Miss Teen Bahamas bosses deny abandonment from former title holder and are ready to take legal action
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Miss Bahamas Teen Organization has issued a warning to its former queen Cameronique Evans after she was terminated and claimed abandonment in South Africa. The organization says it is “prepared to take legal action to defend the integrity of our organization.”
“We are confident that at no time was she ever left in a state of abandonment. We remind the representative that false accusations against Miss Teen Universe Organization are not only a breach of her contracts signed by us to compete but also holds serious consequences with the host country.”
Evan’s mother claimed her daughter was terminated on the trip amid other international delegates and had to be comforted “from the humiliation.”
The mother also claimed that Evans was later found in the airport alone by the mother of another contestant from Trinidad and Tobago, who along with The High Commissioner of London and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell assisted her in getting back to the Bahamas.
However, the executive committee of the Bahamas International Pageants denied the allegations.
“At no time was Ms Evans ever left without a chaperone while in South Africa. In fact, Ms Evans travelled with an entourage of 13–four organization directors and nine of Ms Evans’ family members. She left with this group and returned with this group. Every flight she flew on, the committee and her family was with her,” the organization wrote in an open letter to social media.
The organization said Mitchell’s involvement came about because he was contacted by the mother, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs then reached out to ensure Evans had returned home.
The pageant executives also said Evans blocked their calls after her termination, which Tia Thompson, the franchise owner said was a result of warnings to Evans that she had violated the terms of the pageants’ agreement.
The organization’s final message to Evans was to “focus on the way forward and seek to correct her challenges”…“instead of trying to justify her actions or create untrue scenarios.”
