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Sonam Choden Retty is the new Miss Bhutan. And, her winning the title of Miss Bhutan has exposed one of the biggest scams in Bhutan.
The Indian trainer hired to train the Miss Bhutan 2010 contestants has revealed that the beauty pageant had been fixed by Karma Tshering.
Karma Tshering is the organizer of the Miss Bhutan 2010 pageant.
The Indian trainer was well aware that Sonam Choden Retty was already fixed as the winner of Miss Bhutan and did not like it at all.
"She does not deserve it. She does not even know who Magic Johnson is, nor can she answer simple knowledge questions on pop culture. I had to do something. So, I openly stated 5 other contestants who I felt had the best chance at the title."
But, doing this made the poor Indian trainer run into a laundry list of problems. He was discriminated against, treated unfairly and wrongly blamed for few other things which are a complete joke.
"The pageant finals are slated for September 25th but 5 contestants out of the 18 have already been selected as the winners of the pageant" says the Indian trainer in an exclusive interview to us.
He added "I tried to inform the remaining contestants about this cheating but Karma Thsering, Sonam Choden Retty, Pema Choden, the coordinators and these 4 contestants started to realize what I was doing so I had to play it safe."
We asked the Indian trainer to reveal the names of the 5 contestants already selected as likely winners of the Miss Bhutan pageant in 2010.
He told us that the 5 names are Sonam Choden Retty, Dechen Tshomo, Karma Loday Lhamo, Tenzin Norden and Sangay Dema.
There is a complaint letter posted to us on August 30th and a complaint filed online on this website on September 19th of 2010. We delayed in posting the complaint till last week since we had to go down to Bhutan and get some of these facts right.
The Indian trainer felt that there were other contestants more deserving but when he voiced his opinion during one of his lectures he was openly insulted and ridiculed by these 5 contestants particularly Sonam Choden Retty. Now, we all know why.
The finals of the 2010 pageant were held earlier today and Sonam Choden Retty was given the title on a platter. On close study of her performance we discovered that the answers to her questions and statements made on stage were made by heart.
It's indeed a shame to see that a national beauty pageant can be openly fixed.
Shame on you Miss Bhutan 2010...
A lot needs to be done to get rid of such corrupt people in Bhutan.
We cannot understand why the organizer and the fixed winner are lashing out at the wrong person.
We have a job to do here finding out the truth and that's exactly what we did.
But, the way the organizers speak back on this forum under fake IDs (by the way all such IDs can be easily traced by members) is ridiculous.
There are lies about you on various issues so this is not the only one.
You keep putting India and the residents of India down which we find really sad considering you and some of your team members have completed vital parts of their education in India.
You lied about Shilpa Shetty being the judge this year. There are 2 newspaper articles to prove you said that she would be hired as the judge for the 2010 pageant in 2 Bhutanese papers.
You lied that you are the assistant director of the Bollywood movie Badhai ho Badhai but your name is nowhere in the credits. The director Satish Kaushik is very angry that you are lying about this.
You allowed your own employee Tenzin Norden into the pageant. Pageant laws state that employees of the organizers are not allowed to participate.
You lied to the sponsors about the total expenses for the pageant. The rental building expenses and many other expenses have been forged by you.
We have sufficient reasons to believe that you do not know how to speak to people in a higher position with respect. You have misused the names of respectable people in Bhutan for your sole benefit.
Your upbringing and character along with the wrongful ethics you follow can be clearly seen in the way you treat people and hy your comments on this post.
There are countless number of people who live both in and outside Bhutan who have supported our reporters in this matter.
So, instead of showing how cheap you can really be, take a break and redo the pageant all over again.
It is quite clear that the winner was not deserving and the resource persons were right about it.
i dont find any speciality in her, so dat a beautiful crown should fall on her head... oops dats really a big disgrace to the beauty of womans in Bhutan. i say dats a totally unfair result, how dare tis ugly karma tshering do such a dirty behaviour in our country... dats really awful thing goin around and one should stop this nasty thing, Ooooo ! nothin seems fair includin 1st runner up, God! y people start up such a programe, if everythins gonna be in such a dirty way .. ... lol shame on ...
the indian councellor should file a complaint in Anti corruption commission asap.
the fact is are these people..like karma and pema chodden qualified to select miss bhutan.
pema choden is just a fresh graduate from 2009 who used to host a ramp show in her small college. is she eligible to do this job.?
the question any body can judge and become wat ever they want...wow! i guess this is wat democracy is in a wrong interpretation.
and yeah... request from the people of bhutan please kindly change this coordinators or selectors... ther need a little brush up.
wow you peple have nothing to do do.do oyou?i know for some reason that the ones who complaint are the realatives of the contestants who lost.its a contest for crying out louc.some has to lose and someone has to win.you all are so jobless.i thought you deserved it sonam choden retty.and for being planned and everything good job whoever came up with that one.it makes up for a good story.ior maybe you should make a movie i will surely be the first one to buy the ticket.Sonam Choden Retty you won it all by yourself and i am happy for you.and for you JOBLESS people i think its time you get a job.
This matter should have been brought to this foroum before 25th Sept.2010. this is really a ###