Does Ris Low deserve to represent Singapore in the upcoming Miss World pageant?
Singapore seems to be losing sight on what a true Miss Singapore should be like. As Miss Singapore is a representative of the whole population of Singapore, she should be educated, articulate, display exemplary qualities and last but not least, she needs to be beautiful in the eyes of the judges. Miss Singapore should be a good role model to the people and the children. I am highly appalled that the organisers had said that the requirement for Miss Singapore is mostly about beauty. I am also doubtful if the organisers had put in the time and effort to actually screen each applicant properly with questions and tests to deem them worthy of such a prestigious post. Have they forgotten that at the Miss World competition, they would be asking them questions on politics which require actual knowledge and proper speaking abilities? And that the judges expect english to be spoken whether or not through a translator? Do we really expect a translator for ‘Singlish’? That would be just embarrassi
