Sunday, August 31, 2014

Slow Saturday Special: Miss Myanmar

She won't be winning Miss Universe:

"Ex-Myanmar beauty queen accused of stealing crown" Associated Press   August 30, 2014

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s first international beauty queen has absconded with her $100,000 crown after being stripped of her title for being rude and dishonest, organizers said Friday.

May Myat Noe’s photograph was blacked out on the Miss Asia Pacific World website, the word ‘‘dethroned’’ stamped alongside her name.

Another coup!

‘‘She thinks as long as she keeps this crown she’s the winner,’’ said David Kim, director of media for the South Korea-based pageant. ‘‘She’s not.’’

Organizers said Noe had ‘‘lied’’ and proved to be untrustworthy, but provided few details.

Hey, we let them lead countries and write newspapers.

Noe was not immediately available for comment. She planned to hold a news conference at a later time, according to a Myanmar newspaper.

Hla Nu Tun, who initially acted as her unofficial manager, said Noe and the organizers disagreed over who should oversee her career. Noe’s mother wanted control but so did the organizers, she said.

Following her victory, the organizers said they would arrange singing and video deals for her. But they also wanted to change the 5-foot 7-inch teen’s looks, Kim said.

It was decided that Noe’s breasts were too small, and she accepted an offer of enhancements, he said.

I hadn't noticed.

Kim said that troubles started from there, with the beauty queen bringing her mother to Seoul for what was supposed to be a 10-day visit but stretched into three months.

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I'll tell you one thing: Burma (as it used to be called) sure lays the agenda bare.