Beauty contests|The CEO of the company that organizes the Miss Finland pageants does not believe that the Miss Universum competition will fall into this year’s scandals.
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The Miss Universe pageant in Thailand, which ended last weekend, has been exposed to several scandals, including allegations of vote manipulation and inappropriate treatment.
Among the competition’s owners, Thai Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip has been charged with fraud, and Mexican Raúl Rocha has received an arrest warrant on suspicion of drug and arms smuggling.
Several contestants, such as Estonia’s Brigitta Schaback and Ivory Coast’s Olivia Yace, have announced that they will give up their pageant titles and cooperation with the pageant organization.
However, Finnartist’s CEO Sunneva Sjögren believes that the strong Miss Universum brand will survive despite the scandals.
Last The Miss Universe pageants, which ended over the weekend, have attracted a lot of attention due to scandals and accusations of abuse. Part of the mission organization of the participating countries is about to withdraw from the competition.
The winner of the competition held in Thailand was the one representing Mexico Fatima Bosch. The decision was preceded by an uproar about what had happened to him of inappropriate treatment.
In addition, two members of the jury resigned from their positions. One of them stated that the reason was vote manipulation.
Also accusations have been leveled at the competition’s organizing company. An arrest warrant has been issued for two of the company’s owners. Thai Jakkaphong Jakrajutatipthe first female owner in the race’s history, was charged with fraud two years ago but did not appear in court this week.
Mexican owner Raul Rocha has received an arrest warrant along with 12 other suspects in a case related to the smuggling of weapons, drugs and fuel between Mexico and Guatemala. Rocha has denied knowledge of the arrest warrant. He has also said that he wants to sell his share of the competition.
They have talked about the topic, among other things France24-news site, The Guardian and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC.
Raúl Rocha is one of the owners of the Miss Universe pageant.
Ivory Coast’s Olivia Yace finished fifth in the race.
Uproar and the representative of Ivory Coast, who came fifth in the competition due to a confusing situation Olivia said announced that she would relinquish her Miss Universe Africa and Oceania title. In addition to the actual Miss Universe title, continental miss titles are awarded in the competition.
Represented Estonia in the competition Brigitta Schaback announced on Instagram giving up her pageant title and cooperation with the Estonian pageant organization.
“I didn’t imagine that I would have to stand against a platform built to push for women’s rights and empowerment just to defend these same rights and equal opportunities,” Schaback commented.
in Haiti Melissa Sapini described the competition as a nightmare and said that the reality has been even worse than what has been reported in the news. According to him, the judges had personal relationships with some contestants and favorites based on skin color.
Representative of Portugal Camila Vitorino has said that he will resign from the operating principles of Miss Universe, because the organizers of the competition have made it clear that contestants living in a relationship or who have children have no chance of winning. The organization that selects the French representative has also announced that it is considering withdrawing from the Miss Universe contest.
Miss Finland CEO of Finnartist, which organizes the competition and cooperates with the Miss Universum competitions Sunneva Sjögren was present at the competition in Thailand together with representing Finland Sarah Dzafcen with. For himself and Dzafce, he is satisfied with the organization of the Games.
“This year was exceptionally scandalous, but the uproar was outside the competition,” says Sjögren.
He does not believe that the future of the Miss Universe pageant is in danger, even though some of the contestants have wanted to stop cooperating with the pageant organization. Sjögren reminds that representatives from about a hundred countries have participated in the competition every year.
“The owners of the competition have changed before, but the Miss Universum brand itself is strong,” says Sjögren.