Miss Singapore World Ris Low Guilty of Credit Card Fraud
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Originally posted by fireng:
I thought you posted the screenshot of her facebook so you should know
Collecting facebook pics your hobby or what?LOL
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Collecting facebook pics your hobby or what?LOL
no lah. i wan to flame her in facebook
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aiyoh. just use these links to do a complete search on the person's profile.
it diggs up 100% everything there is abt the person on the net.
here::
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Why flame people in facebook when you are doing it right in here?LOL
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Why flame people in facebook when you are doing it right in here?LOL
here she cannot see. in her facebook she sure can see. lol
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where is PAP when we need them?
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Originally posted by noopi:
where is PAP when we need them?
yo PHD holder where are you earlier lol
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Originally posted by fireng:
It seems that veggie bao and insidestory haven't learn their lesson yet after getting flamed a thousand times in other threads.
Just leave these troublemakers alone.
They belong to the same category of people like knnbccp. If we continue to argue with them later they take revenge by spamming the forum
learn simi lesson? wow "getting flamed" to quote you "on the internet"..so scary sia.. so damaging,..wah.. it has such profound impact on my life. dun be an idiot. oops I forgot u can't help it.
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Originally posted by fudgester:
My bad. Not Miss World International. Miss World Singapore website.
T&C number 4 clearly states:
The Contestant warrants he/she has not been charged or convicted in any court of law in any country and that he/she is not a fugitive nor is he/she wanted by any law enforcement agency.
Bold for emphasis. Whether or not she will have a criminal record is irrelevant. As long as the court declared her to be guilty of her crimes, it counts as a conviction.
So what if the T&C states that? She can understand meh?
She will probably, ya know, boomz at reading the long T&C on the registration form.
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whats with the boomz thingy?
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
whats with the boomz thingy?
ask ris low
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she studied at MDIS right? yippie, I am going to MDIS for an interview tommorrow, hope to see her there lol
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boomz u all
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Life is like that. Her hand ichty. what to do. So pretty can be hooker. wasted.
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Originally posted by laurence82:
boomz u all
boomz you first!
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Originally posted by Itedino:
Life is like that. Her hand ichty. what to do. So pretty can be hooker. wasted.
you damn dirty leh lol
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The Straits Times 29 Sep 2009
Pageant organiser: We didn't know
Now Miss S'pore World says she told organiser about credit card fraud conviction only last weekTHE organiser of the scandal-tarnished Miss Singapore World pageant finally broke its silence on the Ris Low saga yesterday, saying it had no knowledge of her conviction for credit card fraud when she was crowned queen.
THE organiser of the scandal-tarnished Miss Singapore World pageant finally broke its silence on the Ris Low saga yesterday, saying it had no knowledge of her conviction for credit card fraud when she was crowned queen.
After days of silence on the issue, ERM Marketing said in a statement yesterday that it would now be seeking legal advice on whether to allow Miss Low to keep her crown.
The tersely worded statement said the company was investigating the issue, and would make a decision later in the week, once it has all the 'pertinent facts'.
It added: 'Kindly do not call us or disturb for answers. We will entertain you once we have a decision made.'
Since news of Miss Low's troubles with the law surfaced last week, ERM has kept its silence, despite the raging debate among Singaporeans over whether Miss Low should continue as Miss Singapore World. Even a politician has weighed in: Member of Parliament Lee Bee Wah (Ang Mo Kio GRC) told the Chinese evening daily Shin Min on Saturday that Miss Low should not represent Singapore internationally.
She said: 'Using another person's credit card is a very serious offence. Honesty and integrity are very important.'
However, when pressed last week for an answer due to the high level of public interest in the matter, ERM said: 'Singaporeans did not pay for her.'
Miss Low, 19, has been a magnet for controversy ever since video footage of her speaking poor English made the rounds on the Internet.
Things got worse last week, when a report in My Paper, Singapore Press Holdings' free publication, broke the story that she had stolen several credit cards and used them to pay for $8,000 worth of jewellery, lingerie and restaurant bills, among other things.
She was sentenced to 24 months' supervised probation for her crimes.
Her statements to the media since then have added fuel to the controversy.
When asked by The Straits Times and other papers last week whether the organisers knew about her conviction, she insisted that they did.
But yesterday, Miss Low made an abrupt U-turn and confirmed ERM's version of the events.
She said she told the company about her brush with the law only after the My Paper story appeared last Friday.
She added that she let on only after she was asked about it: 'They ask then I tell lah, because actually I don't find the point of telling...'
Asked why she did not come clean about her conviction from the start, she replied: 'It's still a record, but it's not as though it's that big... I was given a second chance to change.'
However, ERM's terms and conditions for contestants, which are stated on its website and which applicants have to accept and agree to before they submit entry forms online, state clearly that fugitives from the law, or those charged with or convicted of a crime, are disqualified from taking part.
Asked about this, Miss Low said she did not read the regulations carefully before signing up.
'I didn't really go and check because I've joined other pageants before, and they didn't really check,' she said.
The continuing controversy has incensed the pageant's sponsors, who each forked out between $3,000 and $10,000.
Mr Kelvin Koh, who owns the Young and Healthy brand of health supplements and was a main sponsor of the contest, wants Miss Low to be stripped of the title.
He said: 'She was never my choice to win. Now, it is not just her bad English but a record of fraud too. How can she represent Singapore on the world stage?'
Others, while clearly unhappy about the turn events have taken, were less adamant about dropping the beauty queen.
The managing director of co-sponsor Pet Lovers Centre, Mr Ng Whay Hoe, said: 'Whatever has happened is not good and not right.'
However, he added: 'When somebody is already down, there is no need to press her down further.'
Attempts to contact Miss World International, which is based in Britain, have been unsuccessful.
ERM is the regional franchise holder for many international beauty pageants, including Miss World and Mrs World, and runs local contests such as Manhunt Singapore, Miss Singapore Chinatown and Miss Singapore Tourism.
Its directors are long-time pageant director Alex Liu and Ms Lee Wan Leng, who is Malaysian.
The company runs similar pageants in several countries, including Malaysia and China.
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But in previous reports, (I quote):
She has had a few days to steel herself for the fallout: around last Wednesday, the Miss Singapore World organiser had alerted her that the press had got wind of the credit card conviction and was planning a story.
Source: ST: Ris Low bares all
I remember she also said that she told the company about her conviction just prior to signing the contract. Now she's saying she told them only after the news broke?
So...... she bluffed the press on all this?
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wow, it just keeps getting worse. the reporter who kena bluffed is going to want to write a nasty article on her.
I wonder if she is going to blame her lying on the bipolar disorder
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integrity and credibility in doubt...
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Originally posted by av98m:
wow, it just keeps getting worse. the reporter who kena bluffed is going to want to write a nasty article on her.
I wonder if she is going to blame her lying on the bipolar disorder
Not just that. The company would also be pissed because with her original statements, it would seem as though she's trying to taiji part of the blame to them.
She had the chance to win back everyone's hearts by coming clean with the press. Just say that her crimes were bad, and that the company didn't know, and that she was really sorry for everything. That would have gained her a lot of goodwill.
Now she's only going to get much, much more crap flung her way with this revelation.
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Maybe now she can try to salvage the situation by rubbing pepper into her eyes and than pretent to cry in front of the media
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Strange why everyone here taking a poke at Ris Low....cheez....i doubt any of the people flaming her here pay for her pageant ...people make mistakes in life....just let her move on.....moreover wat's wrong with her poor command of english...she dun look like she is caucasian....at least she make an effort to speak a language she is not good at....give her a break....
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erm... which country is easy to migrate to huh?
