Sunday, 13 August 2023

Miss Universe cuts ties with Indonesia pageant over sexual assault claims

Six Miss Universe Indonesia contestants allege they were asked to strip for ‘a body check for scars and cellulite’

The global organiser of the Miss Universe beauty pageant has cut ties with its franchise in Indonesia days after several contestants alleged they had been sexually abused in the run-up to the competition’s crowning ceremony in Jakarta.

Six contestants of the Miss Universe Indonesia pageant are understood to have filed complaints with police, alleging organisers asked contestants to strip down to their underwear for “a body check for scars and cellulite” two days before the ceremony in July.

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