Miss Malawi pushes Miss New Zealand Collette Kelly Lochore on stage as they fight for camera time at the Miss World pageant in China. Miss NZ organisers have made a formal complaint.
Organisers of Miss World NZ will formally complain to the competition's international body after the Kiwi contestant was pushed by Miss Malawi as they stood on stage.
Collette Lochore, 18, of Auckland was taking part in the international pageant in the Inner Mongolian city of Ordos in China at theweekend.
However, during the competition, cameras caught Miss Malawi, Susan Mtegha, jostling with Miss New Zealand on stage.
Words were exchanged between the two, then Miss Malawi elbowed the Kiwi out of shot and stood smiling, with her hands behind her back.
Miss NZ could just be seen standing to the side, also continuing to smile.
Speaking from Shanghai yesterday, the director of Miss World NZ, Desmond Foulger, said he was shocked and upset for Miss NZ and would complain this week.
"What actually happened was that Collette was on her correct spot on stage, but Miss Malawi didn't realise that. Instead of asking her to move over, she just shoved her, elbowed her, and everybody in the audience was aghast.
"Our girl was fine, she was correct, but Miss Malawi was bad-mannered. I'm going to complain to the Miss World organisation when I get back.
