Miss Ocean Organizing Committee admits mistake in Le Au Ngan Anh's nose job

The organizer also admitted wrongdoing in allowing some contestants to compete in the finals without a high school diploma.

On November 10, the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Culture sent a report to Minister Nguyen Ngoc Thien about the recent scandals surrounding beauty pageants.

Regarding the 2017 Miss Ocean contest, the Ministry Inspectorate said that the Head of the Organizing Committee - designerVo Viet Chung - admitted to violating Decree 158 on allowing unqualified candidates to take the exam.In addition to Miss Le Au Ngan Anh, contestants Nguyen Thi Kim Ngoc (born in 1999) and Nguyen Thi Huynh Nhu (born in 1994) were found to have unclear graduation certificates (without confirmation from the authorities); contestant Tran Thi Tuyet Nhi (born in 1995) did not have a high school graduation certificate, only submitted a "Temporary Graduation Certificate". These contestants were all allowed to compete in the final round.

The coronation image of Miss Ocean 2017 Le Au Ngan Anh in the final night caused controversy.

In the report, Mr. Vo Viet Chung voluntarily paid the administrative fine and asked to learn from experience.According to regulations, the organizers will be fined from 2 to 6 million VND. The Ministry Inspectorate requested the organizers to submit additional information and related documents before November 23.The representative of the Ministry Inspectorate said that Chief Inspector Vu Xuan Thanh retired on November 1. Therefore, this agency does not have a person with enough authority to sign the decision on administrative sanctions. The Ministry Inspectorate is asking for instructions from superiors.

AfterfinalOn the evening of October 28, the Department of Performing Arts received many responses about contestant Le Au Ngan Anh.cosmetic surgeryand still won the crown.In the explanation to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Department of Performing Arts,On November 6, the organizers announced that they had launchedLe Au Ngan Anh went for an X-ray and a CT scan of her entire body and confirmed that she did not have cosmetic surgery and there was no foreign object in her nose.

In a recent interview with the press, when talking about the scandal of Le Au Ngan Anh, Deputy MinisterVuong Duy Bien said the fault was mostly with the organizers.

Deputy Minister Vuong Duy Bien talks about the scandal of Miss Le Au Ngan Anh

The management agency confirmed: "The semi-final round of the contest took place safely without any incidents." However, they still asked the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Khanh Hoa province to report on the implementation of the request to stop the semi-final of the Miss Universe Vietnam contest due to the storm. Because this is the focal point to receive notifications, reports and has the authority to refuse permission to organize the program.

The semi-finals of Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 were held in stormy weather, causing public outrage.

Previously, the Department of Performing Arts, the People's Committee and the Department of Culture and Sports of Khanh Hoa requested to stop organizing the Miss Universe Vietnam semi-finals due to storms. The Department of Culture responded that the Miss Universe Vietnam contest is licensed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, so the province does not have much authority to intervene.

The semi-final night still took place, one hour late due to a power outage caused by the storm. When the Provincial People's Committee learned that the organizing unit was still holding the semi-final round, they asked the organizing committee to explain.

The representative of the organizing committee - Mr. Tran Ngoc Nhat - said that before and during the semi-final night, the organizing committee received a request from the Khanh Hoa Department of Culture to stop entertainment activities to prevent storms and floods. They canceled activities on November 3 and the morning of November 4. At noon on November 4, the locality no longer had rain and wind, so the semi-final round took place./.

According to VNE

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