Riots not our fault, say Miss World chiefs

MISS World officials yesterday vigorously denied the beauty pageant had caused last week’s violent riots in Nigeria that left over 200 people dead.

Riots not our fault, say Miss World chiefs

The pageant’s Irish spokeswoman, Helen Quinn, said the riots were the fault of a “big mouth journalist”.

“It’s important to say that the Miss World Pageant went out there at the invitation of the Nigerian Government and everything was fine. It was all because of that big mouth journalist who should have known better,” she said.

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