebrities have to stick to the rules.
The usher has not been publicly identified, but she is known to be a local Frenchwoman on a short term contract with the week-long Festival.
The same woman also blocked South Korean singer Yoona’s red carpet photos, in another viral moment
Elsewhere, a Ukranian model was kicked out by the same guard, but was seen fighting with the worker to get back on the stairs
The source added: ‘Suggestions of racism are just ridiculous – visitors, and indeed staff at Cannes come from all kinds of backgrounds, and none are discriminated against.’
Following the staffer’s viral run-in with Rowland, Massiel and K-pop star Yoona, fans of the stars called for the guard to be fired from her position as they accused her of chasing fame and ‘disrespecting women.’
‘She turned herself into the world’s most hated security guard,’ one X user wrote while others expressed their rage over how the minder was seemingly only ‘aggressive with women of color.’
Another wrote: ‘This lady is a STRAIGHT up HATER… first Kelly Rowland and NOW Massiel Taveras…….. she needs to be TERMINATED.’
Elsewhere, a Ukranian model was kicked out by the same guard, but was seen fighting with the worker to get back on the stairs.
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