A beauty queen has taken legal action against the UK-based Miss World contest because she was banned from taking part for being a mother.
Veronika Didusenko, 24, was crowned Miss Ukraine in 2018 but was stripped of her title four days after, and was also banned from entering the Miss World finals when it was revealed she is a divorcee with a son.
Miss Didusenko has launched legal action in London claiming organisers are in breach of the Equalities Act 2010 and has demanded they change their ‘outdated’ entry criteria to reflect the modern world. This comes two weeks before the Miss World finals take place in London.
Miss World, created in 1951 by the UK’s Eric Morley, is the largest beauty pageant across the globe. It has always banned mothers or married women with contestants from 118 nations having to sign to confirm they meet the rules.
International model Miss Didusenko admits wrongly declaring she fit the criteria but claims Miss Ukraine chiefs asked her take part because of her high profile.
She added: ‘It was really humiliating when I was disqualified. I couldn’t believe they would do such a thing in this day and age.’
Meanwhile, Miss World chief executive Julia Morley has also come out to clarify that, the rule for banning mothers or married women from the pagent is to protect children’s welfare.
source:Ghana/nsemgh.com