PDRM Banned Astro's Pageant Contestants From Wearing Swimsuits A Day Before The Finale

According to Sin Chew, the Kuala Lumpur City Council (DBKL) allegedly banned the swimsuit segment of the Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant 2019 (MACIP) a day before the event.

Eight beauty pageant finalists were supposed to walk the stage, donned in swimsuits, on Saturday night. However, the KL authorities suddenly issued a ban to Astro, severely disrupting the entire programme schedule.

China Press reported that it is the first time in 20 years that the programme faced this issue.

Astro reportedly went through all the procedures to acquire relevant permits.

The ban has left the programme organising committees confused as they contended the beauty pageant is a non-Muslim competition and it is broadcast in Chinese language.

"The perfect body segment should have been performed in a swimsuit to really see the best body shape of the contestants," a judge of the competition lamented.

"If this continues, the beauty contest will be forced to be held outside the country."

"I agree with the programme organiser that the swimwear segment has always been an important part of the competition, which is to reflect the perfect posture and wit of the beautiful women," Oriental Daily reported Choy as saying.

"In addition, the beautiful contestants were wearing conservative one-piece swimsuits, and advocate a healthy image - nothing pornographic and overexposed."

Lim said the reports in Chinese newspapers blaming DBKL was inaccurate, reported Malay Mail.

"I was informed by the Sentul police chief, ACP S.Shanmugamoorthy, that he decided to set a condition that there should not be a swimsuit segment in MACIP," said the Kepong MP.

Lim said although Astro had acquired all the necessary permits, the application to the police was only submitted less than five days before the event on 21 December.

"If Astro had complied with the requirements to submit its application for approval from the police 10 days before the event, representatives in Kuala Lumpur like myself will have more time to assist them in handling this issue," he said.