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| A sign of protest: Candidates turned their backs after Mr. Dominican Republic was announced the winner of Mister Universe Model 2012. Some of them walked out. They accused the organizers and judges for their bias and maltreatment against some of the contestants. |
Mister Dominican Republic, Erick Jimenez Sabater has been named Mister Universe Model 2012 last July 12. Although the Santiago de los Caballeros native gave his full performance during the finals, many of the pageant observers including the contestants were very upset with the results. Revelations came from the contestants after the pageant, accusing that the pageant was fixed.
From Rhonee Rojas, Mr. Hawaii Universe Model 2012:
I just wanted to share a few thoughts about Mister Universe Model 2012. As you can see "a picture paints a thousand words!"
All the contestants turned their backs towards the "winner" - Dominican Republic in protest after "winning" the title last night. Every single delegate was angry and upset. Some of the delegates including myself chose NOT to stand on stage.
From DAY ONE, we were told that being Mister Universe Model means that the person who is chosen should have the TOTAL PACKAGE. It was absolutely unanimous through out the entire delegation that Mister Dominican Republic did not deserve to win. There were many other deserving delegates to choose from. Mister Dominican Republic had a terrible attitude, was very disrespectful to us, came to events when he wanted to, showed up to rehearsals late or never showed up at all. Yes he looked great but the committee an organization allowed him to act the way he did with absolutely no repercussions. He was given EXTREME SPECIAL TREATMENT from day 1. He was allowed to have his girlfriend stay in his room making Mister Brazil very uncomfortable. Also, if we were 1 minute late for something, we were always called out for it by the organization, but if Mister Dominican Republic was not on time he would never get in trouble.
We all thought it was unfair that 8 out of the 10 judges were from the Dominican Republic and one of them being Mister Dominican Republic's Personal Trainer. We were merely "decoration" for the contest to look real.
I also personally thought that some of the judges during the interview portion of the competition was very rude, especially Judge Damarys Rubio. She showed favoritism from the start and did not even try to hide it. During final night she would clap with excitement for those she liked and shook her head in disgust when she did not like someone. She made it very visible to everyone. Again, very rude and disrespectful!
During the interview phase, judges were talking to one another, answering personal phone calls and texting during the interview. Damarys Rubio was one of those judges. They were distracting, unprofessional and disrespectful. I tried to give the organization the benefit of the doubt but after yesterday's events, I truly believe now that the contest was SET-UP and FIXED for Mister Dominican Republic to win from the start.
I was also bothered by the fact that the organization threatened Mister Philippines to leave the contest due to an unpaid fee. If that was the case, they should of told him that before he even got there. I truly felt for him. He stayed strong and positive and I applaud his attitude. He did not deserve to be treated that way. The organization was very unorganized and biased! I am truly saddened for the contestants who worked extremely hard for this contest to then be betrayed by the organization.
After being part of Mister Manhunt International 2011 and Mister International 2011, this contest should NOT be considered as one of the TOP Male Pageants in the World. I absolutely DO NOT recommend ANY COUNTRY to participate in this event. I have lost all respect for this organization and I truly apologize to all my friends and family who have supported me along the way. All of your support words helped me through this experience.
From another contestant (name withheld for protection):
Misters Argentina and Slovenia Republic are far more deserving than Mr. Dominican Republic. [Mr. Dominican Republic] won because majority of the judges were from Dominican Republic!
From another contestant (name withheld for protection):
Mister Italy and Mister Luxembourg as a semi-finalist??? Is this a joke??? No wonder many of us saw them talking to the pageant organizers before the pageant. It pays a lot!
From another contestant (name withheld for protection):
Mr. Dominican Republic was given special attention, they even allow him to bring his girlfriend to the room even it is against the rules!From another contestant (name withheld for protection):
Feel pity for Mister Philippines. He was maltreated for not paying the [franchise] fees!From Daniel Cajiao, Mister Argentina Universe Model:
I will try to be very brief and concise: Argentina ended up in 3rd place possible 27 last night in the final of the Mister universe Model 2012 event. Unfortunately the results were unfair not only to me, but for 25 contestants more than gave the best our during these two weeks.
I must emphasize the large group of contestants that I came in this beautiful experience and also the impoverished, irresponsible, manipulative and shameful actions of the Organization, in particular of Mr Robert Flores, fashion designer and owner of the contest, who at the expense of any principle and/or interest to make this somewhat transparent competition, fix the outcome only thinking at your convenience, since not only the owner of the pageant, but also is the director of Dominican Republic, unfairly winning country (for those who don't know, the winner of this contest does not choose only by beauty physics, but also by qualities like responsibility, punctuality, intelligence, companionship, etc why live during two weeks all together). With the days going to be watching more and more material about this shameful event.
I finish this review by thanking the people of my country and the world who always supported me, my family, my friends and all those even that put me stones in the road, thanks to you I got much more strong. This is for, by, and thanks to all of you.
More revelations to come!
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