http://nypost.com/2014/09/02/dethroned-myanmar-beauty-queen-blasts-pageant-organizers/
Dethroned Myanmar queen is only 16 and is breathtakingly beautiful, the crown is also breathtakingly beautiful and very very expensive. I do not know whose side of the story to believe, but I do know that her
English is very very good for a Myanmar national (not that I doubt their English prowess of course) and I must say she is very very eloquent, mature and I reproduce below her speech in full for you to judge for yourself whether she really wrote the perfect piece of English essay herself......
The $US100,000 (S$125,000) 2014 Miss Asia-Pacific World crown won by May Myat Noe in May is pictured at a news conference given by her at a restaurant in Yangon on September 2, 2014. Pageant organisers say she disappeared with the jewelled crown after being stripped of the title last week for being rude and dishonest. The beauty queen denied any wrongdoing and said she would not return the crown until she received an apology from the organisers, media reported. -- PHOTO: REUTERS -
May Myat Noe, winner of the Seoul-based Miss Asia-Pacific World beauty pageant in May, talks to the media during a press conference in Yangon. -- PHOTO: AFP -
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She is beautifully stunning and regal, looks like a queen
befitting the title, right?
here is full story :
One of the accusations made to me by the Miss Asia Pacific World organisation is that I lied
to and never had respect for the media and fans that made me the winner. For that, I must
say I have absolutely no recollection of such complaints from either the members of the press
or from the public as a whole. In fact, in the contract that I had signed with the Agency, I was
promised a proper accommodation for the three months stay in Korea as a vocalist. I was
shocked upon arrival that no such arrangement is made. The organisation also accused that
my mother illegally acquired a three month visa despite the fact that their letter of invitation
was meant for only until August 29. Here, I must impress upon them the fact that, regardless
of the limitations made in their invitation letter, it is the prerogative of the Korean Embassy
here in Yangon to issue a visa to any applicant for any period of time as they see fit. Some
even suggested that I took away the Crown after I was dethroned, but the letter by the
organisation to that affect has not even been issued until I left Korea.
Although I'm not at all surprised that they have elected to omit the actual facts that have made
me return home, I am amazed by their flagrant audacity to shift the guilt onto me. There were
regrettably many factors, some of which technical, over a period of time that made me realize
that it would be unwise to continue working with them, but these following eye openers are
the ones that I should make public aware. My decision to return home was reached mainly
due to the fact that;
-I was put under duress to undergo a head to toe cosmetic surgery which I refused
-my mother, who was there with three months visa, was forced to leave Korea on pain
of termination of my contract even though the very contract stipulates my family can stay
over.
-I was given a strong impression that I should leave Korea for a while, without my mother,
to Japan for a few days with no apparent reason but just to extend my Korean visa.
- I was told that, in order to generate funds to produce my music album, I need to accept
invitations to escort some business tycoons whenever they require my company.
There was also some suggestions that I abused my position as a pageant winner to
receive an expensive plastic surgery provided by the organisation. Should there be a
need to prove in a defamation case that I did not go under the knife to beautify myself?
My only regret would be not protesting firmly enough when the national directors changed
my age from 16 to 18.
More explanations in details will be made to the members of Myanmar press in the
vernacular and I must admit I am relieved that my mother and I have secured audio
and video evidence whenever we sensed there are some irregularities in the
conversations of both the Korean organisers as well as their Myanmar national directors.
Even though I am absolutely certain that I have never exhibited any conduct or behavior
unbecoming of a beauty pageant winner, I find no reason to keep the Crown in my
possession, with honour, handed out by such an organisation. That, however, doesn'
t mean that I will relinquish this object to the national directors because their attitude
and untrustworthiness made me believe strongly that their further involvement in the
process of any beauty contest or pageant should be discouraged and even prohibited.
