Former beauty queen pleads guilty for her role in Vancouver’s Stanley Cup riot

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Vancouver Canucks fans watch a car burn during a riot following game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup final in downtown Vancouver, B.C., on June 15, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Howe

VANCOUVER – A former beauty queen has admitted to participating in the 2011 Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver.

Sophie Laboissonniere of Richmond, B.C., who was crowned Miss Congeniality at a local beauty pageant, wasn’t in court for the guilty plea.

The woman’s lawyer entered the guilty plea of one count of participating in a riot.

She was among the first people charged following the riot, which broke out on June 15, 2011, after the Vancouver Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.

A sentencing hearing has not been set, though the judge has granted the Crown’s request for a pre-sentence report with a psychological component.

Rioters spent hours burning cars, smashing windows and looting stores over several blocks of downtown Vancouver until police in riot gear used tear gas to bring the crowds under control.

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