MISS Zimbabwe Trust boss and organiser of Miss World Zimbabwe pageant Marry Mubaiwa-Chiwenga acted “irrationally” when she dethroned Emily Tatanga-Kachote two weeks ago without proof of her unprofessional conduct, Modelling Industry Association Zimbabwe (Miaz) deputy director Wilbert Rukato has said.
BY WINSTONE ANTONIO
Rukato said the move was open to a legal challenge.
“Miss Zimbabwe Trust have no concrete proof that Emily Kachote was, or is involved in a nudity scandal past or present, other than an uncautioned admission or statement from an interview they themselves were not part of, and, therefore, cannot use that as the basis to fire her without producing or having seen that vital proof,” Rukato said.
This follows indications by the 25-year-old Kachote that she was contemplating taking legal action against Mubaiwa-Chiwenga.
Rukato said he suspected that Kachote’s stunning dethronement could have been the Miss Zimbabwe Trust’s attempt to address a public outcry that she may not have been the best model on the ramp the night she was crowned, rather than a genuine move to address the alleged nude pictures saga.
“I consider Emily’s dethronement as an attempt to address the public outcry that she may not be the best to represent the nation at Miss World from some comments on different media platforms, among them Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp, thereby rendering the work of all the sitting judges as useless,” he said.
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Rukato said if Miss Zimbabwe Trust wanted to show professionalism, they should have appointed an independent team of qualified personnel to carry out a proper investigation.
“In Zimbabwe, we generally do not support nudity in modelling, especially at the level of a national queen, but neither do we condone victimisation, unfairness or, worse still, national pageants that operate on a code of conduct that is abused on a whim and/or conclusions reached without due diligence,” he said.
“That Emily has to be dethroned if found guilty of violating the given guidelines and bringing pageantry into disrepute is a given, yes, but after a particular fashion, one that ensures the dignity of the accused, the integrity of the accuser and where it is proved beyond doubt that a violation of set statues occurred.”
As the drama continues, Kachote is breathing fire and NewsDay is reliably informed that she has already started exploring the legal route against Miss Zimbabwe Trust challenging her dethronement. Kachote has also taken to social media platform Facebook to express her anger against the pageant organisers.
“No matter how hard you try to remove me from the throne by blackmailing me with the so- called nude pictures, you won’t win because I am here to stay and I will remain Miss Zimbabwe. Hopefully, I will become Miss World soon. #GameOfThrone,” she wrote.
“I have no patience for useless things. For now I am waiting for my attorney and then I will hold a Press conference.” Kachote said she would continue modelling since modelling was her passion despite all the hullaballoo.
