Overview

• Milla Magee resigned from Miss World on May 16 after accusing organizers of using contestants as entertainment for investors and sidelining their charitable campaigns.
• Miss World organizers issued a statement labeling Magee’s allegations as false and defamatory and asserted that her time with the pageant was accurately represented.
• CEO Julia Morley told The Hindu that Magee departed because she doubted her chances of winning, a claim Magee described as vindictive and very bitter.
• Magee reports receiving numerous messages from former pageant participants who shared similar accounts of exploitation and emotional distress.
• The controversy highlights growing scrutiny of Miss World’s beauty with a purpose ethos and raises questions about contestant welfare in global pageants.