FORMER beauty queen turned national director of the Miss Universe Philippines (MUPH) Organization Shamcey Supsup broke her silence to defend the events that transpired during the finals night of the 2023 Miss Universe Philippines pageant.
In her recent Instagram post, Shamcey recalled how she “carefully examined the figures” as there were some alleged discrepancies in the initial Top 10 results.
During the coronation night on May 13, host Xian Lim suddenly announced that the organization had a technical difficulty which led to the manual tallying of the judges’ votes. This caused the cancellation of the initial Top 10 results and having all of the Top 18 compete for a spot in the Top 5.
The 37-year-old former beauty queen revealed in her post that there were some inconsistencies with the result which was why they opted to do a manual tallying of the votes.
“Following the announcement, which was based on the independently tabulated results provided by the accounting firm, those very same results were submitted to the board of MUPH for record-keeping purposes. However, as I carefully examined the figures, my attention was drawn to the highly improbable nature of the numbers. This gave rise to concerns that the integrity of the results may have been compromised,” she revealed.
Shamcey added that the accounting firm was present during the manual recount to maintain the legitimacy of the results. The manual tallying of the votes showed that there was indeed a discrepancy in the initial results which led to their decision to have all 18 finalists compete instead.
“A decision was made to allow all 18 candidates to compete in the evening gown portion of the competition. Our primary objective as an organization is to promote integrity, transparency, and accountability in all aspects of the pageant. We believe in providing equal opportunities for all candidates and to do what is right no matter the consequences,” she added.
Shamcey then showed her gratitude towards the loyal pageant fans for understanding the mishap that transpired during the finals night. (PUSH)
