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Reasons why 'former' Mr Ugly lost revealed
26 Nov 2015 at 05:22hrs | Views
ORGANISERS of the Mr Ugly contest are struggling to explain why William Masvinu lost his title to a front toothless Maison Sere.
Sere was beaten by Masvinu two years ago and many say there was no way Sere could have 'improved his ugliness' to beat Masvinu.
Founder of the pageant David 'Apama' Nyachowe dismissed the allegations that Masvinu was robbed saying the event was free and fair.
"As the event organiser and founder, I indicated clearly to the contestants the categories and the outgoing Mr Ugly never excelled as he would just go on stage and stand with confidence as if he is already a winner.
"The judges wanted to see how ugly you're from all angles, when you smile, when you are normal, and when you make your ugliest face, which he did not do," Apama said. He added the winner was working according to the regulations that were specified.
"When others smiled he (Masvinu) didn't and when others came in with their ugliest faces, he didn't."
One of the judges, Abigirl Mataranyika, said what they wanted was someone who was creative and stylish.
"Considering the fact that the organisers want to hold Mr Ugly World in 2017, as judges of the Mr Ugly 2015 we wouldn't have wanted someone with an ugly face and nothing more," Mataranyika said.
"We evaluated contestants based on overall appearance, which included ugliness and style as well as how contestants carried themselves across the stage. Creativity also counted. Some of the contestants came in chains crawling on the stage like fugitives and it boosted their marks on our score sheet."
Said Mataranyika: "We looked at several aspects that included appearance, creativity, wow factor and crowd interaction. This is what determined the crown. Mr Ugly 2015 proved to be the rightful winner of the competition."
"About Masvinu being robbed, he should just accept defeat. He thought he was so ugly and never bothered to be creative. Ugly means displeasing to the eye and I do not think anyone would call someone without teeth 'handsome' and not having teeth is part of nature.
"If he's saying he was robbed because the winner just had no teeth, we could also say he should not contest because he can go for a facelift and the contest wouldn't exist. Anyway, judgment is never fair for everyone. Had it gone the other way round, we would be saying something else." – Online.
Sere was beaten by Masvinu two years ago and many say there was no way Sere could have 'improved his ugliness' to beat Masvinu.
Founder of the pageant David 'Apama' Nyachowe dismissed the allegations that Masvinu was robbed saying the event was free and fair.
"As the event organiser and founder, I indicated clearly to the contestants the categories and the outgoing Mr Ugly never excelled as he would just go on stage and stand with confidence as if he is already a winner.
"The judges wanted to see how ugly you're from all angles, when you smile, when you are normal, and when you make your ugliest face, which he did not do," Apama said. He added the winner was working according to the regulations that were specified.
"When others smiled he (Masvinu) didn't and when others came in with their ugliest faces, he didn't."
One of the judges, Abigirl Mataranyika, said what they wanted was someone who was creative and stylish.
"Considering the fact that the organisers want to hold Mr Ugly World in 2017, as judges of the Mr Ugly 2015 we wouldn't have wanted someone with an ugly face and nothing more," Mataranyika said.
"We evaluated contestants based on overall appearance, which included ugliness and style as well as how contestants carried themselves across the stage. Creativity also counted. Some of the contestants came in chains crawling on the stage like fugitives and it boosted their marks on our score sheet."
Said Mataranyika: "We looked at several aspects that included appearance, creativity, wow factor and crowd interaction. This is what determined the crown. Mr Ugly 2015 proved to be the rightful winner of the competition."
"About Masvinu being robbed, he should just accept defeat. He thought he was so ugly and never bothered to be creative. Ugly means displeasing to the eye and I do not think anyone would call someone without teeth 'handsome' and not having teeth is part of nature.
"If he's saying he was robbed because the winner just had no teeth, we could also say he should not contest because he can go for a facelift and the contest wouldn't exist. Anyway, judgment is never fair for everyone. Had it gone the other way round, we would be saying something else." – Online.
Source - chronicle
