During
the past few days, an onslaught of false accusations has been made to
me with regards to my premature return home from the Republic of Korea.
My first reaction would be to express profound gratitude and heartfelt
appreciation for the love and support extended to me by the well wishers
both from Myanmar and from abroad. Their trust and sympathy in me has
been a major contributing factor in my ability to persist in this
carefully orchestrated scheme to defame me. Until now, I have been
keeping my silence but today, I found myself in a position where it
would be unforgivably irresponsible and blatantly unpatriotic of me not
to defend the honour of my country when my accusers have started
insulting the dignity of our Union. What saddened me most, as a Myanmar
girl, is to witness the national directors here no longer attempt to
hide their tone of approval for the false allegations that also question
the integrity of our Nation.
One
of the accusations made to me by the Miss Asia Pacific World
organisation is that I lied to and never had respect for the media and
fans that made me the winner. For that, I must say I have absolutely no
recollection of such complaints from either the members of the press or
from the public as a whole. In fact, in the contract that I had signed
with the Agency, I was promised a proper accommodation for the three
months stay in Korea as a vocalist. I was shocked upon arrival that no
such arrangement is made. The organisation also accused that my mother
illegally acquired a three month visa despite the fact that their letter
of invitation was meant for only until August 29. Here, I must impress
upon them the fact that, regardless of the limitations made in their
invitation letter, it is the prerogative of the Korean Embassy here in
Yangon to issue a visa to any applicant for any period of time as they
see fit. Some even suggested that I took away the Crown after I was
dethroned, but the letter by the organisation to that affect has not
even been issued until I left Korea.
Although
I'm not at all surprised that they have elected to omit the actual
facts that have made me return home, I am amazed by their flagrant
audacity to shift the guilt onto me. There were regrettably many
factors, some of which technical, over a period of time that made me
realize that it would be unwise to continue working with them, but these
following eye openers are the ones that I should make public aware. My
decision to return home was reached mainly due to the fact that;
-I was put under duress to undergo a head to toe cosmetic surgery which I refused
-my
mother, who was there with three months visa, was forced to leave Korea
on pain of termination of my contract even though the very contract
stipulates my family can stay over.
-I
was given a strong impression that I should leave Korea for a while,
without my mother, to Japan for a few days with no apparent reason but
just to extend my Korean visa.
- I was
told that, in order to generate funds to produce my music album, I need
to accept invitations to escort some business tycoons whenever they
require my company.
There was also some
suggestions that I abused my position as a pageant winner to receive an
expensive plastic surgery provided by the organisation. Should there be a
need to prove in a defamation case that I did not go under the knife to
beautify myself? My only regret would be not protesting firmly enough
when the national directors changed my age from 16 to 18.
More
explanations in details will be made to the members of Myanmar press in
the vernacular and I must admit I am relieved that my mother and I have
secured audio and video evidence whenever we sensed there are some
irregularities in the conversations of both the Korean organisers as
well as their Myanmar national directors.
Even
though I am absolutely certain that I have never exhibited any conduct
or behavior unbecoming of a beauty pageant winner, I find no reason to
keep the Crown in my possession, with honour, handed out by such an
organisation. That, however, doesn't mean that I will relinquish this
object to the national directors because their attitude and
untrustworthiness made me believe strongly that their further
involvement in the process of any beauty contest or pageant should be
discouraged and even prohibited. Due to some flagrant lies carefully
embedded in the statement by the organisation and the shameless attempt
by the national directors to please the former in any way, the dignity
of our country is being mocked in this sordid affair. In their effort to
discredit me, they have created an atmosphere where the press is
starting to report more along the line of the Myanmar Beauty Queen stole
the tiara and went back home. Therefore, it is natural for me to feel
that an apology should be demanded to rectify the damage they have done
to the integrity of my country. Once such remorse became apparent, I
shall return the Crown willingly without a trace of reservation. Well, I
mustn't take up much of your time and, again I shall take this
opportunity to thank the public for their sympathy and understanding.
____Credit: Kyaw Swar Myint
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