<div class="header-sections-wrapper"><h2 class="header-sections" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(Asia Today Wednesday 8 March 2017)</span></h2></div><div class="block block-views even" id="block-views-article-title-block"><div class="view view-article-title view-id-article_title view-display-id-block view-dom-id-2bbf6e5dc3304c22d3b48b1004da53ef"><div class="view-content"><div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"><div><span><h1 class="title" id="page-title" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I did nothing wrong: Miss Malaysia World who was stripped of title</span></h1></span> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="block block-views odd" id="block-views-abbbed293fc232acd042f79d5c8059a0"><div class="view view-article-main-highlight-view view-id-article_main_highlight_view view-display-id-block view-dom-id-9f6fc06a97ccd108e98e8eef310310d3"><div class="view-content"><div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last" style="text-align: center;"><article class="node-2782496 article node node-article node-promoted view-mode-highlight_article clearfix" about="/world/asia/i-did-nothing-wrong-miss-malaysia-world-who-was-stripped-title" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"><header><a title="Ms Tatiana says she has conducted herself with utmost professionalism as Miss Malaysia World 2016. 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I am upset and disappointed with the allegations as I have conducted myself with utmost professionalism as Miss Malaysia World 2016.”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ms Tatiana said she was seeking legal redress and she had been advised not to make any more public statements.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ms Lim on Monday said Tatiana, had among others, offended one of her sponsors at the pageant’s finale in the United States in December by refusing to wear its garments. She also said Tatiana had disregarded her advice.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">on Tuesday, Ms Lim said Tatiana had also embarrassed her on her Facebook page by giving the impression her company failed to pay for her air tickets for the grand finale. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">She said Tatiana had posted a thank you note on Facebook to Tourism Malaysia and her father for sponsoring her business class ticket, which generated criticisms about Ms Lim when her company was going to pay for her economy class fare.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“I am upset and ashamed by the posts on her Facebook page,” said Ms Lim, who also said she had engaged a lawyer on the matter. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">After Tatiana was stripped of the title, Ms Lim had announced Shweta Sekhon, the first runner-up, as the new Miss Malaysia World 2016. </span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">MALAY MAIL ONLINE</span></strong></p><div class="social-links"><div class="item-list"><ul class="clearfix" id="social-links"><br></ul></div></div></div></article></div></div><p><br></p>
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