Due to some flagrant lies carefully embedded in the statement by the organisation and
the shameless attempt by the national directors to please the former in any way, the
dignity of our country is being mocked in this sordid affair. In their effort to discredit me,
they have created an atmosphere where the press is starting to report more along the line
of the Myanmar Beauty Queen stole the tiara and went back home. Therefore, it is natural
for me to feel that an apology should be demanded to rectify the damage they have done
to the integrity of my country. Once such remorse became apparent, I shall return the Crown
willingly without a trace of reservation. Well, I mustn't take up much of your time and, again
I shall take this opportunity to thank the public for their sympathy and understanding.
One of the accusations made to me by the Miss Asia Pacific World organisation is that I lied
to and never had respect for the media and fans that made me the winner. For that, I must
say I have absolutely no recollection of such complaints from either the members of the press
or from the public as a whole. In fact, in the contract that I had signed with the Agency, I was
promised a proper accommodation for the three months stay in Korea as a vocalist. I was
shocked upon arrival that no such arrangement is made. The organisation also accused that
my mother illegally acquired a three month visa despite the fact that their letter of invitation
was meant for only until August 29. Here, I must impress upon them the fact that, regardless
of the limitations made in their invitation letter, it is the prerogative of the Korean Embassy
here in Yangon to issue a visa to any applicant for any period of time as they see fit. Some
even suggested that I took away the Crown after I was dethroned, but the letter by the
organisation to that affect has not even been issued until I left Korea.
Although I'm not at all surprised that they have elected to omit the actual facts that have made
me return home, I am amazed by their flagrant audacity to shift the guilt onto me. There were
regrettably many factors, some of which technical, over a period of time that made me realize
that it would be unwise to continue working with them, but these following eye openers are
the ones that I should make public aware. My decision to return home was reached mainly
due to the fact that;
-I was put under duress to undergo a head to toe cosmetic surgery which I refused
-my mother, who was there with three months visa, was forced to leave Korea on pain
of termination of my contract even though the very contract stipulates my family can stay
over.
-I was given a strong impression that I should leave Korea for a while, without my mother,
to Japan for a few days with no apparent reason but just to extend my Korean visa.
- I was told that, in order to generate funds to produce my music album, I need to accept
invitations to escort some business tycoons whenever they require my company.
There was also some suggestions that I abused my position as a pageant winner to
receive an expensive plastic surgery provided by the organisation. Should there be a
need to prove in a defamation case that I did not go under the knife to beautify myself?
My only regret would be not protesting firmly enough when the national directors changed
my age from 16 to 18.
More explanations in details will be made to the members of Myanmar press in the
vernacular and I must admit I am relieved that my mother and I have secured audio
and video evidence whenever we sensed there are some irregularities in the
conversations of both the Korean organisers as well as their Myanmar national directors.
Even though I am absolutely certain that I have never exhibited any conduct or behavior
unbecoming of a beauty pageant winner, I find no reason to keep the Crown in my
possession, with honour, handed out by such an organisation. That, however, doesn'
t mean that I will relinquish this object to the national directors because their attitude
and untrustworthiness made me believe strongly that their further involvement in the
process of any beauty contest or pageant should be discouraged and even prohibited.
Due to some flagrant lies carefully embedded in the statement by the organisation and
the shameless attempt by the national directors to please the former in any way, the
dignity of our country is being mocked in this sordid affair. In their effort to discredit me,
they have created an atmosphere where the press is starting to report more along the line
of the Myanmar Beauty Queen stole the tiara and went back home. Therefore, it is natural
for me to feel that an apology should be demanded to rectify the damage they have done
to the integrity of my country. Once such remorse became apparent, I shall return the Crown
willingly without a trace of reservation. Well, I mustn't take up much of your time and, again
I shall take this opportunity to thank the public for their sympathy and understanding.
She is beautifully stunning and regal, looks like a queen
befitting the title, right?
(Pictures from New Straits Times)
Gosh, I hope they sort out the mess.
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