Honduran police say they have arrested Miss Honduras 2009 on money laundering charges for failing to declare the equivalent of US$47,000 ($56,700) when entering the country.
Police spokesman Alex Madrid said 25-year-old Belgica Suarez was arrested with euros and British pounds on a Honduran highway near the Nicaraguan border.
Madrid said the beauty queen failed to declare the money when she crossed the border from the city of Esteli in Nicaragua.
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