A protest prompted Miss Universe 2007, Riyo Mori, to cut her Bandung trip short Saturday.

Some 50 protesters from an anti-pornography alliance against Mori's arrival rallied outside the Savoy Homan hotel, prompting the Miss Universe team to instead take her back to Jakarta.

The sudden change of plans disappointed guests attending a painting auction, which she was scheduled to attend. Her absence forced the committee to return half of the Rp 500,000 ticket price to every guest.

"We apologize for this last minute disruption (resulting from the protest)," Wan Abas, the committee's deputy head, told journalists Saturday.

Coordinator of the Miss Universe 2007 trip to Indonesia, Azfauri Azis, said the protest against Miss Universe was the first protest against the international pageant group since the management of Putri Indonesia, Mustika Ratu, invited them in 1992.

He said Mori, who has had a tight schedule since her arrival on Aug. 2, suffered from a gastric illness, which became worse after she arrived at the hotel to rest and saw the protesters from her hotel window. – JP/Yuli Tri Suwarni