'Dethroned' beauty queen says she returned crown after being forced to 'buy tables' and body-shamed | STOMP

Ms Sangeetha S. Sangar was crowned Mrs Asia Worldwide in November 2024.

A year later, the organiser announced on social media that her title has been withdrawn.

In a Nov 25 statement on its Facebook page, Lumiere International Pageantry said that Ms Sangeetha as well as Ms R. Abigail Jayanthi, who was Mrs Singapore Global, were dethroned for "serious breaches".

Chief among them, Lumiere accused the two women of starting a competing company called Prestige Pageants and using their titles to promote their company.

This breached a clause in their contracts with Lumiere prohibiting titleholders from joining or organising other competitions during their reigns.

The company added that Ms Sangeetha also further failed to fulfil her contractual obligations by deciding at the last minute not to compete in the designated international pageant despite prior arrangements.

In response to a Stomp query, Ms Sangeetha said: "Nobody dethroned me."

She had returned her crown and sash in a paper shopping bag in July. She explained why: "They took $20,000 from me and harassed me.

"I had to pay for my 'national costumers', the entry fee, which was not in the contract. They forced me to buy the tables. If we didn't buy, they treated the queens very badly and even with the talent, we can't win the title. Who buys more tables and invest more money is the one will win."

And although she didn't know it when she first joined the pageant, Ms Sangeetha was pregnant at the time.

"They were forcing me to do the pageant while I was pregnant," she claimed.

"They body-shamed me because I put on weight during my pregnancy. They said, 'You have all the qualities to be the winner, but due to your weight, we can't choose you as the winner.'

"During the final in November 2024, I was almost six months pregnant."

When contacted by Stomp, a Lumiere International Pageantry spokesperson denied Ms Sangeetha's allegations.

"First, the banquet tables were bought at her own decision as she had famil