Miss Singapore World Ris Low Guilty of Credit Card Fraud
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she may be incompetent in her English and she definitely got caught for breaking the law. but seriously, she made it big and actually won the Miss SGP competition. she did something that most of us can never do. give her credit where credit is due. it really isn't fair to bash on one's weakness. im almost sure that not all of us have the ability to speak great English either. as for the conviction she got, just let it slide guys. where's the yellow ribbon when its needed. everyone deserves a second chance....
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Differents versions of how the fraud was made known:
1. Before Finals
2. After finals, when she won
3. She did not say anything; the media found it out -
Originally posted by AEW5001:
Differents versions of how the fraud was made known:
1. Before Finals
2. After finals, when she won
3. She did not say anything; the media found it outAnd the first two are supposingly BOTH made by her ...
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she has given up her title...
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > StorySep 29, 2009Ris Low gives up title
The organiser said it has met Ms Low and her parents and 'they have agreed to allow their daughter to resign from the crown as we feel is in the best interest for the Miss Singapore World Pageant and Singapore at large. -- PHOTO: ERMMISS Ris Low has resigned as Miss Singapore World 2009, days after her past conviction for credit card fraud was exposed.
The organiser of the local beauty pageant, ERM World Marketing, said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon she will no longer represent Singapore at Miss World 2009 in South Africa.
ERM said it will be interviewing a new representative to represent Singapore at Miss World 2009 in the coming days and will announce her shortly.
The organiser said it has met Ms Low and her parents and 'they have agreed to allow their daughter to resign from the crown as we feel is in the best interest for the Miss Singapore World Pageant and Singapore at large.
'We are accepting her resignation,' said ERM.
On Ms Low's conviction in May and her bipolar disorder, ERM said there was no way of checking if a contestant has a criminal record or suffering from depression.
'Ris Low was determined, well behaved and performed well throughout the 2 month competition and even went on to win 8 special awards. This is not easy task to accomplish from a group of 22 contestants. With her good performance and beauty, she excelled in the competition.'
On her command of English language, which has been criticised by the public, the organiser said: 'We felt that person who made fun of her on YouTube was malicious and did not do her justice. The video clip was presented in a way to ridicule her.
'The incident was a one-time interview which misled the Singapore public to believe she spoke English poorly. During the Grand Finals competition held at the Shangri La hotel on the July 31, she spoke perfectly good English, had a good answer (short, sharp and sweet) and performed very well to impress the 11 judges that she was good enough to win.
'So perhaps her spoken English could also be an effect from her Bipolar disorder.'
ERM said it felt sorry for Miss Low but added: 'We cannot compromise on our contest rules, regulations and the image of the Miss Singapore World Pageant.'
ERM, which broke its silence only on Monday said it did not give any comments earlier to the media and press because 'we were taken aback by this incident and we did not have any documentary evidence to justify the allegations and could be faced with legal implications later'.
'Ris Low committed this offence as a young offender, and we had to be sensitive to handle any comments delicately where a young offender is concerned. The treatment would be different if she was over 21 years of age,' it added.
'We like to add that this is the first time in Singapore beauty pageant history that such an incident has occurred. We had to be careful with the approach.'
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oh no...$$$
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Originally posted by GHoST_18:
she has given up her title...
and found a new title here -
so sad... she gave up her clown...
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now she is no ms singapore...
but whole singapore knows she committed fraud and speaks funnily..
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How could speaking singlish be blamed on Bipolar?......might as well blame it for the Global Warming oso la
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so does she have to give back the prize money too?
and is it the 1st runner up who will now take over her place?
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Originally posted by fireng:
so does she have to give back the prize money too?
and is it the 1st runner up who will now take over her place?
think so.. if not wont be fair.
waa. now the 1st runner up must be sibei happy.
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Originally posted by OHSheet:
think so.. if not wont be fair.
waa. now the 1st runner up must be sibei happy.
Ok. So now anyone here wants to go and comfort Ris Low as she must be feeling real sad now?
Maybe she will be so touch that she will 1 night stand with that guy
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Originally posted by OHSheet:
think so.. if not wont be fair.
waa. now the 1st runner up must be sibei happy.
winning this way is really no shiok -
Originally posted by fireng:
Ok. So now anyone here wants to go and comfort Ris Low as she must be feeling real sad now?
Maybe she will be so touch that she will 1 night stand with that guy
Timing is perfect now...go and attack by logging in facebook>LOL
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Timing is perfect now...go and attack by logging in facebook>LOL
don't have her facebook link leh how to attack her in facebook
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to be frank.. even if she was to represent singapore, dont think can be even be in the top 10..
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I dun see how she could be reinstated. Rules are rules. But actually reinstating her is now the secondary issue. What shocks me is the number of people who actually step on others when they are down. How singaporeans (maybe not just snigaporeans in this case) love throwing in sarcasms, insults, mockery when people are down. Makes me wonder how these people would love to be treated one day when their deeds are exposed. I seriously think her accent is way funny and is embarassing but surely there is no need to attack a young person so viciously for a wrongdoing.
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she can keep the clown no problems
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i think all discussions abt ms boomz can be contained in one topic, dun need to spam the forum
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What a clown.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
and found a new title hereA few actually
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
winning this way is really no shiokat least got title: ms boomz's runner up.
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She looks a little like Celeste Chong
Send in the clown by veggie bao
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Originally posted by Yxxxone:
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Crime/Story/A1Story20090924-169805.html
Guilty of credit card fraud
By DAWN TAY
RECENTLY crowned Miss Singapore World Ris Low, 19, had earlier been found guilty of credit-card fraud.
The beauty queen was convicted of five charges of misappropriation, cheating using illegally obtained credit cards, and impersonating their users' identities.
The first-time offender was sentenced in May this year to 24 months of supervised probation, said a Subordinate Courts spokesman in response to a query from my paper.
Another 60 charges were taken into consideration for the purposes of sentencing, he said.
Court documents show that Miss Low spent a total of more than $2,400 on at least four separate occasions, using at least three different credit cards in April and May last year.
my paper understands that her previous employer, a health-care company, made a police report about her in April last year.
It suspected that Miss Low, who worked there for five months as a patient-service assistant, had used credit cards belonging to its patients. It asked her to leave the following month.
Before leaving, she was said to have returned a part - an unspecified sum - of the total amount she had spent using the cards.
When contacted, Miss Low, now a student, said that she was "not in a position to comment".
The international Miss World pageant will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in December. It is unclear whether Miss Low will be allowed to leave the country to take part in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c_A7-7B7-w
Omg is she really singapore universe? It looks so fake.
