Miss Asia Pacific World Gets Dethroned, Flees Korea with $100K Tiara

[jetaime-pyon.livejournal.com]

Photo Credit: Soe Zeya Tun of Reuters

Last week, Miss Asia Pacific World dethroned Myanmar’s first international beauty Queen, May
Myat Noe, for alleged dishonesty and accused her of absconding with a $100,000 tiara and free breast implants.

Noe lashed back in a press conference held in Yangon on Tuesday.

“I’m not even proud of this crown,” she said after opening a blue jewelry box and setting the tiara on the table, “I don’t want a crown from an organization with such a bad reputation.”

Noe said the South Korea-based pageant lied about her age, stating that she was 18 instead of 16. According to the pageant’s official website, the minimum required age to enter the contest is 18, but despite this restriction, Noe was somehow still allowed to compete.


She also denied accepting breast implants as claimed by David Kim, director of media for Miss Asia Pacific World. Kim had claimed that the $10,000 tab for the surgery was picked up by sponsors in order to enhance the teen beauty queen’s budding singing career.

“I was put under duress to undergo head-to-toe cosmetic surgery, which I refused… I didn’t have breast implants, but I don’t want to go into any details to preserve my dignity,” Noe said.

She also said she boarded a plane back to her home country before getting word of her dethronement and did not intend to steal the crown. However, now that the Swarovski tiara is in her possession, Noe refuses to return it without a “sorry.”

“I will return the crown only when they apologize to Myanmar, for the dignity of our country,” she said.

Among other allegations, Noe said the organizers asked her to escort business tycoons “whenever they required” her company in order to generate funds to produce her music album.

Y.C. Choi, the president and founder of Miss Asia Pacific World, denied these claims and told AFP that the organization had photographic evidence of Noe on an operating table for the breast implant operation.

“She has been lying. She also lied at today’s news conference. She must return the crown,” Choi said, adding that his organization is ready to consider a lawsuit if Noe “refuses to cooperate.”

When The Korea Observer asked Choi what drove him to dethrone Noe as Miss Asia Pacific World 2014, he argued that Noe disgraced the organization by borrowing money from a nurse to buy $18 bras after breast implants, complaining about not having schedules sent to her in advance, and her unwillingness to pay extra expenses incurred during her mother’s extended stay.

This is not the first time Miss Asia Pacific World had a controversy.

In 2011, Amy Willerton, a contestant from Wales, alleged that the contest had been fixed after the contestant representing Venezuela was apparently named runner-up of the talent round before she even competed.

During the pageant’s four-year history, there were also other contestants who accused the officials of asking the women for sex in exchange for better rankings in the pageant.


"Kim had claimed that the $10,000 tab for the surgery was picked up by sponsors in order to enhance the teen beauty queen’s budding singing career."

Correlation between boobs and singing ability = ????? anyway smh if this is true. How dare she turn down surgery and sex, what a diva! Can't say I am surprised, though. Good on her for fighting back.



Source:KoreAm Journal

Comments

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

The organisation is a mess.

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

mmmm i don't know what to believe and i'm just gonna wait to see what comes out of this.

edit: oops there's at least proof that she did get the surgery
http://www.todayhumor.co.kr/board/view.php?table=bestofbest&no=177058&s_no=177058&page=1

the organization's claim is that instead of prize money they offer to train you as an entertainer and give you the option of acting lessons vocal lessons and beauty make over and the one she chose was breast implants. apparently they have more proofs to disprove her claims and are hiring lawyers to sue for libel.

but revealing stuff like this also is against patient privacy violation...

the plot thickens.

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

wtf who performs plastic surgery on a 16 year old, even if they thought she was 18 that is still super young

[snowmog.livejournal.com]

Sadly, cosmetic surgeons in Korea do. Not known of any who've had breast implants, but I've known of young Korean girls to get their eyelids done before going to high school, and one case where a 16 year old had her jaw reshaped. There don't seem to be any laws against this, or if they are, they aren't enforced. It's disgusting really as at 16, your body still has at least another 2+ years of growing to complete and you may grow into your face or body more by that time. Of course, you won't suddenly develop double eyelids, but a friend of mine taught a girl who'd had her eyelids done before high school and they didn't look so good 2 years later.

