{"id":132178,"date":"2025-05-26T02:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T02:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/132178\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T02:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T02:56:11","slug":"miss-world-release-footage-of-miss-england-appearing-grateful-as-they-hit-back-at-her-claims-she-was-exploited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/132178\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss World release footage of Miss England appearing grateful as they hit back at her claims she was ‘exploited’"},"content":{"rendered":"

MISS ENGLAND has hit back at Miss World bosses after they accused her of lying to escape the pageant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Milla Magee, 24,<\/a> walked out on the contest in India after she claimed she and the other finalists were being \u201cexploited\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Milla Magee, 24, walked out on the contest in India after she claimed she and the other finalists were being ‘exploited’Credit: The Mega Agency<\/p>\n

She told how they were used to entertain wealthy male \u201csponsors\u201d at posh dinners in Hyderabad as a \u201cthank you\u201d for the money they pumped into the show.<\/p>\n

Milla<\/a> said she was made to feel \u201clike a prostitute\u201d.<\/p>\n

Miss World<\/a> organiser Julia Morley launched a savage attack on Milla and even released videos of her at the hotel which appear to show her enjoying the experience.<\/p>\n

Ms Morley said Milla told bosses she had \u201ca family emergency involving her mother\u2019s health\u201d and that they treated her with \u201ccompassion\u201d and arranged her return to England.<\/p>\n

MIlla said yesterday: \u201cMy mum has had a recent health problem, but I said what I needed to say to get out of there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was feeling vulnerable after the appalling way we had been treated and I just needed to go home, I couldn\u2019t stay in a contest that did not appear to me to be morally right.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m shocked that MIss World have released videos of me at the hotel without my permission, they give an entirely false impression.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn that situation we had to do what we were told and if someone points a camera in your face and tells you to smile then you are going to do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the reality was that I was miserable and could not stay to support the Miss World organisation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt exploited at having to talk to these dignitaries at dinners and one of the contest\u2019s officials clapped in my face after telling me and the other girls we were boring.<\/p>\n

Brit Miss World contestant flees host nation after ‘being made to feel like prostitute’ as she slams ‘outdated’ show<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just not an acceptable way to treat people.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said her walk-out has drawn support from around the world, including former beauty queens.<\/p>\n

Milla, of Newquay, Cornwall<\/a>, said: \u201cOther past contestants have been in touch to say they felt the same way when they were in Miss World.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an outdated organisation that just hasn\u2019t moved with the times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Milla\u2019s mum Kat Russell was furious to see Miss World<\/a> claim they helped Milla get home.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cMilla was put in a taxi at 3am and left to find her own way back. I organised the flights for her and paid the \u00a3600 air fare. She got no help at all from Miss World.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Miss World spokesperson said Milla\u2019s claims were \u201ccompletely unfounded and inconsistent with the reality of her time with us\u201d.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson added: \u201cEarlier this month Milla Magee requested to leave the competition due to a reported family emergency involving her mother\u2019s health. <\/p>\n

As a mother and grandmother herself, Julia Morley, Chairman of Miss World, responded to Milla\u2019s situation with co<\/p>\n

mpassion and immediately arranged her return to England, placing the well-being of the contestant and her family first.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Milla in Hyderabad in India before quitting the contestCredit: Neil Hope\"Miss<\/a><\/p>\n

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Milla said she was treated ‘like a prostitute’… claims slammed by the event organisersCredit: Supplied\"Prince<\/a><\/p>\n

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The beauty queen with Prince WilliamCredit: Supplied\"Miss<\/a><\/p>\n

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Milla talking to Indian media as part of her finalist dutiesCredit: Neil Hope<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MISS ENGLAND has hit back at Miss World bosses after they accused her of lying to escape the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,560,4884,730,210,56755,184,118,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-132178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-exclusives","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-india","13":"tag-mental-health-and-illness","14":"tag-miss-england","15":"tag-section-newsworld-news","16":"tag-the-sun-newspaper","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114571889194848012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}