Miss Venezuela Pageant Deals With Social Media Fraud

Miss Venezuela President Osmel Sousa poses in front of the ten semi-finalist during the Miss Venezuela 2014 beauty pageant in Caracas, Venezuela. The Miss Venezuela Organization said in a statement on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 it will temporarily suspend its activities to do an internal review of its ethics policy.

The Miss Venezuela beauty pageant said it will investigate possible unethical conduct by its contestants following a vitriolic social media spat that saw former participants accusing each other of inappropriate behaviour.

A group of ex-Miss Venezuela contestants, in a confused flurry of social media posts this month, insinuated that other participants had sought to enrich themselves through romantic relationships with corrupt businessmen and officials.

“Given the events recently described on social media ... a decision has been made to begin an internal review to determine if anyone linked [to the pageant], during the course of their involvement, violated the values and ethics of the contest,” the Miss Venezuela Organization said in a statement.

The organisation added that it was temporarily closing a Caracas training facility and halting casting for the pageant as well as the lower-profile Mister Venezuela event.

It was not immediately evident how this would affect the Miss Venezuela pageant, which is typically held toward the end of the year.

The rights to Miss Venezuela are owned by Grupo Cisneros, of the wealthy Venezuelan Cisneros family.

Grupo Cisneros referred questions to the Miss Venezuela Organization, which did not respond to a voice mail message seeking further comment.

The allegations drew outrage in Venezuela, where triple-digit inflation and chronic food and medicine shortages have spurred a mass exodus of migrants.

They also drew ribbing from critics, who noted the beauty queens’ numerous spelling mistakes.

Venezuelans are among the world’s most successful beauty show contestants and have won global pageants including Miss Universe and Miss World more than a dozen times.

The country has also historically had one of the world’s highest rates of breast implants and cosmetic surgery.

Source: GulfNews.com, 3/23/2018

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