The organizers of Miss Hong Kong were "stoned" for disparaging their appearance to the point that contestants had to drop out of the competition

Disparaging appearance is always a sore issue whenever it is discussed. Recently, the story that the organizers of a Miss pageant insulted the contestant's appearance so much that she had to quit the pageant is causing outrage.

On August 6, HK01 published an article saying that beauty Lam Wing Di is causing a stir with an article titled "Do you regret withdrawing from the Top 20 Miss Hong Kong pageant?".

Lam Vinh Di once accused TVB General Director Tang Chi Yu of criticizing her for being fat and demanding to lose weight quickly. Due to the pressure of weight problems and school schedules, Lam Wing Di dropped out of the exam midway despite being in the top 20.

Lam Wing Di's article immediately attracted the attention of the audience and caused a lot of controversy on social media. TVB General Director Tang Chi Vy also received much criticism from the public, allegedly disrespecting women's appearance.

Under public pressure, Tang Zhiyu shared with HK01, he admitted that he had commented that Lin Wing Di was overweight and had substandard appearance in the preliminary round but said he did not mean to disparagé her.

Tang Zhiyu also said that he encouraged and promised to create conditions for Lin Wing Di to continue the next round if he lost weight. At that time, Lam Vinh Di also promised the judges to lose 10 kg in 3 months.

"You can't be beautiful if you don't try to change. Miss Hong Kong always wants contestants to be the best version of themselves. Not only Lam Vinh Di, in 2021, the judges also advised contestant Tran Yi Duc to lose weight. She lost more than 10 kg and entered the top 8 overall," Tang Chi Yu said.

Previously, one of the contestants ranked in the top 20 of the Miss Hong Kong 2022 pageant spoke out when Tang Zhiwei used disparaging words and imposed an accelerated weight loss request when she participated in the pageant. This incident has attracted public attention.

Unable to endure the pressure and having difficulties with the class schedule, this contestant decided to withdraw midway through the competition. Her comments prompted criticism from TVB's CEO for not respecting women's diversity in appearance and disagreeing with the imposition of weight requirements.

During a media briefing that morning, Tang Zhiwei denied having a disparaging remark against Lin Wing Di. He admitted that he had commented on the former Miss Hong Kong contestant's appearance, and said that her appearance was not up to beauty standards in the preliminary round.

However, Tang Zhiwei still gave Lin Wing Di the opportunity to continue participating in the inner circle and advised her to lose weight to achieve higher performance. Lam Wing Di also promised the judges that she would lose 10 kg within 3 months. Tang Zhiwei said that Lam's withdrawal from the Miss Hong Kong 2022 pageant had nothing to do with him.

Miss Hong Kong is a beauty pageant with a long history in Asia, first held in 1973. Many faces were discovered after this contest such as Truong Man Ngoc, Ly Gia Han, Yuan Vinh Yi, Guo Ai Minh, Chung Chu Hong, Guo Kha Doanh, Tu Tu San, Ho Hanh Nhi...

This year, the organizers said they will tighten the entry criteria, only accepting candidates from 17 to under 28 years old, unmarried, never pregnant and must be nominated by someone related to the arts and culture industry.

The reason is that in recent years, the quality of contestants in the Miss Hong Kong pageant has been getting lower and lower. Besides, many beauties were involved in scandals that affected the reputation of the contest.

In order to ensure that a new Miss meets the standards of the program and is the face of the nation, it is important to tighten up related issues in the pageant such as appearance, behavior, standard intonation of the Miss, ... is understandable. But comments to change and disparasively look are vague and easily confused. Many suggested that Tang Zhiwei might not really mean to be as pejorative as he said, but he was not subtle when using weighty words to share with a girl was unsympathetic.

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