Beauty queen offered votes for sex

Beauty queen offered votes for sex

A British beauty queen claims she fled an international pageant - after she was groped by officials and offered votes in exchange for SEX.

Stunning Amy Willerton, 19, quit the contest in South Korea after three "shambolic" days.

The pretty brunette claims she was sexually assaulted by organisers and sponsors, invited to give sexual favours to secure votes and fed just one meal a day.

When she reported the corruption to police she was stunned to see officials openly bribing local officers with cash.

After arriving home Amy was disgusted to learn that the eventual winner of the 12,700 first prize was none other than the local entrant, Miss South Korea.

She said: "It was absolutely horrendous. I had two of the organisers sexually assault me - one tried to pull my top down. When we posed with sponsors they also tried to stick a hand somewhere inappropriate.

"Girls were pulled aside and told they knew what they had to do if they wanted to win - we all knew they meant sex.

"When we complained we were told that we would have no chance of winning if we carried on.

"We called the police but I then saw one of the competition chairmen pull out his wallet straight away when they arrived.

"I was petrified but more than anything I thought I had to get control of the situation and just get out of there."

Amy currently holds the titles Miss Bristol, Miss Bath and is the Welsh representative to Miss Asia Pacific. She also appears in the Sky Living show 'Signed By Katie Price.' She was contacted by organisers of Miss Asia Pacific online and signed a contract assuring all expenses would be paid.

But from the moment she stepped off the plane in Seoul on October 3 organisers refused to pay for a 600 flight as promised.

To her horror, she then discovered her hotel room did not even have a bed.

Amy, who is single, said: "There was just a blanket on the floor. I put up with it for two! nights but then complained and they moved me to another hotel.

"The next thing I knew we weren't being fed - they only gave us one meal per day. They would say things like 'we cannot give you lunch because we haven't been paid for it'."

After three days, the 50 beauties were taken to Daegu for the next stage of the competition.

By this time allegations of corruption and bribery were rife and several complained of being sexually assaulted and harassed.

The final straw came when an optional "talent" round was won by Miss Venezuela - who had not even entered that section of the competition.

She said: "We were putting up with so much and realised there was no way we were going to win anyway.

"A lot of the girls wanted to win the 20,000 dollar prize money, but were told they could only do it if they did favours.

"They basically relayed to me that 'I know what I can do for you - what can you do for me?' I decided to leave. I ordered a tracking service from the UK to make sure I got back ok.

"The organisers said to me they would take my luggage in a different car - but I refused because I didn't trust them.

"I made it back alright, but two of the other girls who wanted to leave had their bags confiscated. I was so relieved to get home."

She arrived home to Horfield, Bristol, on October 14 and says she is 1,000 out of pocket after having to book a new flight home.

She has since heard of other contestants being locked into their hotel after refusing to pay bills for their accommodation.

Most of the girls have now returned from the competition - won eventually by home beauty Park Sae Byul.

Amy is now looking to launch legal action against the competition organisers.

In emails to her - one of them admitted the competition had been a "shambles". - www.thesun.co.uk