A BEAUTY queen was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting for allegedly taking a $69 shirt from a Dillards at Sunland Park Mall in El Paso, Texas. Police arrested Miss El Paso 2008 Lorena Tavera at 6:45pm on Friday after store employees reported the theft. The workers told police that Tavera, 21, took the shirt and hid it in a plastic shopping bag before walking out without paying for it. Employees stopped Tavera outside the store and waited with her until police arrived. Tavera faces a charge of theft for an item over $50 but under $500. She also had two outstanding traffic warrants, the El Paso Times reports. Jail records show she was booked into the El Paso County Jail early Saturday and released Saturday afternoon after posting $300 bond. A reporter from Channel 9-KTSM who contacted Tavera on Monday quoted her as saying details of the incident were 'misconstrued, and its twisted. She declined further comment to the station, telling them she needed to contact her lawyer. According to a biography posted online, Tavera attends the University of Texas at El Paso and hopes to start a marketing company to promote fashion designers. Tavera was also crowned Miss El Paso Teen USA in 2006. Two years later, after winning the Miss El Paso USA pageant, she placed sixth at the Miss Texas USA pageant. She is listed as an instructor for Lauras Productions, a local modeling company. Tavera isnt the first beauty pageant winner to be arrested by El Paso police. MO