Miss Universe Debunks Claim Of Being Appointed Rather Than Contesting For Crown

 

Chelsea Tayui, Miss Universe Ghana 2020 winner has debunked claims of being appointed as winner in the contest, insists she participated right from the beginning. 

The beauty queen was crowned on September 26th, 2020, with speculation heating up that she was appointed beauty queen rather than going through the process. 

While speaking in an interview with Prince Benjamin on the Class Drive on Class91.3FM on Friday, 9th October, Tayui claimed that there was competition, but due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the contest was held behind the scenes. 

Her words were... 

“Due to the COVID circumstances and the safety precautions we had to take, moving forward, the best decision our organisation made was to do an internal virtual interview process of a pageant. Even though we literally weren’t doing everything on the stage, we were still doing everything behind the scenes,”

“It wasn’t just a random pick, it was a gradual pick, literally lasting the entire summer,”