Miss Universe Canada Nova Stevens has apologized to Dubai-based Filipino designer Michael Cinco and calls for an end to the ‘ego-battle’ on social media.
Cinco previously called Stevens ‘ungrateful, vile and professional users’ along with her team in Miss Universe Canada.
Stevens acknowledged that her team was “wrong” to publicly comment that Cinco’s gowns for her arrived late and did not fit.
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However, Stevens stood by her publicist Miguel Martinez, stating that Cinco did not deliver on his promise to Stevens.
“As you all know, even in the best-intentioned deals, things can and did go wrong. In my case, the preliminary gown did not end up fitting perfectly. This was important because it affects scoring. So we made the decision to wear a different gown,” she said.
“Unfortunately, my team who had worked so hard was upset that Michael did not deliver his end and they did make a comment. This was wrong on my team’s part. As part of my team, I fully apologize,” she added.
Stevens said that she has been grateful for Cinco’s efforts privately and publicly.
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“As of now, I have 10 posts that are still up thanking him, not including interviews where I always made sure to mention him, nor the many personal videos thanking him from the bottom of my heart,” she said.
The beauty queen said that it should have been better if the matter has been handled privately.
“However, it has devolved into an ego clash on social media, and dragged me into the middle of it. I have been getting death threats, racist trolls are hurling despicable insults at me, and people are dragging my character with lies. What amazes me is that people seem to be more outraged at my alleged ‘lack of thanks’ rather than me being asked to die and receiving racist hate. I don’t deserve that,” she said. (TDT)