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

I feel sorry for that girl, if her parents had waited a few years her face wouldn't be messed up. My breast grew an entire cup size when I was 21. I used to complain about being flat before that.

[boiinks2.livejournal.com]

I would not be surprised if the organization actually asked her to act as a glorified escort. That shit happens all the time.

[torontok.livejournal.com]

Why would you even offer surgery, let alone breast plants to a 16 year old? Her body hasn't even stopped growing.
And making a minor escort CEO's is sickening

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

the organization says she lied and claimed she was over 18.

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

the organization should do due diligence in making her prove her age

[blkjck.livejournal.com]

lmao the scandal I live!!!

[missingmisnomer.livejournal.com]

what did i just read
the whole organization sounds like a mess

[seroquels.livejournal.com]

Asking a 16yr old to get head to toe plastic surgery, stay classy guys. WTF

And you decide to dethrone her for asking for $18?????? suuuure dude, if you say so.

[fuckurou.livejournal.com]

Hey, I remember the 2011 controversy! The contest and people behind it are shady as hell.

Ms Willerton said: "They put us in a hotel with no beds, they often didn't feed us.
"I started complaining straight away, but they would always reply with 'you won't win the contest if you complain'.
"Then it moved onto bribery, sexual harassment. Girls were offered places in the competition in exchange for sex, in exchange for money, it was completely corrupt."
She said after being sexually harassed she and several others informed police.
"When the police arrived they called in one of the chairmen of the pageant who actually got his wallet out straight away and we were all pushed back by the organisers so we couldn't speak.
"Our translator would not translate for us, so we were completely helpless."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-15369197

She said today: 'It was absolutely horrendous. 'I had two of the organisers sexually assault me - one tried to pull my top down. When we posed with sponsors they also tried to stick a hand somewhere inappropriate.
The final straw came when an optional 'talent' round was won by Miss Venezuela - who had not even entered that section of the competition.
She said: 'We were putting up with so much and realised there was no way we were going to win anyway.
A lot of the girls wanted to win the £12,700 prize money, but were told they could only do it if they did favours.
They basically relaid to me that 'I know what I can do for you - what can you do for me?'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2050922/British-beauty-queen-Amy-Willerton-fled-international-pageant-sex-bribes.html

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

did anything come out of that? i remember the organization denied all claims and actually asked dailymail to revise the fallacies or something.

[fuckurou.livejournal.com]

Here's what I found in quick search:
Amy didn't want to go the court in South Korea and dropped the case.
Korean police said they investigated and found no evidence of bribery.
The organization threatened to sue dailymail and bbc for publishing false claims an defamation, but they never followed. Apparently they're also bothered by reporting about current case: http://www.koreaobserver.com/a-little-truth-about-miss-asia-pacific-world-23559/
He underlined that his organization is considering filing a lawsuit against The Korea Observer for “unfavorable” articles.
“Our lawyer told me that we will file a lawsuit against the Korea Observer,” he said.
He argued that other media outlets, including KBS, had agreed not to report certain negative issues, such as a 2011 scandal, in return for interviews.

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

mmmmm shady ends from both sides :/

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

this is a mess, I wonder how they will bury this new scandal

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

MESS...good on you girl....if they were pressuring her for surgery and she accepted a boob job that's a bit sad because it should be her choice. I'm so disturbed they tried to make her an escort. You don't dethrone someone over bras so get better lies.

[tewwteww.livejournal.com]

SHADY AF :( the korean entertainment industry seems sooo corrupted and dangerous for women...

[lolly1588.livejournal.com]

they should just ban this competition ,its so obvious korea is the one with the problems