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Former Miss Barbados Alleges Priyanka Chopra Won Miss World Due To Favouritism

McConney as Miss Barbados 2000, was a co-competitor in the beauty pageant. McConney opened up about it after seeing similar allegations being made about the Miss USA 2022 pageant. The current incident reminded her of what happened back then. 

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Miss World 2000 Was Rigged
Former Miss Barbados Leilani McConney claimed that the Miss World pageant of 2000, in which Priyanka Chopra won was rigged. 
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McConney as Miss Barbados 2000, was a co-competitor in the beauty pageant. McConney opened up about it after seeing similar allegations being made about the Miss USA 2022 pageant. The current incident reminded her of what happened back then. 

Miss World 2000 Was Rigged

Recently at the Miss USA pageant, contestants claimed that there was a conflict of interest between the show’s sponsor and the winner, Miss Texas R’Bonney Gabriel. According to pageant participants, the same sponsor was also involved with the Miss Texas pageant. The sponsor was also seen supporting Miss Texas. The allegations became more evident when photos of the winner were shared on social media the very next day. These photos reportedly seemed shot weeks before the pageant, in anticipation of her win.

McConney in a ">video posted on her YouTube channel said, "I went through the same thing at Miss World. Me, I went through that." McConney added, “So, I was Miss Barbados and I went to Miss World, and the year I went, Miss India won. Mind you, Miss India had won the previous year. The sponsor was also Zee TV, an Indian cable station. They sponsored the entire Miss World. Our sashes had Zee TV, and then our country.”

She also gave a few examples where she felt favouritism for Priyanka, and claimed the star was ‘not nice’ and ‘unlikeable’ as a person. 

McConney said that there was a pattern of favouritism for Priyanka that everybody noticed at the event. Priyanka Chopra was the only person, who was allowed to keep her sarong on. This was to hide her skin tone after the skin-tone cream didn't work out. Referring to another event, McConney added, " Chopra didn’t even go to rehearsals, and she didn’t go to morning meals. It was brought to her in her bed. She had a separate photoshoot while walking on the beach. Even gowns were manipulated. Our gowns were basically mini bride gowns of her gown. Gowns fittings were like crap and her gown was immaculate.”

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At the end, McConney said, "Chopra was crowned as Miss World, everyone knew that she was going to win and that it was rigged. 

Priyanka Chopra has become now a global star. Miss World's victory opened her gates to the film industry and later to Hollywood. 


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Miss World 2000 Was Rigged
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