wow. its not over yet.
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accused by dethroned beauty queen Ris Low of leaking her conviction
to the media
A spat has developed between recently dethroned Miss Singapore
World Ris Low and the pageant's first runner-up Claire Lee.
Miss Low claims that Miss Lee faked a back injury to save
embarrassment in case she was not selected to represent Singapore.
Miss Lee denies this.
Miss Low also said that Miss Lee had snitched to the media about
her being on probation for credit card fraud. Miss Lee also denies
this.
The latest controversy started when Miss Low called Shin Min
Daily News last Friday to tell them that Miss Lee had confessed to
her about faking a back injury so that she will not 'lose face' if
she is not chosen to be the next Miss Singapore World by pageant
organiser ERM World Marketing.
Miss Low, 19, a hospitality student at a private school, gave up
her crown last week after media reports that she had been charged
with credit card fraud last year and was put on 24 months'
supervised probation.
When contacted by The Sunday Times last night, Miss Low said
that she had recorded a telephone conversation with Miss Lee in
which the latter had admitted faking her injury.
When she played back the recording, a woman - who she said was
Miss Lee - could be clearly heard saying she hated the pageant
organiser for what they have done to Miss Low.
The woman did mention having a back injury, but nowhere in the
conversation did she admit to faking it.
Miss Low said she will be passing the audio recording to Ms
Tracy Lee, ERM's event director, today so that the pageant
organiser will know that Miss Lee 'has been badmouthing them'.
Asked about how the recording did not have Miss Lee saying she
faked the injury, Miss Low said that although Miss Lee did not say
so outright, Miss Low knew that the back injury was not
serious.
Miss Low said she was doing all this to get back at Miss Lee,
23, for exposing her credit card crime to the media.
'It's an eye for an eye. I know it was her because eyes can see,
ears can hear and heart can feel,' she said.
She claimed that she told Miss Lee about her being under
probation some time during the pageant. 'She (Miss Lee) was feeling
down at the time. I told her that I'm under probation to show her
that her life is not that bad,' she said. 'I trusted her, but she
stabbed me in the back.'
When contacted last night, Miss Lee, a recent aerospace
engineering graduate from Nanyang Technological University, denied
ever faking a back injury or even knowing about Miss Low's
probation till later.
She said she has been suffering from a back injury since 2007
due to prolonged hours of studying. It got worse last Monday when
she fell down while chasing her dog down the stairs. She had gone
to see a doctor about it, she added.
She found out that Miss Low had turned on her yesterday morning
after a call from a Shin Min reporter.
She said: 'I feel so hurt and disappointed. I was the only one
who stood by her and defended her when people criticised her. I've
done nothing to hurt her.'
She suspected that Miss Low is 'making up stories' either
because of her bipolar disorder or to make herself 'look less bad'
in the face of the controversy surrounding her in the past two
weeks.
As for Miss Low's probation, she claimed she was never told
about it until the media broke the news.
When asked to respond to what Miss Lee said, Miss Low said: 'Why
do I need to make myself look less bad? I look bad enough already.
It cannot get any worse than this.
'I just want people to know that Claire Lee is not as pure as
she seems. She knows she has no chance to be chosen (as the next
Miss Singapore World). She is on such bad terms with ERM. That is
why she faked her back injury.'
Miss Lee, however, said she is no longer vying for the
crown.
'I don't really want it that badly now, especially after all the
lies she (Miss Low) has spread about me. If I'm chosen to represent
Singapore, I will do my best. But if I'm not chosen, I won't be
angry.'
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