Blesk: Rider on Wenceslas Square - who ended up in psychiatric care – is Czech Miss finalist

The Czech tabloid Blesk has reported that a 23-year-old woman taken into custody on Thursday evening, after she rode a horse around the statue of St. Wenceslas on Prague’s Wenceslas Square, was a finalist in this year’s Czech Miss beauty pageant, Leona Grešáková. Police who arrived at the scene were forced to pull the young woman off of the horse, which she had ridden around the statue chanting prayers and anti-communist slogans. There was danger the spooked animal could bolt and cause injuries to the rider and passers-by. The young woman was taken to a psychiatric ward for treatment. Representatives of the Czech Miss competition, said to be in shock over the incident, are planning to release a statement.

Author: Jan Velinger