MISS Zimbabwe Trust is prepared to face former Miss World Zimbabwe Emily Tatanga-Kachote (25) in court if she sees through her threat to sue the national pageant organisers over her dethronement.
BY WINSTONE ANTONIO
The trust’s spokesperson Tendai Chirau told NewsDay yesterday that it was Kachote’s democratic right to pursue the legal route, but they were unfazed by her threats.
“If someone plans to go to court, it is their democratic right to do so and as a Trust we are prepared to meet her in court,” he said.
Kachote, who was stripped of her title following the leakage of her pictures in the nude on social media networks, has threatened to sue the Trust chaired by Marry Mubaiwa-Chiwenga.
Following her dethronement last month after a probe by the Trust, Kachote fumed on her Facebook wall: “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 . . . I have taken nude photos of myself and sent them to lovers. I’ve taken nude photos of myself when I’m bored. I’ve taken nude photos just because I have a smart phone and it’s fun. None of that means I have asked for my privacy to be violated, my photos stolen and my very self, made available for public humiliation and judgment.”
She has, however, since disowned the Facebook account.
It, however, remains to be seen if she sees through her threat, now that her crown has since been handed over to Annie-Grace Mutambu (19).
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Chirau lashed out at the Modelling Industry Association Zimbabwe (Miaz), which had thrown its lot with Kachote, describing it as a bogus organisation.
“As a Trust, we accept criticism, but not from a bogus organisation calling themselves Modelling Industry Association Zimbabwe. We do not even know him (Miaz deputy director Wilbert Rukato). Who are his products and can he show us what he has done in the sector,” he said.
Kachote’s dethronement was received with mixed feelings. It was criticised by gender activists and modelling experts. A number of people raised concern on different media platforms like WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook.
Chirau said from their investigations, they discovered that the controversial pictures that circulated on various social media platforms were not Kachote’s, but her dethronement was based on her confession that she once posed nude, thereby violating regulation 5 governing the pageant.
Rukato, who also runs Size 4 modelling agency, condemned Miss Zimbabwe Trust for lack of professionalism saying the Trust should have appointed an independent team of qualified personnel to carry out a proper investigation.
