Alcohol, that is. 

After TMZ posted photos of what appeared to be Kristen Danyal doing her best Shoenice impression, the Miss USA Finalist wants to clear the air: 

Miss Michigan says she didn't drink a DROP of vodka during the Miss USA after party in Vegas Sunday night -- despite a boozy photo TMZ posted this morning -- telling us, she posed with the bottle ... but never swallowed.

27-year-old Kristen Danyal tells us she doesn't drink alcohol whatsoever ... she's not "that kind of person" -- Kristen just took the booze-chugging pic as a joke because her friends goaded her into it.

Scandalous, indeed. The media are a bunch of monsters. Roar. 

[H/T: TMZ]