Miss Intercontinental Organizing Committee talks about Le Au Ngan Anh "illegally competing"
While the Department of Performing Arts believes that Le Au Ngan Anh is "illegally competing", the Miss Intercontinental Organizing Committee recently spoke up that she fully meets the requirements of the contest.
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Responding to the question of whether Le Au Ngan Anh is qualified to participate in Miss Intercontinental, the organizing committee of the contest said that they had signed a copyright contract with a partner in Vietnam. The representative of Miss Intercontinental emphasized that they did not know about the licensing or not being licensed by the national director - the copyright holder to participate in the contest in Vietnam. All they did and announced was that Le Au Ngan Anh is Miss Intercontinental Vietnam.
Regarding Le Au Ngan Anh’s plastic surgery, this unit affirmed that the contest accepts contestants who have undergone surgery. Therefore, the fact that a beauty has undergone plastic surgery is not a reason to disqualify a contestant.
The incident of Le Au Ngan Anh participating in an international beauty pageant without the consent of the Department of Performing Arts (DPA) is still a controversial topic.
Recently, in the regular press conference of the fourth quarter of 2018, the representative of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MOCST) affirmed that they will continue to request the Organizing Committee of the Miss Ocean 2017 contest to revoke the title and crown of Le Au Ngan Anh. In case the Organizing Committee of this contest fails to comply, the inspector of the MOCST will take strong action to handle the matter.
Speaking with Lao Dong reporter, Mr. Nguyen Quang Vinh emphasized that the Department of Performing Arts still maintains its stance of not recognizing Le Au Ngan Anh's title at the 2017 Miss Ocean contest.
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The Miss Ocean 2017 contest ended a long time ago, but the Organizing Committee did not send a report to the Department of Performing Arts. Therefore, the Department has no basis to acknowledge Le Au Ngan Anh's awards. This is also the reason the Department refused to grant permission for the beauty to compete in the Miss Intercontinental contest.
According to Mr. Vinh, for the violation of allowing a contestant who had undergone cosmetic surgery to participate, the Organizing Committee of the Miss Ocean 2017 contest was administratively fined 4 million VND by the Inspector of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. At the same time, the Department of Performing Arts and the Inspector of the Ministry also sent a document requesting the organizing unit to revoke the title and strip the crown from Le Au Ngan Anh. However, up to now, this unit has not implemented it. The time limit for notification of handling has exceeded 1 year, the Department of Performing Arts can unilaterally strip the title from Le Au Ngan Anh.
After a year of coronation with many noises and controversies, in December 2018, Le Au Ngan Anh unexpectedly submitted an application for permission to compete in the Miss Intercontinental contest. However, the Department of Performing Arts rejected this request. However, the beauty still participated in the contest. She also authorized a lawyer to file a lawsuit against the Department of Performing Arts.