One of the main reasons why in recent years the Singapore
Government has always ensured that their Miss Universe
representative were of tertiary level education or higher was
because of the following incident which occurred not too many years
ago. It is the final round of the Miss Universe Pageant and the 3
finalists, Miss USA, Miss Malaysia and Miss Singapore are being
asked 3 simple questions:
MC: The first question is name me an electrical appliance starting
with "L"
Miss USA: Lamp
Miss Malaysia: Light bulb
Miss Singapore: LADIO
Judge: No, no, Radio does not start with the letter "L"
MC: I am going to give you 2 more chances; The next question is
name me an animal starting with the letter "L"
Miss USA: Lion
Miss Malaysia: Leopard
Miss Singapore: LABBIT
Judge: No, no, no, Rabbit does not start with the letter "L"
MC: I am going to give you one last chance, if you answer this
question incorrectly, you are disqualified.
Name me a fruit starting with the letter "L"
Miss USA: Lemon
Miss Malaysia: Lychee
Miss Singapore, with full of confidence, smiles and says: LIEWLIAN
!!
This is not the end of the story, the Judge consulted the board of
judges to determine if Miss Singapore should really disqualified;
and they decided that since Miss Singapore was having as many
problems with the letter "L", the decided to give her another
chance.
Judge: OK, the final question is name me a human anatomy starting
with the letter "L"
Miss USA: Lung (applause)
Miss Malaysia: Liver (even more applause)
Miss Singapore: LAN CIAU
Judge: ?????????!!!!