SHE has been vilified from the start.
From mispronouncing words during an online interview to conjuring up new ones, Ris Low has attracted a sizeable number of critics.
And then came the news of her crime.
Within hours of the news report of the conviction, the blogosphere was abuzz with calls for Ris to be stripped of her title.
Wrote one blogger: '(It's) bad enough that she pronounces zebra prints as 'zipbra preens'... now we find out she's been charged for credit card fraud.
'Someone disqualify her already! I don't care if the runner-up isn't pretty or is equally as poor at English, but at least she has a clean record.'
Another blogger added: 'I can't believe someone like her, who cannot articulate, cannot think and, worst of all, is a fraudster, can represent Singapore (in the pageant). She is giving us a bad name.'
But Ris does have her supporters.
Wrote one blogger: 'This fact (credit card fraud) should not be used to strip her from her title of Miss Singapore World 2009.
'She won it fair and square - her dark past should not have any influence on it.'
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The report said that it is not clear whether Miss Ris Low would be allowed to leave the country, as she is on probation after being convicted of credit-card fraud.
However, is she deserving of the crown in the first place?
It is one thing for the organisers to overlook her tainted record before the pageant, but it’s quite another to let her continue as Miss Singapore World after having learnt of her conviction.
Can she represent the nation at an international event? We may be a credit card-crazy nation, but we are not a nation of credit-card fraudsters.
Her participation will make us a laughing stock at the pageant.
Her poor English diction pales in comparison to her .....
Wrong she lied about her status as having a criminal record would have barred her from competiting. No only does she have a bad record but she continues to lie isnt this confirmation that her character is questionable to say the very least?