Miss Canada harassment issue: Miss Earth organizers break silence about the controversy
Miss Earth organizers finally break their silence on the alleged harassment issue that Miss Canada complained about.
It was mentioned in a previous article that Jaime VandenBerg, the representative from Canada took to Instagram her complaint against an unnamed sponsor who allegedly harassed her.
Following this revelation, there were also several candidates of the pageant who broke their silence.
Miss Guam Emma Mae disclosed that a certain sponsor named Amado S. Cruz harassed her during the pageant.
The said sponsor from the Manila Yacht Club posted something on Facebook connected with this sensitive topic and this received scrutiny from netizens.
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After this, Miss England Abbey-Anne Gyles-Brown also revealed that she experienced harassment.
She shared the same story as what Miss Canada previously revealed.
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The three beauty queens said that they spoke to Lorraine Schuck, the Vice President of Miss Earth, about this issue.
They were told that they would no longer see the said sponsor in any event during the pageant.
Based on the report of GMA News, Miss Canada said that an employee of Miss Earth pageant reminded her of the importance of sponsors. She was told that it is important to be amiable to them.
Regarding this harassment issue, Lorraine Schuck broke her silence.
The pageant VP said that Miss Canada did not told them what really happened.
“Because she (Miss Canada) never told us. She came her on the 6th, we found out about it on the 14th. She never told anyone,” Schuck said.
The organizer added that if only the team managers told her about this, she will pull out everything because she will not allow this kind of incident to happen.
It was also said that Miss Canada asked for her passport and the organizers immediately gave it back to her.
Based on the report, the Miss Earth candidate from Canada suddenly left on October 22.