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Beauty queen gives up crown after fraud
Updated On: 01 October, 2009 08:03 AM IST | | Agencies
Miss Singapore World Ris Low stole seven credit cards last year to go on a shopping spree, buying goods worth Rs 2.7 lakh
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Miss Singapore World Ris Low stole seven credit cards last year to go on a shopping spree, buying goods worth Rs 2.7 lakh
Beauty queen Miss Singapore World Ris Low has given up her crown after it emerged that she had stolen credit cards to go on a shopping spree for lingerie.
Low had come under public pressure to be stripped of her 2009 title, after local media reported she stole seven credit cards last year while working at a medical clinic, buying goods worth about S$8,000 (Rs 2.7 lakh) including gold anklets and phones.
She was sentenced to two years' probation for using illegally obtained credit cards.
Organisers of the pageant ERM World Marketing said she had resigned on Tuesday of her own accord.
She will no longer represent Singapore at the Miss World finals to be held in South Africa in December, but her replacement has not yet been decided.
Beauty queen Miss Singapore World Ris Low has given up her crown after it emerged that she had stolen credit cards to go on a shopping spree for lingerie.
Low had come under public pressure to be stripped of her 2009 title, after local media reported she stole seven credit cards last year while working at a medical clinic, buying goods worth about S$8,000 (Rs 2.7 lakh) including gold anklets and phones.
She was sentenced to two years' probation for using illegally obtained credit cards.
Organisers of the pageant ERM World Marketing said she had resigned on Tuesday of her own accord.
She will no longer represent Singapore at the Miss World finals to be held in South Africa in December, but her replacement has not yet been decided.
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