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Dethroned Myanmar beauty queen seeks apology before returning crown

YANGON (AFP) - A Myanmar beauty queen dethroned for alleged misconduct said Tuesday she would only return her crown if South Korean pageant organisers apologised - and denied accepting free breast implants.
 May Myat Noe, winner of the Seoul-based Miss Asia-Pacific World beauty pageant in May, talks to the media during a press conference in Yangon. -- PHOTO: AFP
Ms May Myat Noe, 16, was training to become a K-pop star in South Korea after winning the Seoul-based Miss Asia-Pacific World beauty pageant in May.

 But last week the event organisers stripped her of the title for alleged dishonesty. They accused her of absconding with the pricey crown - and the US$10,000 (S$12,503) implants, which they say they funded to enhance her budding singing career.

On Tuesday the beauty queen hit back and demanded an apology from the organisers.
 The $US100,000 (S$125,000) 2014 Miss Asia-Pacific World crown won by May Myat Noe in May is pictured at a news conference given by her at a restaurant in Yangon on September 2, 2014. Pageant organisers say she disappeared with the jewelled crown after being stripped of the title last week for being rude and dishonest. The beauty queen denied any wrongdoing and said she would not return the crown until she received an apology from the organisers, media reported. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
 "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," she told a packed press conference in Yangon.

"I will return the crown only when they apologise to Myanmar, for the dignity of our country."

 Ms May Myat Noe also denied accepting free breast implants.

"I was put under duress to undergo head-to-toe cosmetic surgery which I refused...I didn't have breast implants, but I don't want to go into details, to preserve my dignity," she said.

Event organisers last week accused the teen of being hard to manage, saying her behaviour had left them "very angry".

"She lied a lot to us about many things. Our past queens also complained - because of her, their reputations will suffer," event spokesman David Kim told AFP from Seoul.

 Myanmar women are eyeing success in international beauty pageants as the country opens up after decades of military rule.

Despite undergoing sweeping political and social reforms, Myanmar remains a deeply conservative nation.

But new fashions and overseas products are creeping into the once cloistered nation, supported by a proliferation of magazines for young consumers and an increasingly vibrant pop culture.

Last year a US-educated business graduate was selected as the first Miss Universe contestant to represent Myanmar in more than 50 years. -

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