She was promised RM10,000 in prize money, but all she got for winning a beauty pageant was a rice cooker and some beauty products

Ugly turn of events for beauty queen



Thursday, 22 Mar 2018

by justin zack




KUALA LUMPUR: She was promised RM10,000 in prize money, but all she got for winning a beauty pageant was a rice cooker and some beauty products.

Liow Shin Ni, 24, who won a locally based beauty pageant, was then offered to go to the finals in Shenzhen, China.

She was promised RM10,000 for reaching that stage of the competition.

A local acted as the middleman responsible for bringing Malaysian talent over to the finals, which was held on Dec 17 last year.



The middleman was also given money by the overseas sponsors to pay the Malaysian side.

However, the man disappeared when Liow went to China for the finals.

Event organiser Khoo Lay Hong, who was responsible for setting up the Malaysian side of the competition, then tried to contact the liaison on behalf of Liow to secure the prize money and other costs.

She was only greeted with excuses every time the two spoke.

She had initially finalised the deal with him after being introduced to the man in August through mutual contacts.

“He kept giving excuses and claimed that he could not leave the country. All that I was left with were empty promises.

“The deal was for me to handle the organi­sing, planning and training, while he handled all matters involving the money. I was only in charge of the Malaysian operations.

“I understand that the Chinese sponsors are also suing him and are looking for him because of all this,” Khoo said during a press conference at Wisma MCA here yesterday.

A police report was made in January after Khoo feared that the man had run away with the money.

Khoo is also worried that this had severely damaged her reputation as an event organi­ser.

“My reputation is tarnished because of this man. I want the public to be aware of people like him, so that they won’t be fooled,” she said.

Liow has still not received her prize money, but was given gifts by Malaysian sponsors for winning the pageant here, which included beauty accessories and a rice cooker.

MCA Public Services and Complaints De­­part­­ment head Datuk Seri Michael Chong, who organised the press conference, urged the public to be wary of such cheats.


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