"The market is still crowded without her," Mr. Nawat affirmed that the Philippines is still inviting people to buy copyrights.
During the livestream on his personal page, Mr. Nawat also revealed many behind-the-scenes stories related to selling the copyright of Miss Grand in the Philippine market.
In 2014, beauty Mary Jean Lastimosa was crowned Miss Universe Philippines.
The incident began when beauty Mary Jean Lastimosa - Miss Universe Philippines 2014, and top 10 Miss Universe 2014, caused a stir in the "beauty fan" community when she criticized the Miss Grand International contest on a television show .
Specifically, Mary Jean Lastimosa asked the person next to her the question "What is the worst beauty pageant in the Philippines?" At that time, the other girl answered: "It's Miss Grand Philippines and Miss Grand International." Then, both beauties burst out laughing.
Philippines Mary Jean Lastimosa - Miss Universe Philippines 2014, and top 10 Miss Universe 2014.
The TV show aired a story in which Mary Jean Lastimosa asked the person next to her, "What is the worst beauty pageant in the Philippines?" She replied, "It's Miss Grand Philippines and Miss Grand International."
The video was quickly posted on beauty forums and caused a lot of controversy. Many people criticized the two Filipino beauties, saying that they had made inappropriate statements on television when they publicly criticized an international beauty pageant.
After watching the clip, Mr. Nawat - President of the Miss Grand International pageant - was also extremely angry. During a livestream on his personal page, he expressed his harsh views, revealing for the first time the stories of "bribery" behind the scenes, once again causing a "storm" on social networks.
Mr. Nawat said that an organization in the Philippines contacted him and offered to pay a huge amount of money to own the copyright of the contest. However, this organization set the condition that it must host Miss Grand International and that a representative of the Philippines must be crowned Miss.
Mr. Nawat said that an organization in the Philippines contacted him and offered to pay a huge amount of money to own the copyright of the contest, but their representative had to be a beauty queen.
Faced with this offer, Mr. Nawat and Ms. Teresa - the vice president of the contest were both angry and flatly refused.
After the incident where Filipino beauty - Nikki De Moura - was not named in the top 20 of this year's contest despite being a highly rated contestant, many Filipino beauty fans called on the Miss Grand Philippines Organizing Committee to give up the copyright of the contest.
Miss Philippines - Nikki De Moura.
Responding to this issue, Mr. Nawat said: "Filipino fans, don't talk to me about giving up copyright. Because today there have been 3 emails from organizations in the Philippines sent to me about asking to buy copyright.
You have to tell them, not me. Today you told me, there were 3 emails sent, tomorrow maybe 5 emails, because we are famous, but our price is very high."
After watching the clip, the new Miss Grand International 2023 and the runners-up simultaneously spoke up to defend the contest they had just won, and Miss Thuy Tien was no exception.
Reigning Miss Luciana Fuster shared: "Only girls who have participated in Miss Grand can understand why we are the one and only. Miss Grand is the biggest and most prestigious pageant with a humane team behind it. It is an incomparable experience."
Miss Thuy Tien and Miss Grand contestants speak up together
Recently on her personal page, Thuy Tien also shared something that attracted a lot of attention from the audience. Specifically, Miss Grand International 2021 said:
"I have grown up and become who I am today thanks to the Miss Grand International title. I can travel to many countries that I never thought of, can carry out many charity projects that I cherish thanks to Papa Nawat and Mami Teresa and the Miss Grand organization.
I appreciate this organization and believe that the contest is not only for entertainment, but also my dream. I think everyone will have their own opinion but please share with sincerity and politeness."
Miss Thuy Tien spoke up to defend the contest.
4th runner-up Le Hoang Phuong also spoke up: "Miss Grand Peace is a prestigious and fair competition. That is proven by the contest's successful history over the past 11 years. Everyone can see the popularity of the contest.
And I am proud to be the 4th runner-up of this year's contest. Whether you like something or not is a personal opinion, but the recent public criticism of the two girls on television is reckless and should be condemned. Let's be a civilized young generation."
The 3rd runner-up - American beauty shared: "As people often say, if you can't say anything nice, then keep quiet. Thank you Miss Grand - the biggest and best platform in the world . Miss Grand has always been a big contest for millions of people for the past 11 years."
First runner-up - Miss Myanmar said: "We just watched the video and it really broke our hearts. Miss Grand is one of the biggest beauty pageants on the planet and we are ready to prove it. Mr. Nawat has shown the world what a great beauty pageant is and Miss Grand has set the highest standards.
Top 3 Miss Grand International 2023 - Miss Grand International 2023.
You have seen our efforts in every show at the pageant. You may not like Miss Grand but it is still the best pageant. We respect our competitors in the beauty industry. If you don't like us, you shouldn't act like that. Stop the hate speech."
Many years ago, Mr. Nawat and Philippine beauty fans also had conflicts. The President of Miss Grand International also ordered the famous Philippine beauty website - Missosology to not post information and images related to the Miss Peace contest.
4th runner-up Hoang Phuong of Miss Grand International 2023 contest.
It is known that the Philippine beauty Mary Jean Lastimosa broke the record for the number of times a contestant participated in Miss Universe. She was a symbol of perseverance when she participated in the program for the third time and was lucky to win the crown in her home country, the Philippines, in 2013.
Before her "reckless" statements and condemnation, Mary Jean Lastimosa had a traditional image of beauty and intelligence. She graduated from the University of Mindanao with a Bachelor of Computer Engineering. The Philippines also said she maintained three scholarships while in college.
Before being crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2013, she had also participated and won 9 previous beauty pageants.
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