Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 20) – Miss Universe Philippines national director Shamcey Supsup-Lee has shed light on the controversial turn of events after the announcement of the Top 10 results during the pageant’s coronation night on May 13.
The former beauty queen explained that she noted the “highly improbable nature” of the scores tabulated and submitted by the accounting firm to the MUPH board.
In order to ensure absolute fairness and transparency, the board made the decision to initiate a manual counting of the judges’ votes,” said Supsup-Lee in a statement released on FridayThis meticulous process was conducted with the utmost diligence and in the presence of the accounting firm,” she explained. “As a result, it became evident that there were discrepancies in the initial top 10 results.”‘ ‘4’: ‘contentWidth’: ‘100%’ ’embedCode’: ‘