Allegation of involvement in prostitution, scamming, is totally false, baseless, says Miss Orient Management

Success Damian:

Miss Orient Foundation Worldwide has debunked the viral publication labelling the organization as encouraging prostitution and scamming the contestants, saying that the allegation is totally false and baseless.” 

According to a press statement by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the organization, Charles Umege, Miss Orient Foundation Worldwide stated that the allegation is not only falsehood fabricated from the pit of hell, but was also aimed at tarnishing the hard earned reputation of the group garnered over the years.

The statement disclosed that a clause in the publication which alleged that a contestant was drugged and raped is an extreme case of false allegation. 

The management said “By our organization structure, winners prizes are not paid one off, rather it's paid by installment throughout the 12 months the winner serves as queen; 

“In addition, our pageant has never hooked our contestants or our queens to men. Past contestants and past Queens of our pageant will bear witness to this, the statement revealed.

It also asserted “In addition, when a queen is found to be inactive, her installment of prize money is delayed.”

According to the management, the above conditions are stipulated to keep the Queens active because paying them off at once would make them less active. 

“These conditions didn’t go down well with some queens that have tendency of bolting away with their crown without working with the organization.

“In situations like this, disagreements and dissatisfaction among such Queens culminate to blackmail and orchestrated attacks like the publication going viral online 

“More so, our current Queens have not yet gone to represent Nigeria abroad because the two international pageants we are affiliated to are yet to kick off activities due to covid 19 situations, the two pageants are Miss Supermodel Worldwide and Miss World Noble Queen.”

Finally the management reiterated “Against this background, we implore the general public to disregard the viral negative publication targeted at destroying the good image of Miss Orient Foundation Worldwide.

“Our organization is structured to protect the interests of the models and the tendencies of detractors will not push us to compromise our good standards,” the management emphasized.