DENVER — Three years ago, Marybel Gonzalez stood onstage at the Miss USA Pageant as the reigning Miss Colorado USA.

“My experience was amazing,” she said. “Miss USA telecast is a culmination of all of that hard work.”

Now, Gonzalez is on a platform of a different kind — after her post on Instagram called out businessman and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for comments he made about Mexican immigrants during a speech launching his campaign.

“When Mexico sends its people they’re not sending their best,” Trump said. “They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists and some, I assume, are good people.”

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Marybel Gonzalez. Photo via USA Today.