Roselyn Sanchez has quit hosting Miss USA 2015 over comments made by pageant boss Donald Trump. Photo/AP
Puerto Rican actress Roselyn Sanchez has withdrawn as host of the Miss USA 2015 contest after Donald Trump "insulted" Mexicans in remarks he gave in his address launching his presidential bid.
"I was very excited and proud to have been invited to participate in Miss USA, but as a Latina,
that is now inconceivable," Sanchez said in a statement.
"Although I am not Mexican, I am Puerto Rican and a proud Latina, and his comments were an insult to our culture. I won't sponsor anything produced by Donald Trump," she said.
Her decision comes a few hours after Univision, America's top Spanish-language TV network, announced it was breaking its association with the Trump organisation to broadcast the beauty contest for the same reason, along with the refusal of Colombian singer J Balvin to host the July 12 competition because of Trump's remarks.
The US real estate magnate said in his speech launching his campaign that "when Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best.
