Sunday 13 May 2012

New Miss Fiji

The contestant who has won the right to represent Fiji in the Miss World will not do so. She was replaced by the runner up. Torika Watters was replaced by the 27-year-old Koini Vakaloloma.
Watters has to be at least a month away from turning 17 by the start of the pageant.  So the Miss World organizers have finally put an end to all this fiasco. Almost. Watters will go on to represent Fiji next year. Will it be enough to silence the racist attacks that young Miss Watters has had to bear?
In this article http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=201097 in the Fiji Times Fiji, pageant director Andhy Blake says that Watters will be better mentally prepared by next year. But is there really much difference in the mentality of a 16-year-old from a 17-year-old? There is no difference.  Blake had obviously over looked the age of Watters when reserving Torikas place in the pageant this year and she will be our representitive next year. There is obviously favoritism.  The question we all must ask is ‘why?’

Koini Vakaloloma

Koini Vakaloloma has far more experience then Torika Watters. She was the third runner up in the Miss Hibiscus last year.
The pageant organizers and judges in Fiji have been reported as being biased. Miss Torika place as a contestant was reserved. So was the place of three other contestants. Andhy Blake has said that this is common practice in such competitions. The pageant directors choice to pick these four in particular must have easily swayed the decision of the judging panel.
There has been so much controversy regarding this years pageant. Everything from the judging criteria, the picking of the contestant, the winner of the pageant and even her race and age has been under scrutiny. Even the judging panel and their decision have not been spared.
Blake says that the Miss World committee had been very happy with his work and "really that's a testament in itself”.

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