Unprecedented incident with Mr. Nawat and Miss Grand International

The change of venue during the pageant is considered an unprecedented incident for a beauty pageant. Mr. Nawat and Miss Grand International are facing a lot of criticism and their reputations are affected.

Miss Grand International 2024 became the most notable beauty contest in early October with a noisy incident related to the conflict between the organizers and the host unit.

The climax of the matter is Mr. Nawat The decision to strip Cambodia of the hosting rights even though the competition had been held there for several days. The incident is seen as seriously affecting the reputation of both sides.

Mr. Nawat and the contestants of Miss Grand International 2024.

Constantly changing hosting locations

Right from the start, Miss Grand International 2024 The competition was originally scheduled to be held in Myanmar, but was cancelled due to the unstable security situation in the country.

On July 30, the organizing committee announced that the two co-host countries this year are Cambodia and Thailand. Sideline activities will take place in Cambodia, after which the contestants will travel to Thailand for the semi-finals and finals.

However, on October 6, Mr. Nawat angrily left for Thailand. Miss Grand Cambodia announced that it would give up the copyright and that the Cambodian representative would be beautiful people Sotheary Bee also withdrew from the competition.

Thus, the plan to hold the competition in Cambodia fell through. The contestants moved back to Thailand earlier than planned. This is said to cause great losses for both sides. Cambodia suffered heavy losses because it had spent a lot of time, effort and money preparing for the competition. Meanwhile, Mr. Nawat had to pay out of his own pocket to organize the extra schedules after canceling the contract.

Never-ending controversy

After the incident, both Mr. Nawat and the Cambodian side took to the stage to accuse each other. The arguments they gave were numerous. It is not known whether the truth is true or false, but the story is getting worse and worse.

Mr. Nawat and the contestants at the dinner party in Cambodia.

After returning to Thailand, Mr. Nawat livestream about the incident. He said that from the beginning of the contest, the Cambodian side did not arrange people to welcome the contestants at the airport. At the sash ceremony, the organizers promised to arrange Lamborghini cars and photo backgrounds but none were available. At the contestant welcome ceremony, the organizers promised the presence of the Minister of Tourism and many beauty fans but in the end, no one showed up.

Regarding the messy incident on the cruise ship on the evening of October 6, Mr. Nawat said that the boat trip had been planned in advance, but the Cambodian organizers repeatedly asked to cancel it. When Mr. Nawat and the group of contestants arrived, no one welcomed or guided them, and they had to ask the locals to find a restaurant for the contestants. Mr. Nawat also said that the Cambodian security guards loudly yelled at everyone.

Meanwhile, the Miss Grand Cambodia organizing committee said that Mr. Nawat and his team were rude, did not respect the meeting schedule, changed activities without notice, and used inappropriate language in the group...

In addition, the Cambodian side also said that Mr. Nawat always changed the request suddenly and forced it to be implemented immediately, some plans were forced to be canceled even though the Cambodian side had prepared very well. Mr. Nawat also lacked tolerance for small mistakes in the organization.

Damage

While the matter is still unclear, both Mr. Nawat and the Cambodian side suffered heavy losses. After canceling the event in Cambodia, Mr. Nawat had to spend 1 million Thai baht to buy plane tickets for the crew and contestants to return to Thailand. In addition, Mr. Nawat also lost about 200,000 baht to rent a hotel.

In the livestream, Mr. Nawat said that because of this incident, the organization costs have increased a lot, but he believes that money can be earned back, but reputation and honor are very important. The chairman said that he would not accept anyone destroying the reputation of the Miss Grand International brand that he worked so hard to build.

Candidates during an activity in Thailand on October 8.

In fact, Mr. Nawat's reputation and the competition Miss Grand International has declined significantly after the noise related to this chairman in recent years. For a long time, Mr. Nawat has been known for his autocratic way of working.

Over the years, Mr. Nawat has been associated with the image of a controversial man when he publicly criticized other beauty contests, allowed contestants to livestream to sell products, insulted contestants' appearance, and banned contestants from participating in other contests...

Mr. Nawat's management makes the Miss Grand International pageant more known for its controversy than for the good meaning of peace that this beauty pageant hopes to bring to the public.

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