The Miss Singapore World pageant organiser, ERM World Marketing, was reported to have said that it would take four weeks to find Ris Low's replacement, according to a television report yesterday evening.
However, a check with the organiser today showed that this may not be the case after all.
A call to ERM World Marketing this morning to attempt to contact Ms Tracy Lee, the event director of ERM World Marketing for confirmation on Miss Low's replacement was not successful. A woman picked up the phone and said to call back later as no one was in the office then.
A second call to Ms Lee's phone number was picked up by another woman, who did not identify herself. When asked if ERM would indeed be replacing the pageant's title holder in a month's time, she said that she had told the television station that it will take 4 weeks to look for a replacement as "they kept pressing me to tell them how long it will take to find a replacement. So I told them to wait, and I just told them four weeks, so they'll stop asking, as they kept asking for an answer."
When asked when they will be releasing another official statement, the woman had said that the organisers were "working on it, and she does not know" when another statement will be released.
According to the same television report, the organiser also said that the new representative will simply have to fly to Johannesburg, South Africa for the Miss World finals in December, when asked if the new Miss Singapore World will have enough time to prepare for the international pageant.
For next year i beg for ERM or whoever the organizer do a very thorough screening especially for criminal record to all contestants.
Also let's not to forget to put them through english test.Or perhaps RazorTV can help to ensure potential contestants are good in english by interview each of them and then put up a short video scripts online and wait for reader's response!
i think even if you are the organizer you will not! cos until the real culprit is known, everybody is a suspect!
And if it is true that whoever from ERM told the press that the contestant just need to fly to South Africa for the competition, no need preparation, that speaks volume on ERM expectations on whoever going to replace Ris Low, the support she going to get prior, during and after the competition and unprofessionalism of ERM to say such irresponsible statement.