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Miss Universe Cambodia admits using Thai photos by mistake, no apology
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Miss Universe Cambodia 2026 has acknowledged that images of women from Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand, were mistakenly used in a pageant presentation after the images were presented as depicting Cambodian women.
Key facts
- Miss Universe Cambodia 2026 has acknowledged that images of women from Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand, were mistakenly used in a pageant presentation after the images were presented as depicting Cambodian women.
- The controversy emerged after the images were shown during the Miss Universe Cambodia 2026 preliminary round, where they were presented as historical images of Khmer women and as examples of Cambodian dress.
- The collection was inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World International Register in 2017.
- The photograph is part of the Royal Photographic Glass Plate Negatives and Original Prints Collection, a major historical archive containing 35,427 glass plate negatives and about 50,000 original prints dating from 1855 to 1935
Summary
The controversy emerged after the images were shown during the Miss Universe Cambodia 2026 preliminary round, where they were presented as historical images of Khmer women and as examples of Cambodian dress.
The use of the images drew widespread criticism in Thailand, with the images subsequently identified as photographs of women from Kamphaeng Phet wearing traditional Thai clothing.