Bangkok Post
Miss Universe Cambodia team admits error with Thai photos
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The organisers of the Miss Universe Cambodia pageant have acknowledged their use of Thai historical photographs, saying the mistake was unintentional and resulted from “insufficient verification” of the original sources.
Key facts
- The organisers of the Miss Universe Cambodia pageant have acknowledged their use of Thai historical photographs, saying the mistake was unintentional and resulted from “insufficient verification”
- The clarification on Wednesday came after the Thai Ministry of Culture sent a warning letter to the pageant organisers on Monday, demanding an apology and correction over its use of Thai photographs to showcase Cambodian traditional
- The collection was inscribed on Unesco’s Memory of the World International Register in 2017.
- One of the photographs showed seven Thai women in Kamphaeng Phet province in 1906, during the reign of King Chulalongkorn.
Summary
The clarification on Wednesday came after the Thai Ministry of Culture sent a warning letter to the pageant organisers on Monday, demanding an apology and correction over its use of Thai photographs to showcase Cambodian traditional clothing.
One of the photographs showed seven Thai women in Kamphaeng Phet province in 1906, during the reign of King Chulalongkorn.