Dethroned Myanmar Beauty Queen Blasts Pageant Boss

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A dethroned 16-year-old beauty queen from Myanmar said Tuesday she won't return her bejeweled $100,000 crown until pageant organizers apologize for calling her a liar and a thief.

May Myat Noe — the country's first winner of an international beauty contest — lashed back at her accusers at a tightly packed news conference.

She said representatives of the Miss Asia Pacific World pageant lied about her age — saying she was 18 instead of 16 — and tried to pressure her into getting plastic surgery "from head to toe."

Noe denied having breast implants as claimed by David Kim, director of media for the South Korean-based pageant. He said the surgery was provided free of charge, part of efforts to boost the teen into super-stardom.

Kim said Noe was stripped of her title last week because she was dishonest and unappreciative, and that she ran off with her tiara after learning of the decision.

Noe said she boarded a plane for Myanmar before getting word.

She said she did not intend to steal the crown, but also wasn't going to give it back without a "sorry," not just to her, but also to Myanmar.

"I'm not even proud of this crown," she said after opening a blue box and placing the tiara on the table in front of her.

"I don't want a crown from an organization with such a bad reputation."

The pageant says the Swarovski tiara is worth more than $100,000.

Noe's mother, who accompanied her on the trip to South Korea, cried when asked about the experience.

The Miss Asia Pacific World pageant, now in its fourth year, is no stranger to controversy.

In 2011, Wales representative Amy Willerton and several other contestants alleged that the contest had been fixed after a woman representing Venezuela was apparently named runner-up of the talent round before competing.

The argument with organizers — captured on video and uploaded to YouTube under the title "Confessions of a Beauty Queen" — was widely circulated in the pageant community.

Some of the contestants also accused officials of asking the women for sex in return for higher placement in the contest, and charged that the police called into investigate the allegations were bribed.

Those allegations were denied by Kim.

"It is not true that the girls were sleeping with the organizers or the director," he said. "The police already announced that these were just rumors. We checked everything, the CCTV in the hotel, everything. It was just rumors."

Myanmar, which only recently emerged from a half century of military rule and self-imposed isolation, started sending contestants to international pageants again in 2012.

Noe's win was widely covered in local media.

--http://news.yahoo.com/dethroned-myanmar-beauty-queen-blasts-pageant-boss-060841667.html

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被罢免冠军头衔的缅甸选美皇后回应主办方的控告

来自缅甸城市仰光方面的消息：周二，被罢免冠军头衔的16岁的缅甸小姐（第四届亚太小姐世界大赛的冠军）称，她不会交回价值10万美元的水晶皇冠，除非大赛举办方向她道歉，因为他们诬赖她是骗子和小偷。

美蜜雅娜（May Myat Noe），缅甸首位获得国际性选美大赛的冠军，在热闹拥挤的记者招待会上这样回应她的控告方。

她称，“亚太地区世界小姐大赛”的代表们，虚报了她的年龄，说她是18岁，而不是16岁，并且，试图强迫她进行从头到脚全身的整容手术。

韩国选美大赛的媒体发言人David Kim称, 美蜜雅娜拒绝做隆胸手术。他强调，手术是免费提供的，是为了帮助少女更加美丽的一种方式。

Kim称，美蜜雅娜的冠军头衔在上周已被剥夺了，因为她的说谎和行为不检，并且她在知道了主办方的这个决定后，擅自带着冠军王冠离开了。

美蜜雅娜说她是在得到这个消息之前就登上回缅甸的飞机了。

她说，她从未打算偷走王冠，但她在没有收到道歉之前也不会归还王冠，这份道歉不仅仅是为了我自己，也是为了她的国家缅甸。

她打开了一个蓝色的小盒子，把皇冠放在她面前的桌上后，说道，“我甚至不再为得到这个皇冠而感到骄傲”。

“我也不再想从这样一个有着极坏名声的比赛中获得冠军”。

选美比赛方称，这顶水晶皇冠价值超过10万美元。

美蜜雅娜的妈妈全程陪同她去韩国参加比赛，当被问及那段经历时忍不住落泪。

亚太小姐世界大赛今年进入第4届，但每届都是争议不断。

2011年，威尔士代表Amy Willerton和其他数名参赛者宣称该比赛的结果是早就预定了的，因委内瑞拉选手在才艺比赛环节之前就已传出将获得亚军的消息。

有关大赛主办方的爆料，标题为“选美小姐的自白”的视频，上传至YouTube视频网站，引起了广泛的关注。

一些参赛者甚至控告大赛的裁判们对选手“潜规则”，以获得更高的名次来诱惑选手陪睡，也控告参与调查该事件的警察被收买了。

这些说法、控告等都被Kim否认。

Kim称，“参赛的女孩们绝没有被潜规则，警方也已澄清这些言论都是谣传，我们也检查了方方面面，包括酒店的监控及其他所有的一切。这些都是谣传。”

缅甸是持续了近半个世纪从军事专政和对外封闭，2012年首次派送选手参赛。

美蜜雅娜获得冠军的消息早已被当地媒体大幅报道。