Newly crowned Miss Earth Singapore 2013, Miss Vanessa Hee, has been accused by a netizen of tampering with votes.
Miss Hee, who won on Sunday, was targeted by a Dex Hoe, who saw a posting on job website Freelancer. com.au.
It offered to pay for Facebook likes for Miss Hee in the Miss Popularity sub-category, the only title decided by online votes.
In an e-mail to The New Paper, Mr Hoe said: "One of the Miss Earth contestant's boyfriend posted a request online to get people to tamper with the voting and apparently votes can be quite cheap."
The post states: "I need to help my girlfriend win a contest.
"She will win if her picture has the most likes...I want someone by hook or by crook (to) generate 2,200 likes."
The budget for the project was US$250 to $750 (about S$320 to S$950).
When The New Paper contacted the person behind the post, Mr Lim, he said it was because a friend had misunderstood the situation and tried to help him out, but that the project was cancelled without any votes being bought.
He said: "I actually made a bet with Vanessa and I bet that she will win Miss Earth Singapore.
"The only thing I could influence is the popularity contest, so I went around asking all of my friends to like the photo."
He said his friend took things into his own hands and posted the advertisement online in his name.
Read the full story here.
(Photos: Miss Earth Singapore, Stomp, TNP)
There maybe a smart Alex, the likes of Kong Hee, who will tell you that he can, but you must pay first... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
Like the show, the talent 1?
The judges will say, "the public has voted wrongly." But ultimately, what these shows want are our money as they charged for each vote. :D
Dont understand?
Bring back a loved one on the death bed;-)
What is there is Singapore that $$$MONEY cannot buy today?...
The voting by public is not a gauge of how popular you are, but a gauge of how supportive your friends are. Does it mean that if you've very rich friends, you will get to win right?