Miss Singapore-World: A Torrid Mess
Claire Lee, first runner-up for Miss Singapore- World, announced that she is not going to represent Singapore unless she is being sued by contest organizer, ERM.
The winner, Ris Low, had "graciously" gave up her crown after public pressure mounted on her criminal offense but she has no intention of walking away quietly.
Last week, Ris Low told the Sunday Times that Claire Lee had backstabbed her by leaking her credit card fraud conviction, and had faked a back injury to “save face” in case she was not selected as the replacement.
Claire Lee defended herself: “I’m being accused of things I didn’t do. People now think I did it to take the title, but that’s not true … I don’t want to be involved anymore.”
ERM did not comment on the selection for Ris Low’s replacement or Claire Lee’s decision, and only said that an announcement would be made when the company is “ready”.
ERM has earlier revealed that it will hold interviews to determine the new representative but it is industry practice for the first runner-up to assume the title. Now that Claire Lee is out of the picture, Singapore may not have an adequately prepared representative for the Miss World finals in South Africa.
Just as well, I doubt Singaporeans have not much hope that our girls are going to win any awards lah. Certainly not after this torid mess of Singlish, credit card fraud and backstabbing being made public.
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