of ris low resigns as miss singapore world 2009. gives up her crown.

Ris Low gives up her crown: Ris Low has resigned from her crown as Miss Singapore World 2009 and will not represent Singapore at the international pageant in South Africa. Organisers of the local beauty pageant, ERM World, will be interviewing a new representative to represent Singapore.


Miss Ris Low quits [photo via]

ERM World released a statement and said,

[Her parents] 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. This is the first time in Singapore beauty pageant history that such an incident has occurred. We had to be careful with the approach. We feel sorry for her circumstances but we cannot compromise on our contest rules, regulations and the image of the Miss Singapore World Pageant.

ERM also explained that it was impossible to if a contestant has a criminal record or suffering from depression.

We did not have any documentary evidence to justify the allegations and could be faced with legal implications later.